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Vix or VIX may refer to:

Places in France[link]

• Vix, Côte-d'Or
  • The Vix Grave, or grave of the Lady of Vix
• Vix, Vendée

People[link]

• Fernand Vix, French Lieutenant-colonel
  • Vix Note, presented by the above on March 19, 1919 (see Hungarian Soviet Republic)

Others[link]

• VIX, ticker symbol for the Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, sometimes referred to as the "Fear Index"
• Eurico de Aguiar Salles Airport, IATA code VIX
• Vitória, Brazil, also known as Vix
• Vienna Internet Exchange
• Vix (Vickie Perks), was the lead singer of UK pop-punk band We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It
• Vix Technology, an Australian-based technology company that designs, supplies and operates mobility solutions for the public transit industry

See also[link]

• Vixen (disambiguation)

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Dirk Ivens is a Belgian musician and performer in the industrial music genre. In 1978 he started as singer and guitar player in the punk band Slaughterhouse but left the group after one year to form the new band The Few. In 1980 he formed the electronic band Absolute Body Control, influenced by Suicide, DAF, and British artists like Fad Gadget. After going through various members, Absolute Body Control soon settled as a duo with Ivens and Eric van Wonterghem.

In 1985, Absolute Body Control joined forces with Marc Verhaeghen's band The Klinik and Sandy Nys' The Maniacs to form the "supergroup" Absolute Controlled Clinical Maniacs. The name was soon shortened to The Klinik; Nys left in 1986 and van Wonterghem in 1987 to work on their own bands, while Ivens remained a member until 1991, when he left to concentrate on his solo project Dive.

In 1996, Dirk started Sonar together with Patrick Stevens, who left in 1998 to be replaced by long-time collaborator (and brother-in-law) Eric van Wonterghem. In 2003-2005 he rejoined Marc Verhaeghen in The Klinik for a few festival concerts, without releasing any new material.

Ivens has also guest starred as a vocalist on songs by Monolith, Suicide Commando, and Nebula H (among others), remixed other artists, and runs the record labels Body Records and Daft Records.

Dirk Ivens considered to be one of the founders of the power noise genre.

External links[link]

• DirkIvens.Com
• Daft Records
• Dirk Ivens at MySpace

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