Dirk Ivens is a Belgian musician and performer in the industrial music genre. In 1978 he started as singer and guitar player in the punk band Slaughterhouse but left the group after one year to form the new band The Few. In 1980 he formed the electronic band Absolute Body Control, influenced by Suicide, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, and British artists like Fad Gadget. After going through various members, Absolute Body Control soon settled as a duo with Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem. Industrial music is a loose term for a number of different styles of electronic and experimental music. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Suicide is an American rock music group intermittently active since 1971 and composed of Alan Vega (vocals) and Martin Rev (synthesizers and drum machines). ... DAF is an influential electropunk band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 featuring drummer/synth player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabi Delgado, guitarist W. Spelmans and bassist/keyboardist/saxophonist Chrislo Haas. ... Fad Gadget was the pseudonym used by musician, synthesizer pioneer, and performance artist Frank Tovey (September 8, 1956 - April 3, 2002), an influential electronic music/New Wave artist, in his early and very late career. ...

In 1985, Absolute Body Control joined forces with Marc Verhaeghen's band The Klinik and Sandy Nys' The Maniacs to form the "supergroup" Absolute Controlled Clinical Maniacs. The name was soon shortened to The Klinik; Nys left in 1986 and van Wonterghem in 1987 to work on their own bands, while Ivens remained a member until 1991, when he left to concentrate on his solo project Dive. 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Klinik is an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed in 1981 or 1982 by EBM, electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. ... In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe music groups comprising members who had already achieved fame or respect in other groups or as individual artists. ... Klinik is an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed in 1981 or 1982 by EBM, electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dive is a Belgian industrial music band formed in 1990 by Dirk Ivens (Absolute Body Control, Klinik, Blok 57, Sonar). ...

In 1996, Dirk started Sonar together with Patrick Stevens, who left in 1998 to be replaced by long-time collaborator (and brother-in-law) Eric van Wonterghem. In 2003-2005 he rejoined Marc Verhaeghen in The Klinik for a few festival concerts, without releasing any new material. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Sonar is the name of a Belgian musical group, combining rhythmic noise, soundscapes, and industrial music. ... Patrick Stevens Hypnoskull is the name of Belgian musical group whose style borrows elements of noise, industrial music, jungle, lo-fi, and techno. ... Klinik is an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed in 1981 or 1982 by EBM, electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. ...

Ivens has also guest starred as a vocalist on songs by Monolith, Suicide Commando, and Nebula H (among others), remixed other artists, and runs the record labels Body Records and Daft Records. Johan Van Roy Suicide Commando is the name of a Belgian musical act combining elements of industrial dance and electronic body music. ...

External links

• DirkIvens.Com
• Daft Records

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