Dive's "audio trademark" is the experimental sound of abused drum machines, pulsating through crackling distortion on almost every song.

Dirk Ivens began Dive as a solo project in 1990 during the waning days of his participation in the band Klinik.

[1] With Dive, Dirk sought to have complete control over his creative process as a change from his many previous years working with bands.

[4] Although explicitly a solo project of Ivens', Dirk has worked numerous times in the studio with composer and Minus Habens label founder Ivan Iusco.

Several tracks included in the albums Concrete Jungle, Snakedressed, True Lies and Underneath are written and produced by Ivan.