Gabriel Delgado-López (18 April 1958 – 22 March 2020),[1] commonly known as Gabi Delgado, was a Spanish-born German composer, lyricist and producer, best known as singer and co-founder, with Robert Görl, of the German electronic band Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft.
In 1966, his family moved to Germany ("My father had to leave Spain under Franco"),[2] where they lived in Remscheid, Wuppertal, Dortmund and Düsseldorf.
He then moved to Zürich and released the solo album Mistress, which did not sell well in Germany but was top 20 in Japan,[3] then reuniting with Görl to record the 1986 D.A.F.
With Saba Komossa, he founded the techno-house labels Delkom Club Control, BMWW and Sunday Morning Berlin.
[2][3] In 1995, he founded, with Wotan Wilke Möhring, the band DAF/DOS, who recorded the album Allein, zu zweit, mit Telefon (Alone, As A Couple, With Telephone) on Sony/Columbia, with the singles "Ich glaub' ich fick' dich später" ("I Think I'll Fuck You Later") and "Zurück nach Marzahn" ("Back to Marzahn").