Sonar (band)

Sonar
Origin	Belgium
Genres	Industrial, techno, power noise
Years active	1996–present
Spinoff of	Dive Absolute Body Control
Members	Dirk Ivens, Eric Van Wonterghem
Past members	Patrick Stevens

Sonar is a Belgian musical group. Sonar combines power noise, techno, and industrial music. ^[1]

Sonar was formed as a side-project of noise artist Dirk Ivens in 1996. At first, Ivens employed the help of Patrick Stevens. ^[1] Later, Eric Van Wonterghem, who had worked with Ivens in Absolute Body Control, joined Ivens as the second member of Sonar. ^[2]

Sonar toured in Europe with Canadian music project Decoded Feedback in 2001.

Discography

Year	Album	Type	Record label	Notes
1996	Rotation	Limited ed. Single Vinyl	Divine Comedy Records
1996	Untitled	CD, LP	Daft Records
1997	On Mission Inside	EP	Drag & Drop Industrial
1997	Live	Cassette	Escape 3 Organisation
1997	Dislocated	Limited ed. Single Vinyl	Ant-Zen
1998	Overdose Simulation	CD, LP	COP International	#28 CMJ RPM Charts [3]
1998	Connected	Picture LP	Triton
1998	Sonar vs Muslimgauze	CD	Daft Records	With Muslimgauze
1999	Cosmic Live Rays	EP CD	self-released
1999	Cosmic Rays	LP	Hymen Records
1999	Voodoo Vision	Single Picture Vinyl	Triton
2000	Remote Assault	CD	Daft Records
2001	Parallel Friction	Single Picture Vinyl	Klanggalerie
2003	Volt Control	CD	Daft Records
2003	Volt Revisited	Limited ed. 2Vinyl 10"	Hands Productions
2005	Bad Man	EP CD	self-released
2006	Alien Overdrive	CD	KDX
2012	Cut Us Up [4]	CD	Ant-Zen
2014	Shadow Dancers	CD	Sleepless Records Berlin
2023	Future Cries	CD	Hands Productions

Music festivals

Sonar performed at:

• Infest, United Kingdom (2002, 2011)
• Kinetik, Canada (2008)
• Maschinenfest, Germany (2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
• M'era Luna, Germany (2002)

References

1. "Sonar". www.discogs.com. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
2. Becu, Didier (July 2011). "Interview: Monolith" (PDF). Peek-A-Boo Music Magazine (2). Ghent, BE: 18. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
3. Helms, Colin (1 February 1999). "RPM" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 57 (603). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 29. ISSN   0890-0795 . Retrieved 18 December 2021.
4. Konings, Chris (July 2012). "Review: Sonar: Cut Us Up" (PDF). Peek-A-Boo Music Magazine (6). Ghent, BE: 4. Retrieved 9 February 2022.