Germany’s DAF is also considered a foundational band for industrial and electronic body music, but this debut album also works as some of the finest synth punk ever released. The songs typically use a thudding beat, strobing bass line and chanted vocals. It is simple, brutal and exhilarating. “Der Mussolini” is an acknowledged electronic classic of the ‘80s but plenty of other tracks are just as good – the moody opener “Sato-Sato” and the surprising robotic whimsy of “Der Räuber Und Der Prinz” among them.

By the time of Alles Ist Gut D.A.F. had figured out a new streamlined approach for their aggressive edge, reducing everything down to mostly percussion, synth bass, vocals both declamatory and murmuring and their own dry yet knowingly leering wit. The result was a stellar breakthrough for not only the Neue Deutsche Welle but for hard-edge dance music worldwide, with the brutal groove of songs like “Der Mussolini” and “Verlier’ nicht den Kopf” resulting in a German hit album and attention from an incipient generation of industrial/dance fans worldwide.