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{{Short description|Belgian electronic music project}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Absolute Body Control
| origin = [[Belgium]]
| genre = {{ hlist | [[Electronic body music|EBM]] | [[synthpop]] | [[industrial music|industrial]] }}
| years_active = 1979{{ndash}}1984, 2006{{ndash}}present
| label = {{ hlist | [[List of industrial music labels|Body]] | [[List of industrial music labels|VUZ]] | [[List of industrial music labels|Daft]] }}
| spinoffs = {{ hlist | [[Dive (Belgian band)|Dive]] | [[Klinik]] | [[Sonar (band)|Sonar]] }}
| current_members = * [[Dirk Ivens]]
* [[Eric Van Wonterghem]]
}}

'''Absolute Body Control''' is an [[electronic music]] project from [[Belgium]]. It is notable as the first significant project of musicians [[Dirk Ivens]] and [[Eric Van Wonterghem]].

==History==
Having previously played in minor punk and new wave bands, Dirk formed Absolute Body Control as a project more influenced by the prototype [[synthpop]] sound being produced by the likes of [[Suicide (band)|Suicide]] and [[Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft|D.A.F.]] The project originally feature Marc De Jonghe (synths) and Veerle De Schepper (backing vocals), though Mark was replaced in 1981 by Eric Van Wonterghem.

The project released a number of cassettes, but only one 7" (Is There An Exit?) and no studio albums during its brief initial run. Through their connection with Sandy Nijs - sometimes collaborator and, later, founding member of The Klinik - and his involvement in the international cassette trading network, Absolute Body Control gained more of a following outside of Belgium. Through these connections, Absolute Body Control received an offer to tour Norway in 1985.<ref name="assimilate">{{cite book |last1=Reed |first1=S. Alexander |title=Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music |year=2013|location=New York|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199832583|oclc=1147729910|via=the Internet Archive|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/assimilatecritic0000reed|page=158}}</ref>

Dirk and Eric later joined forces with Marc Verhaeghen in [[Klinik|The Klinik]], and the duo of Ivens and Van Wonterghem would later collaborate on a number of other projects, most notably [[Sonar (band)|Sonar]].

A compilation of Absolute Body Control tracks entitled 'Eat This' was eventually released in 1993. A more comprehensive 2CD compilation 'Lost/Found' was issued in 2005. A 5-LP box set of all their cassette releases followed in 2007. Dirk and Eric also took the project back on stage in 2006 and continue to tour with the project.

In 2007, 22 years after splitting up, Absolute Body Control re-formed and released ''Wind[Re]Wind'',<ref>[http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=30236_0_2_1_C Absolute Body Control reforms and releases 'Never seen' EP and 'Wind Re Wind' CD]</ref> which contains newly recorded versions of select older tracks alongside the new EP "Never Seen", including a remix by [[Oliver Chesler|The Horrorist]]. Two new recordings were released in 2010, ''Shattered Illusion'' & ''Sorrow''. In 2011 came the album ''Mindless Intrusion'' & ''Surrender No Resistance'' with remix by the French project Millimetric (aka
François-Xavier Michel of Binär Code and Digital Blood).<ref name="peek-a-boo-2">{{cite journal |last1=Becu |first1=Didier |title=Review: Surrender No Resistance EP |journal=Peek-A-Boo Music Magazine |date=July 2011 |issue=2 |page=28 |url=http://www.peek-a-boo-magazine.be/files/201107-peek-a-boo-nr-2.pdf |access-date=6 February 2022 |location=Ghent, BE}}</ref> Later in 2011, the band did a European festival tour with dates in Belgium, the UK, Germany, Norway, and Poland.{{sfn|Becu|2011|p=42}}

2013 saw the project remix tracks by post-punk/electro-wave band [[Section 25 (band)|Section 25]], namely "Microgroove" on the "Invicta Max" 10" and "Beating Heart" on the 2013 remix CD "Eigengrau".

==Discography==

===Cassettes===

*''Absolute Body Control'' (1981)
*''Numbers'' (1982)
*''Figures'' (1983)
*''Live'' (1984)
*''Tracks'' (1984)

===Singles===

*''Is There An Exit?'' (1981)

===Albums===

*''Shattered Illusion'' (2010)

===Extended plays===

*''Never Seen'' (2008)
*''Sorrow'' (2010)
*''Surrender No Resistance'' (2011)
*''Waving Hands'' (2015)
*''Slow Action'' (2018)
*''A New Dawn'' (2021)

===Compilations===

*''Eat This'' CD (VUZ/Subtronic 1993)
*''Lost/Found'' 2CD (Tarantulla Productions 2005)
*''Various Artists: The Lost Tapes'' LP (Minimal Wave 2006)
*''Tapes 81-89'' 5LP ([[Vinyl On Demand]] 2007)
*''Wind[Re]Wind'' LP (Minimal Maximal 2007 - ltd to 500 copies - features re-recorded versions)
*''Mindless Intrusion'' LP (Minimal Maximal 2011)
*''Forbidden Games'' CD/LP (Turntable Sounds / Sleepless Records 2016)

==References==
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[[Category:Cassette culture 1970s–1990s]]
[[Category:Belgian industrial music groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1979]]

Absolute Body Control - Revision history

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