Dune (band) explained

Dune
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Origin:Münster, Germany
Genre:EDM
Years Active:1995–present
Current Members:Oliver Froning
Past Members:Jens Oettrich
Bernd Burhoff
Tina Lacebal
Verena von Strenge
Vanessa Hörster

Dune is a German electronic group known for songs such as "Hardcore Vibes", "Can't Stop Raving", "Are You Ready to Fly" and "Rainbow to the Stars".

History

The group was founded in 1995 by DJ Oliver Froning and producers Jens Oettrich and Bernd Burhoff (alias Plutone). The band's name was inspired by the science fiction film Dune, based on Frank Herbert's novel of the same name. They released "Hardcore Vibes", a largely instrumental track containing spoken words by Froning's niece, and a cover version of Rozalla's song "Are You Ready to Fly" as their first two singles, followed in mid-1995 by the group's eponymous debut album, released at Urban Records. An instrumental track from the album, "Can't Stop Raving", became the third single, augmented with heavily pitched-up vocals by singer Tina Lagao. All three singles reached the Swiss German and Dutch charts. Early in 1996, dancer Verena von Strenge became the group's main singer. The second album Expedicion, released the same year, spawned the singles "Rainbow to the Stars", "Hand in Hand", and "Million Miles from Home". The latter was Germany's anthem of the 30th anniversary of Star Trek.

In early 1997, Dune made a drastic change in musical style. Accompanied by the London Session Orchestra, the band produced a cover of Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever", reaching second place in the German charts.[1] They released a new album, Forever, with the cover of Phil Collins hit "Against All Odds", Sinéad O'Connor's hit "Nothing Compares 2 U" and Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "The Power of Love", but disagreements led to Verena von Strenge's departure.

The single "Keep the Secret", released on 20 April 1998, saw the debut of a new vocalist, Vanessa Hörster. The video of the track "Electric Heaven" was directed by Eric Will and shot on the Côte d'Azur in France. Both singles failed commercially, leading to the album 5, planned for release in August 1998, being cancelled. Another classical album, Forever and Ever, recorded together with the London Session Orchestra and previous vocalist Tina Lagao (performing here under the artist name 'Tina Lacebal'), was released on 23 November 1998 but flopped commercially.

At the end of 1999, the group reunited with Verena von Strenge and released the single "Dark Side of the Moon", which reached 49 on the German charts. The group began recording songs for an album titled Reunion.Dune recorded "Heaven", a cover version of A7's 1999 hit "Piece of Heaven", under the (false) impression that they had obtained permission of the original artist. However, prior to the single's release, A7 lodged a court order, alleging plagiarism. Dune were forced to cancel the release of "Heaven", and they could not release their album Reunion due to the court order.[2] Songs that had already been recorded for the Reunion album, except for "Heaven", were later released on the album History. After remakes of "Hardcore Vibes" (2000) and "Rainbow to the Stars" (2003), the group quietly disbanded.

Oliver Froning later continued as a solo artist using the Dune moniker and since after 2014, frequently appeared as a DJ. In 2016, he released "Magic Carpet Ride", with vocals by Kate Wild. Froning's use of the Dune moniker is currently the subject of a legal dispute between him and Burhoff.[3]

In 2017, the single "Starchild (First Contact – Chapter One)" was released, followed by "Utopia", "We're Alive" and "Turn the Tide" in 2018.

Members

Discography

Albums

YearTitleChart positions[4] [5] [6]
GERAUTNEDFINHUSWI
1995Dune21-59-3620
1996Expedicion15433438428
1996Live!89-45---
1997Forever2463-1911
1998Forever and Ever------
2000History69-----

Singles

YearTitleChart positionsAlbum
GER
[7]
AUT
[8]
SWI
[9]
NED
[10]
SWE
[11]
FIN
[12]
UK
[13]
1995"Hardcore Vibes"53610Dune
"Are You Ready to Fly"122317
"Can't Stop Raving"71610-
1996"Rainbow to the Stars"12238527Expedicion
"Hand in Hand"103918977
"Million Miles from Home"17391040
"Who Wants to Live Forever"239125977Forever
1997"Nothing Compares 2 U"36
"Somebody" (promo only)
1998"Keep the Secret"38Singles only
"Electric Heaven"5650
"One of Us"78Forever & Ever
1999"Dark Side of the Moon"49History
2000"Heaven" (promo only)Promo only
"Hardcore Vibes 2000"70History
2003"Rainbow to the Stars 2003"74Singles only
2016"Magic Carpet Ride"
2017"Starchild"
2018"Utopia"
"We're Alive"
"Turn the Tide"
2022"Running Up That Hill"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Who Wants To Live Forever von Dune . www.chartsurfer.de . 2 June 2020.
  2. Web site: The Story of Heaven . duneraver . 4 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Dune Update - to court . Dune Fansite . 17 January 2017 . 17 January 2017.
  4. Web site: Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de . 27 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121003011057/http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/DUNE/?type=longplay . 3 October 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Discographie Dune - austriancharts.at . 27 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121102204218/http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Dune . 2 November 2012 . dead .
  6. Web site: MAHASZ. Mahasz.hu. 20 January 2019.
  7. Web site: Dune – German Chart . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402095151/http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=dune&x=7&y=10&country=de&kategorie=single . dead . 2 April 2015 . Officialcharts.de . 2 March 2015.
  8. Web site: Dune – Austrian chart . Austriancharts.at . 2 March 2015.
  9. Web site: Dune – Swiss chart . Hitparade.ch . 2 March 2015.
  10. Web site: Dune – Dutch chart . Dutchcharts.nl . 2 March 2015.
  11. Web site: Dune – Swedish chart . Swedishcharts.com . 2 March 2015.
  12. Web site: Dune – Finish chart . Finnishcharts.com . 2 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402131113/http://finnishcharts.com/search.asp?cat=s&artist=Dune&artist_search=starts&title=&title_search=starts . 2 April 2015 .
  13. Web site: Dune – UK Chart . Officialcharts.com . 9 January 2021.