Dirk Ivens is a Belgian musician and performer in the

industrial music Industrial music is a genre of music that draws on harsh, mechanical, transgressive or provocative sounds and themes. AllMusic defines industrial music as the "most abrasive and aggressive fusion of rock and electronic music" that was "initiall ...

genre.

Career

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 Absolute Body Control is an electronic music project from Belgium. It is notable as the first significant project of musicians Dirk Ivens and Eric Van Wonterghem. History Having previously played in minor punk and new wave bands, Dirk formed A ...

, influenced by

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, and British artists like

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. After going through various members, Absolute Body Control soon settled as a duo with Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem. In 1985, Absolute Body Control joined forces with Marc Verhaeghen's band

The Klinik Klinik, (sometimes called The Klinik), is an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed around 1982 by electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. History Marc Verhaeghen originally formed Klinik ...

and Sandy Nys' The Maniacs to form the "

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" Absolute Controlled Clinical Maniacs. The name was soon shortened to

; 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

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which had numerous releases the following 15 years. Also in 1996, Dirk started

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together with Patrick Stevens, who left in 1998 to be replaced by long-time collaborator (and brother-in-law)

Eric van Wonterghem The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ain ...

. In 2003-2005 he rejoined Marc Verhaeghen in

for a few festival concerts, without releasing any new material.

Discography

Collaborations/split releases

*''Fuck, Rinse, Repeat / Burn'' digital Single with Jenn Vix (self released by Jenn Vix, 2013) *''Go (Bring It) Back'' single-sided 12" with Agent Side Grinder (Kollaps Records, 2014)

External links

Daft RecordsDirk Ivens at DiscogsBand page on Facebook
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivens, Dirk Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Belgian industrial musicians Electronic body music musicians