Dive – First Album (1990)

Country: Belgium

Tracklist

1. Infected 03:52
2. There's No Hope 02:53
3. Dead Or Alive 02:46

4. Right 03:38
5. So Hard 03:33
6. Attack 01:43
7. Turn Me On 02:00
8. Run 02:28
9. Ghostcity 05:09
10. 31 01:27
11. Menticide 08:07
12. Nightshift 03:23
13. Burning Skin 01:55
14. Eye Of The Past 02:25
15. Back To Back 03:33
16. Timezone 02:42
17. Shadows Of You 04:27
18. Sparks 05:28

Dive is a Belgian industrial/ebm music project

that was formed in 1990 by Dirk Ivens (Absolute Body Control, Motor!k, Sonar, S/HE).
Dive's sound is characterized by the minimal and experimental use

of rhythmic and distorted drum machines that overlain with Dirk's vocals.
Dirk Ivens started in 1978 as a 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, DAF, and British artists like Fad Gadget.

After going through various members, Absolute Body Control soon settled as a duo with Dirk and Eric Van Wonterghem.
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 Dirk remained a member until 1991, when he left to concentrate on his solo project Dive.
With Dive, Dirk sought to have complete control over his creative process

as a change from his many previous years working with bands.
In 1996, Dirk started Sonar together with Patrick Stevens, who left in 1998

and was replaced by long-time collaborator (and brother-in-law) Eric Van Wonterghem.
In 2003-2005 Dirk rejoined Marc Verhaeghen in The Klinik for a few festival concerts, without releasing any new material.

"First Album" was originally released in 1990 on vinyl format under the title "Dive"

and later in 1992 was reissued on CD featuring seven bonus tracks.

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