Eros (Dün album)
1981 studio album by Dün
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Eros is the name of the first (and, to date, only) recording made by the French progressive rock band Dün. The record was self-released as a vinyl LP; a thousand copies were printed and sold by the band at concert. The band failed to find a record label for a further, international distribution. The concept of the album was based on Frank Herbert's novel Dune, which particularly fascinated Geeraerts and Vandenbulcke.[1]
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| Studio album by | |
| Released | 1981 (re-released in 2000 & 2012 with bonus tracks) |
| Recorded | 1981 at Studio Sunrise, Kirchberg, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Genre | Zeuhl, Progressive rock, experimental rock |
| Length | 36:33 |
| Label | Soleil Atreides (Catalog #: 03) |
Track listing
Original 1981 album
- "L'épice" (Jean Geeraerts) - 9:30
- "Arrakis" (Pascal Vandenbulcke) - 9:40
- "Bitonio" (Vandenbulcke) - 7:15
- "Eros" (Geeraerts) - 10:28
Bonus tracks on 2012 re-issue
- "Arrakis" (1979 version) - 5:44
- "Bitonio" (1979 version) - 10:24
- "Arrakis" (1978 version) - 5:12
- "Eros" (1978 version) - 7:16
- "Acoustic Fremen" (Geeraerts, Vandenbulcke, Philippe Portejoie; 1978 recording) - 6:26
Reception
The LP was re-released and remastered several times, including in 2000 by Soleil Zeuhl as a CD with eight tracks, in 2012 with 12 tracks and in 2020 with nine tracks, with bonus tracks added to the original four tracks on the LP.[2]
The album received 4.25/5 points, at 518 votes on the progressive music portal Prog Archives. It is rated as one of the best instrumental progressive rock albums to date and recommended as a unique masterpiece.[3] Also on the German-language progressive rock portal Babyblaue Seiten, the 2000 and 2012 CD editions of the album were rated very positively and received 12.67/15 points. It is praised as a worthwhile rediscovery of a forgotten work, due to its "decidedly virtuoso and varied prog-jazz and zeuhl touch".[4]
Personnel
- Jean Geeraerts: electric & acoustic guitars
- Bruno Sabathe: piano, synthesizers
- Alain Termolle: xylophone, vibraphone, percussion
- Pascal Vandenbulcke: flute
- Thierry Tranchant: bass
- Laurent Bertaud: drums
- Philippe Portejoie: saxophone (7 & 9)
Production
- Recorded & Engineered by Etienne Conod at Studio Sunrise in Kirchberg, Switzerland.
- 2012 remaster by Udi Koomran for Soleil Zeuhl Records