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Belgian pioneers of and -. Also known as The Klinik. See also Dive, Sonar, Monolith.

In 1985, Verhaeghen joined forces with two other bands, Absolute Body Control (with Dirk Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem), and “The Maniacs” (Sandy Nys) to form one “super group” Absolute Controlled Clinical Maniacs. This rather unwieldy name was soon dropped in favour of the shorter name “The Klinik”. Nys soon left the band 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 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 trombone 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, and Verhaeghen continued as Klinik; sometimes as a solo project, sometimes with various other members. Recently, Klinik is a Verhaeghen 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, 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.
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  • TroubleAngel666

    Indeed. Lots of albuns was named on it like that. Just googing some pics and the 'the' is not there. I dont get all the albuns, but I want them all.

    16 May 3:43pm Reply

  • _duif

    I call it Klinik when I mate with* them

    7 Sep 2012 Reply

  • sublimewreckage

    its kinda hard to find on mp3... also a purely Verhaeghen disc is not as in high demand as those with Ivens. Just my observation, though I could be wrong.

    10 May 2012 Reply

  • syllannibal

    "To The Knife" has 184 listeners only. fuck. that's such a great album.

    21 Apr 2012 Reply

  • Replicant-77

    KLINIK - actually solo person of Marc Verhaegen. The Klinik - Original old band Dirk Ivens & Marc Verhaegen 1986-1990. In December 2003, the duo reunited for a one-shot celebrative performance at the BIM Festival in Belgium. The huge success and overwhelming requests from fans led to the appearance of The Klinik in the original line up at the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig the following year. Other festival appearances followed. In 2009, The Klinik are back as a full time band, with a new studio work to be released in the future. Because of continuing health problems of Marc Verhaegen, it's not sure that he can join The Klinik live on stage in the near future. Therefore, he will concentrate on creating music in his homestudio. The Klinik members anno 2009 are Dirk Ivens (Voice/Lyrics), Marc Verhaegen (Studio Music) and Peter Mastbooms (Live Sounds and Video Images This is not an incorrect tag for The Klinik. Correct is http://www.lastfm.pl/music/The+Klinik

    21 Nov 2011 Reply

  • skalberg242

    Fucking great concert at Bodyfest!

    2 Oct 2011 Reply

  • jesseleehooker

    Hey if anyone who enjoys this group gets real bored, why don't check out some of my music, i'm heavily influenced by them. http://www.last.fm/music/Jesse+force

    11 Aug 2011 Reply

  • vx_GASMAN

    Moving your hands. You're moving your hands.

    2 Jul 2011 Reply

  • Jez333

    Yet another act that put on a great performance at the Kinetik Festival.

    27 May 2011 Reply

  • Current87

    Das is zajebiste.

    6 Apr 2011 Reply

  • inflikkt

    black leather is so sick

    4 Apr 2011 Reply

  • sublimewreckage

    lol... Klinik [2] (Finnish christian rock band.. currently on hiatus of undetermined length). Anyway... Darkest electro-industrial/ebm pioneers --- ahead of their time.. I know it goes without saying, it's just so great to hear cd comps like "The Kilinik" and "Black Leather" all over again and know where all these modern groups ideas originated.

    5 Feb 2011 Reply

  • motorpussy

    holy shit.

    28 Jan 2011 Reply

  • BelcantoInTheSp

    Long live Belgium:-)

    28 Oct 2010 Reply

  • bsimpson1972

    Thanks, hypersphere! Thank goodness, I got the CD a few years ago for a reasonable price on Amazon, If I'm not mistaken... ;)

    16 Oct 2010 Reply

  • hypersphere

    @ bsimpson1972: Buy 'Time & Plague' from Hands Productions, sorted :-).

    15 Oct 2010 Reply

  • bsimpson1972

    The lack of both the "Time" as well as the "Plague" album here on last.fm begs one question: Where the heck have you all been? Seriously!

    4 Sep 2010 Reply

  • bsimpson1972

    Groundbreakers! Right up there with Portion Control, Cabaret Voltaire, Test Dept. This is music, once you're hooked, that NEVER gets old!

    10 Aug 2010 Reply

  • Violetdusk

    Some of the vocal style remind me of GGFH

    17 Jun 2010 Reply

  • Hrodebert

    Memories-Liquid Child remix ... a mesmerizing track!! fantastic!!

    29 May 2010 Reply
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