Dirk Ivens

Photo by Patrice Hoerner

BIOGRAPHY

DIRK IVENS is best know for his captivating live performances and a total of 28 studio albums besides dozens of 12 inches, live albums, compilations, tapes and 7 inches under various outputs.

He was also the driving force behind the labels Body Records, Minimal Maximal and Daft Records but stopped them to avoid the business side and concentrate fully on his own music.

As a non-musician his biggest challenge is to create a maximum on power with a minimum of equipment. Armed with a minidisc and two stroboscopes he proves on many stages worldwide that less means more. Collaborations with musicians like Eric van Wonterghem, Ivan Iusco, Rafael M. Espinosa and Jan Dewulf made the DIVE Sound variable through the years.

Started off with a punkband in the late 70ties he discovered the electronic music and formed ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL in 1980 , became a founding member of the groundbreaking band THE KLINIK, operates solo under the name DIVE and is also active in other projects as the noisy face to face beats of SONAR , the minimal synthpop from S/HE and the hypnotic krautrock rhythms of MOTOR!K.

LATEST RELEASES

Dive - First Album

Dive
First Album
2LP
Mecanica
Oct 2024

Motor!k - 5

Motor!k
5
LP / CD
Out Of Line
Sep 2024

Sonar - Volt Revisited

Sonar
Volt Revisited
CD
Hands Productions
Apr 2024

UPCOMING SHOWS

  • 8 Nov 2024
    Sonar
    Wrocław
    Poland
  • 16 Nov 2024
    Motor!k
    Lede
    Belgium
  • 23 Nov 2024
    Sonar
    Aarschot
    Belgium
  • 28 Dec 2024
    Absolute Body Control
    Meschede
    Germany
  • 3 Jan 2025
    Absolute Body Control
    Berlin
    Germany
  • 4 Jan 2025
    Sonar
    Hands Label Night / Urban Spree
    Berlin
    Germany
  • 11 Jan 2025
    Absolute Body Control
    Zwickau
    Germany
  • 8 Feb 2025
    Motor!k
    Wol 'n Bak 7 / De Schakel
    Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe
    Belgium
  • 15 Feb 2025
    Motor!k
    Liège
    Belgium
  • 21 Feb 2025
    Absolute Body Control
    Bielefeld
    Germany
  • 1 Mar 2025
    Absolute Body Control
    Electronic Seafront / Kollektivet
    Stockholm
    Sweden
  • 29 Mar 2025
    Absolute Body Control
    Köln
    Germany
  • 26 Apr 2025
    Dirk Ivens Best Of Set
    Retie
    Belgium
  • 8-10 May 2025
    Dive & Motor!k
    Out Of Line Weekender / Astra Kulturhaus
    Berlin
    Germany
  • 16 May 2025
    Absolute Body Control
    Gent
    Belgium
  • 5 Jun 2025
    Absolute Body Control
    EBM Warm Up / Felsenkeller
    Leipzig
    Germany
  • 19 Jul 2025
    Absolute Body Control
    Friedrichshafen
    Germany
  • CONTACT

    Email: ivens.dirk@gmail.com

     

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