klinik

Klinik is an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed in 1981 or 1982 by electronic body musicEBM, electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. In 1985, Klinik (with Verhaeghen as the only member) joined forces with other bands Absolute Body Control (Dirk Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem) and The Maniacs (Sandy Nys) to form the "super group" Absolute Controlled Clinical Maniacs. This rather unwieldy name was soon dropped in favour of the shorter name of ''The'' Klinik. Nys soon left to form Hybryds, followed in 1987 by van Wonterghem, leaving The Klinik as the "classic" duo of Dirk Ivens and Marc Verhaeghen.The Klinik soon made a name for themselves with their cold and harsh EBM sound and their live shows, where both Ivens and Verhaeghen performed with their heads wrapped in gauze, wearing long black leather coats. Ivens' hissing vocals and minimalist lyrics were complemented by Verhaeghen's synthesizer skills and distorted trumpet playing (the latter giving the music a slightly feverish sound). This, however, did not last forever; after ''Time'', an album neither member was fully pleased with, musical differences became too great, and they decided to go their separate ways. Ivens concentrated on his own project Dive (band)Dive; Verhaeghen continued as Klinik, sometimes as a solo project, sometimes with various other members. Today (2004), Klinik is Verhaeghen's solo project, making mostly instrumental dark ambient techno.Most Klinik members have also been active outside the band. Ivens has been in bands such as Absolute Body Control, Dive (band)Dive, Sonar, and Blok 57; Eric van Wonterghem played with Ivens in Absolute Body Control, and has later been part of or collaborating with bands such as Insekt, Monolith, Dive and Sonar. Sandy Nys formed Hybryds already around his departure in 1986, a project which is still active. Verhaeghen has been involved in several projects outside Klinik, including Noise Unit (with Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber of Front Line Assembly), D.Sign (with Philippe and Eliane Fichot of Die Form), X10 (with Niki Mono, Marc Ickx of A Split Second and Vidna Obmana), and Para (with his own wife Sabine Voss).Ivens and Verhaeghen briefly reunited for a few concerts in 2003/2004, one of which was released as a CD in September 2004.Klinik members:

Marc Verhaeghen (1981-)

Dirk Ivens (1985-1991)

Eric van Wonterghem (1985-87)

Sandy Nys (1985)

Mark "Merlin" Burghgraeve (1981-82?, 1995)

Thorsten Stroth (1995)

Tom Claes (1996)

Stefan Mertes (1996)

Nickanor (2002)

Discography -

''Sabotage (Klinik album)Sabotage'' LP (RIO 1985)

''Melting Close'' MLP (De Fabriek 1986)

''Walking with Shadows'' MLP (Auxilio De Cientos 1986)

'Pain and pleasure (EP)Pain and Pleasure' 12" (Antler 1986)

''Melting Close and SabotageMelting Close & Sabotage'' DLP/CD (Antler 1987)

'Fear (Klinik EP)Fear' 12" (Antler 1987)

''Plague (Klinik album)Plague'' LP (Antler 1987)

''The Klinik (album)The Klinik'' compilation CD (1988)

"Fever (Klinik EP)Fever" 12" (Antler 1989)

''Face to Face (Klinik album)Face to Face'' CD/LP (Antler 1989)

"Insane TerrorInsane Terror/A Sign" 7" (1989)

''Box (Klinik album)The Klinik Box Set'' 3LP/DCD (Antler 1990; re-released on Hands Productions 2004)

''Black Leather'' 12"/CD (Antler-Subway 1990)

''Time (Klinik album)Time'' LP/CD (Antler-Subway 1991)

''States (Klinik album)States'' compilation LP/CD (Antler-Subway 1991)

''Braindamage'' CD (Bootleg 1992)

''Contrast (Klinik album)Contrast'' CD (Antler 1992)

''Brain (Klinik EP)Brain'' EP/CD (1993)

''Live (Klinik album)Live'' CD (1993)

''To the Knife'' CD (Zoth Ommog 1995)

''Stitch (Klinik album)Stitch'' CD (Off Beat 1995)

''Touch (Klinik EP)Touch'' EP (1996)

''Awake (Klinik album)Awake'' CD (Off Beat 1996)

''Blanket of Fog'' CD (Off Beat 1998)

''End of the Line'' compilation 4CD (Dependent 2001)

''Sonic Surgery'' CD (Hands Productions 2002)

''Akhet'' DCD (Hands Productions 2003)

''Dark Surgery'' CD (Hands Productions 2004)

''Live at Wave-Gotik-Treffen 2004'' CD (Hands Productions 2004)

External links -

musicmaniac.de - Klinik

dirkivens.com - Dirk IvensCategory:Industrial music groupsCategory:Belgian musical groupsde:Klinik (Band)sv:Klinik (musikgrupp)

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