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Absolute Body Control

Wierd Records and No Fun Fest Productions Present

Absolute Body Control

Wolf Eyes / Martial Canterel / Carlos Giffoni

1st US Show Ever! Featuring Dirk Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem from The Klinik / Dive / Monolith

Fri 4/4
Tickets

18+

Doors 9pm / Show 10pm

$15 advance / $15 day of show

Absolute Body Control

  • www.myspace.com/absolutebodycontrolbelgium
  • http://dirkivens.com
  • Influenced by bands from the German and UK electronic scene, Dirk Ivens (synths & voice) formed ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL early 1980, and was joined by Mark de Jonghe (synths) and Veerle de Schepper (backing vocals). After releasing a track on the "Blitzpop 1" compilation and the release of their first 7" single "Is there an exit?" (1981), wich became a local underground hit, Mark leaves the band. Eric van Wonterghem, who was in fact a spectator at the first ABC concert, filled in the gap and became Dirk's new musical partner for years to come. Before they decided to go on as a duo, ABC already appeared on several compilation albums and tapes worldwide. Soon ABC became one of the first Belgian electronic acts who proved to be succesfull also on stage. In 1984 Dirk became a member of "The Klinik", followed by Eric who left after the 2nd album to form Insekt. In 1989 they released their last tape "Tracks" wich contained all ABC compilation contributions so far, but the band was put on non active well before. However, the public intrest was still there and resulted in the release of the first and only ABC cd so far,"Eat this" (1993) on the German VUZ records. Many people re-discovered the band and ABC releases became much sought after collector items. Still, it took them over 22 years to reform and play at festivals like the Tinitus (Sweden) and BIM Fest (Belgium) at the end of 2006. Meanwhile, their entire back catalogue is available through Tarantulla (Lost/Found) and Vinyl on Demand (Tapes 81-89). Today, with the release of "Wind(re)Wind", wich contains 10 reworked and newly recorded versions of their best tracks so far.

Wolf Eyes

  • www.myspace.com/3801568
  • http://www.wolfeyes.net/
  • Halfway through the first decade of the new century brings change to Wolf Eyes. With Aaron Dilloway relocating to Nepal, the band decided to scoop up Mike Connelly of noise kin Hair Police to pick up the slack. Connelly has been in the game since around 2000 with his own tape label Gods of Tundra and sound assault group Hair Police. He moved up to Michigan at the end of 2004 and has been jamming with Olson and Young in various projects, leading up to his introduction into Wolf Eyes. The band’s recent shows have been a return to a much more primitive and raw approach to the bands own version of Armageddon (which includes brews and Negative Approach’s “Ready to Fight” on repeat). New recordings like “Deranged” and “Droll vol. 19” highlight Wolf Eyes’ current state of mind, while new songs like “Leper War” tear it all to pieces.

Martial Canterel

Carlos Giffoni

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