DikMik (Hawkwind) RIP

[Tony L]

Hawkwind’s VCS3 bleepmeister Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies has passed away. Sad news, he was a truly innovative electronica pioneer IMO who left an indelible mark on their finest albums (the early ones!). RIP.

 

[jackbarron]

That's a shame. The sounds he used to conjure up were fantastic.

Jack

 

[mikeyb]

Sad news RIP

 

[davidsrsb]

Sad loss. Nearly all gone from the classic UA years now

 

[BJP]

RIP DikMik , great albums he played on .

 

[Snufkin]

I did like DikMik's bleeps and howls - RIP

 

[Tony L]

Indeed. Those early Hawkwind albums were a key factor in my becoming interested in synthesisers etc. They are great and sadly underrated albums IMO. The combination of the hypnotic repetitive rifs with Nik Turner’s free-jazz sax and DikMik’s almost Subotnik-like synth abstractions really was something entirely new and to my mind far more interesting than the vast majority of UK rock of its era.

 

[MichaelC]

Another falls by the way side, but will not be forgotten.

 

[darrell_giant]

Blasting off on Friday night; propelled by the harvest from the fields on star ship Hawkwind, and returning to earth on Sunday was a rite de passage for many.


Rest in space.

 

[Paul Mc]

Oh dear - In Search of Space was such a huge album for me in my mid-teens. A unique musical voice.

 

[MichaelC]

A Hawkwind session was held yesterday evening. I love that intro to Lord of Light...

 

[molee]

Digital synthesisers never quite captured the ambience of the slightly psychotic-looking freak by the side of the stage (why were they never put centre stage instead of vocals/guitar) in festy/spacerock bands. Bent over oscillators, audio generators-twiddling knobs as the waveform would be displayed on those little tellies with green wavy lines, nowadays (or even the nineties) they merely press/ed a few buttons on the laptop or keys on a synth thus preserving their good posture. Even the 'noise' had a different sound. Progress? Pah.

Indeed. Those early Hawkwind albums were a key factor in my becoming interested in synthesisers etc. They are great and sadly underrated albums IMO. The combination of the hypnotic repetitive rifs with Nik Turner’s free-jazz sax and DikMik’s almost Subotnik-like synth abstractions really was something entirely new and to my mind far more interesting than the vast majority of UK rock of its era.