Eros (Dün album)

Eros
Studio album by
Dün
Released1981 (re-released in 2000 & 2012 with bonus tracks)
Recorded1981 at Studio Sunrise, Kirchberg, St. Gallen, Switzerland
GenreZeuhl, Progressive rock, experimental rock
Length36:33
LabelSoleil Atreides (Catalog #: 03)

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]

Track listing

Original 1981 album

  1. "L'épice" (Jean Geeraerts) - 9:30
  2. "Arrakis" (Pascal Vandenbulcke) - 9:40
  3. "Bitonio" (Vandenbulcke) - 7:15
  4. "Eros" (Geeraerts) - 10:28

Bonus tracks on 2012 re-issue

  1. "Arrakis" (1979 version) - 5:44
  2. "Bitonio" (1979 version) - 10:24
  3. "Arrakis" (1978 version) - 5:12
  4. "Eros" (1978 version) - 7:16
  5. "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

References

  1. ^ "Booklet CD Eros" (in English and French). Soleil Zeuhl. 2000. Retrieved 2024-04-10.
  2. ^ Eros at Discogs (list of releases)
  3. ^ "Dün". Prog Archives. Retrieved 2024-04-11.
  4. ^ "Dün – Eros". Babyblaue Seiten (in German). Retrieved 2024-04-10.