DICE (band)

DICE
	; DICE at a live performance
	General information
Genre (s)	Prog rock , art rock , space rock
founding	1974
Website	www.dice-band.de
Current occupation
Vocals, bass, rhythm guitar, keyboard	Christian Nóvé
Lead and rhythm guitar	Peter's Quarter
Choral singing	Ramona Nóvé
Drums	Tom Tomson
Copywriter	Dennis Lee Small

DICE is a German progressive rock band that was founded in Gütersloh in 1974 and moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1977. In 1992 composer, singer and band leader Christian Nóvé reactivated the band in Leipzig . Since 1995 until today DICE has released a new CD every year.

history

The original line-up of DICE has existed since 1974 and was founded by Christian Nóvé (g, voc), Andreas Schattschneider (g), Gerd Brummel (dr) and Norbert Schultze (effects). In 1979 the first LP appeared with musicians such as Alto Pappert (ex- Kraan ) and George Kochbeck . In 1983 the album Live-DICE followed , which was also released as a picture disc . The band has released an album every year since 1997. According to their own statements, the music is influenced by bands such as Pink Floyd , Hawkwind , Eloy , IQ , but also Marillion and The Flower Kings .

DICE celebrated its greatest success in front of around 3000 fans at the Munich Theatron MusikSommer open-air festival. The live recordings of this concert have been released on both CD and DVD.

In 2014 the band celebrated three anniversaries. DICE was founded 40 years ago: At first you played without a bass player at all, but shortly afterwards a saxophonist and then a second drummer joined them. (At the third gig in Gütersloh in 1975 a well-known bass player was loaned out on a trial basis from another band.) Furthermore, the CD Twentaurus is her twentieth album. The third anniversary was dedicated entirely to guitarist Peter Viertel, who has been here on his 10th DICE studio album since 2004. In 2015 the 21st album Son.Sister.Sun was released . The cover was made from four pictures that were painted by friends Nóvé at a party in 1978.

In 2017 the 23rd DICE album "Chance For The Link Of A Chain" was released. Using the example of the chain link, DICE philosophizes here about the importance of cohesion of every single person to keep the world in balance.

In 2018 the new 24th DICE album "What, If My Black Cat Is An Alien" was released.

Discography

Studio albums

1979: 1979-1993 (vinyl, re-released on CD in 1993)
1997: Nightmare
1999: Silvermoon
2000: Dreamland
2001: 2001 - Dice In Space
2002: Waterworld
2004: If The Beatles Were From Another Galaxy
2005: Time - In Eleven Pictures
2006: Without vs. Within Pt. 1
2007: Within vs. Without Next Part
2009: Versus Without Versus - End Part
2010: Eternity's Ocean
2011: Newborn
2012: Comet Highway
2013: Para-Dice
2014: Twentaurus
2015: Son.Sister.Sun
2016: X Is Double-Two On The DICE-Map
2017: Chance For The Link Of A Chain
2018: What, If My Black Cat Is An Alien?
2019: Yes-2-5-Roger-Roger
2020: Crazy Little Dreams and Maps for Ramona

Live albums

1983: Live 1983 (vinyl, re-released on CD in 2000)
1998: Space Rock live (CD)
2003: Cosmic-Prog Live At The Theatron - Munich Olympiapark-Festival (CD)
2008: The Torgau Show (CD)
2020: Live. The Torgau Show 2 (Download)

DVDs

2003: Cosmic-Prog In Concert (live recording)
2008: A Long Cosmic Trip (video clips)

Download singles

2020: I Lost My Heart In Frankfurt (Radio-Edit)

+ Funk And Punk (radio edit)

2020: Goodbye (radio edit)

+ Nightmare - New Drum Version (previous unreleased version)

2020: Mother Of Time (radio edit)

+ Silvermoon (radio edit)

2020: Here Inside The Universe (radio edit)

+ Black Dreams (radio edit)

2020: SOS Planet Earth Cries (radio edit)

+ The Coming Day (radio edit)

2020: VIRUS (radio edit)

+ Welcome To The Future (radio edit)

2020: Cloud Freedom (radio edit)

+ Time Machine (radio edit)

2020: The Same Shadows (radio edit)

In This Life (radio edit)

2020: Secret Sun (radio edit)

When Darkness Comes (Radio-Edit) Secret Sun Instrumental (Previous Unreleased Version)

2020: Venus And Mars (radio edit)

Secret Harmony (radio edit)

2020: Tomorrows World (Radio Edit)

Crying Angel (radio edit)

2020: Meltdown (radio edit)

+ Sitting At The Edge Of Time Tonight (radio edit)

2020: The World Is Changing (Radio Edit)

+ Another Place In Space (radio edit)