#dikmik

[spilladabalia]

Hawkwind - You Shouldn't Do That - (Full Version)

[rnurder-one]

“All generations have had some sort of revolutionary feeling in them but this is the first that isn’t based on any political ideals or programmes. Consequently it’s the job of the musician to put these feelings into music that people can recognise.”

“Gigs seem to get into a very ritualistic, tribal thing where people come to lose their personal identity and expand their consciousness collectively.”

NME 1972, (source)

[budaallmusic]

Hawkwind ‎– Space Ritual #UnitedArtistsRecords 1973 🇫🇷 France issue (UK OG). Art Direction – #PierreTubbs Audio Generator, Electronics – #DikMik Bass, Vocals – #Lemmy Cover [Packaging] – #BarneyBubbles Drums – #SimonKing Guitar, Vocals – #DaveBrock Mixed By – Anton Matthews, Vic Maile Photography – #GabiNaseman, #LaurieLewis Producer – #Hawkwind Recorded By – Vic Maile Saxophone, Flute, Vocals – #NikTurner Synthesizer – #DelDettmar Vocals – #RobertCalvert https://www.instagram.com/p/B-2bPl0p3hy/?igshid=1jcjvxq5tvknu

[hanramakers]

DikMik 11/2017

November 16, 2017 – DikMik (Hawkwind) was born Michael Davies in 1943 in Richmond, England.

In 1969, DikMik Davies and friend Nik Turner signed on as roadies for the group that Dave Brock, a childhood friend of theirs, had formed with guitarist Mick Slattery, bassist John Harrison and drummer Terry Ollis.

It was the time of early psychedelics and electronic music and DikMik’s interest in the…

[ayearofmusic]

Far too much reverb on this but fun to mess about with the Microbrute. As it doent have presets or memory slots you have to spend time with it finding those sweet combinations.

Puts me in mind of Hawkwind and their groundbreaking use of synths. I think they were the first band that inspired me with their synth playing - way back in the early ‘70′s. I remember the synth player was called DikMik. After googling him I hear he recently died http://louderthanwar.com/dik-mik-hawkind-keyboard-legend-rip/ 

RIP DikMik. 

Now I’m going to have to find a Hawkwind track with you playing on it...OK here’s Silver Machine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yao_T2adl14 

[podilatokafe]

Michael 'DikMik' Davies, Hawkwind Keyboardist, Dies

Michael ‘DikMik’ Davies, Hawkwind Keyboardist, Dies

[rnurder-one]

my mum went out with a deep purple roadie and my dad was mates with dikmik

hey that's cool

any funny stories?