Eros (Dün album)

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.

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.

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. 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".

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