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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

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'', which particularly fascinated Geeraerts and Vandenbulcke.

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

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ed 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. The album received 4.25/5 points, at 518 votes on the progressive music portal

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. It is rated as one of the best instrumental

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albums to date and recommended as a unique masterpiece. 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

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touch".

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

External links

"Eros" by Dun at progarchives.com
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