Draft:DICE (band)

DICE is a German progressive rock band that was founded in 1974 in Gütersloh/Eastern Westphalia, West Germany by Christian Nóvé (vocals, guitar), Andreas Schattschneider (guitar), Gerd Brummel (drums) and Norbert Schulze (effects). After several regroupings the band moved to Frankfurt am Main in 1977, and released 2 LP albums.

In 1992, the band’s composer and lead singer Christian Nóvé revived the group in Leipzig. DICE have released a record every year since 1997, the band attained a somewhat iconic position in the progressive rock genre.

To date, the band has released 21 studio albums, as well as 4 live recordings and 2 DVDs. Biography

DICE was founded by Christian Nóvé and has been in existence with its original band members since 1974.

In 1979, the first DICE record was released. Its musicians included Alto Pappert (former member of Kraan) and George Kochbeck (formerly Joachim Kühn). Live-DICE followed in 1983; an additional release in picture disc format.

Since 1997, DICE has been releasing a longtrack CD annually. The music of DICE is characterized by intelligent arrangements of catchy melodies, a foundation of complex rhythms underneath seemingly floating keyboards, and guitar sounds. The music is often compared to that of Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Eloy, IQ, as well as Marillion and Flower Kings.

DICE become known in the sophisticated, melodic prog scene; extremely complex metric again meets perfectly harmonious arrangements. It is almost normal for DICE, that they have compositions reaching beyond the 10-minute limit.

In addition to the release of their 8th CD, Waterworld, the largest live performance in the history of DICE was made in 2002. During the THEATRON-Musiksommer Open-Air-Festival in Munich, close to 3000 fans celebrated the band. Live recordings of this concert have been released in CD and DVD format.

Since 1999 Dennis Lee Small from Des Moines, Iowa, USA has been part of the line-up as the standard lyricist for DICE.

Since 2013 the superb German harp player Thomas Hanke plays with DICE. Especially in the over 20 minutes long "Flowing River Rain" his wonderful harp solos brings more than just a new musical color to the DICE sound.

2024 DICE are celebrating their 50th anniversary.

Discography

Studio albums

1979: 1979-1993 (Vinyl, Wiederveröffentlichung auf CD im Jahr 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 2021: The Madhouse in Paradise 2022: The Space In Free Isolation 2023: Chronicles Of The Last Self Thinkers

Download albums

2020: DICE The Dreamscene Collection 1-20 (the first 20 Dreamscenes) Live albums

1983: DICE Live 1983 (vinyl, re-released in CD format in 2000)

1998: DICE Space Rock live (CD)

2003: DICE Cosmic-Prog Live At The Theatron - Munich Olympiapark-Festival (CD)

2008: DICE The Torgau Show (CD)

2020: DICE Live. The Torgau Show 2 (Download)

DVDs

2003: DICE Cosmic-Prog In Concert (live performance)

2008: DICE A Long Cosmic Trip (video clips)

Download singles

2020:

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: S.O.S. 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)

2021: About Tomorrow (Radio-Edit)

+ Every Open Window (Radio-Edit)

2021: Planet Paradise (Radio-Edit)

+ Cosmic Sensation (Radio-Edit)

2022: The One and Only (Radio-Edit)

+ I See The Lights (Radio-Edit)