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Image	,	–			In Your Collection, Wantlist, or Inventory	Version Details	Data Quality
	Absolute Body Control Cassette	Body Records – Body Tapes 001	Belgium	1981	Belgium — 1981
	Untitled LP, Album, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Numbered, First Edition, White	Vinyl-on-demand – VOD 37.1		2009	— 2009	New Submission
	Untitled LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Second Edition, Red	Vinyl-on-demand – VOD 37.1		2010	— 2010	Recently Edited
	Untitled - 1981 12×File, AIFF, Album, Reissue	Sleepless Records Berlin – none		2013	— 2013
	Absolute Body Control Cassette, Reissue	Body Records – Body Tapes 001	Belgium		Belgium	New Submission
	Absolute Body Control 9×File, MP3, Reissue, 128 kbps	Not On Label (Dirk Ivens Self-released) – none	Belgium		Belgium

Vilss Dec 11, 2021
referencing Absolute Body Control (Cassette) Body Tapes 001

The tune of Waving hands by Absolute Body Control appears to have influenced 'The Damned Don't Cry' by Visage...
AnnaLogue Feb 26, 2010
referencing Untitled (LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Second Edition, Red) VOD 37.1

ABSOLUTE BODY CONTROL was Dirk Ivens (aka The Klinik, Absolute Controlled Clinical Maniacs, Dive, Blok 57, Sonar) and Eric van Wonterghem (Insekt, Sonar) from Belgium, and probably one of the godfathers of minimal electronic pop. In recent years they have seen an immense renewed interest in their works, so many releases both re-issues and new material have been made available on various labels including Vinyl-on-Demand (VOD). This LP is the second edition re-issue of their first cassette, originally released in 1981 on Body Records (Body Tapes 001) which featured nine tracks full of Korg KR-55 (and Boss DR-55 on “Touch your Skin”) action, most simple synth bass lines and harmonies and sweet little melodies, sometimes broken down to the very minimum (“Do you feel it inside”). The VOD vinyl includes three bonus tracks (“Intro”, “A better Way”, “Turning around”), recorded live 22/1/83. “Baby’s on Fire” is a cover version of a Brian Eno track. Pure cult, what else?!