L'Arc-en-Ciel - Dune (1993)

L'Arc-en-Ciel - Dune (1993)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Shutting from the Sky"   5:34

2. "Voice"   4:53

3. "Taste of Love"   5:00

4. "Entichers"   4:19

5. "Floods of Tears"   6:12

6. "Dune"   5:06

7. "Be Destined"   4:25

8. "Tsuioku no Joukei" (追憶の情景   6:18

9. "As if in a Dream"   5:32

10. "Ushinawareta Nagame" (失われた眺め)   3:38

10th anniversary edition

11. "Floods of Tears (Single Version)" (rec. in March 1992)   5:45

12. "Yasouka" (夜想花, rec. in June 1992)   5:32

13. "Yokan" (予感, rec. in May 1993)   5:37

L'Arc-en-Ciel Band Members / Musicians

hyde – vocals

ken – guitar

tetsu – bass guitar, backing vocals

sakura – drums

pero – drums on tracks 11 and 12

Kenji Shimizu – keyboard on tracks 11 and 12

Dune is the debut album by Japanese rock band L'Arc-en-Ciel. It was released by the independent label Danger Crue Records, first in a limited edition on April 10, 1993 and followed by a regular edition on April 27, which contained an additional tenth track. The regular edition reached number 1 on the Oricon indies chart on May 10.

A 10th anniversary edition of Dune was released on April 21, 2004. It was remastered and contains three bonus tracks.

L'Arc-en-Ciel (French: 'The Rainbow', stylized as L'Arc~en~Ciel) is a Japanese rock band, formed in Osaka in 1991 by bassist tetsuya and vocalist hyde. Following the departure of original members hiro and pero, guitarist ken and drummer sakura were recruited to replace them in 1992 and 1993, respectively. While they first got their start as a visual kei band, L'Arc-en-Ciel have not had any association with the movement since their major label debut in 1994. Sakura left the band in 1997 and was replaced by yukihiro in January 1998, completing the current line-up.

With a reported 40 million records sold, L'Arc-en-Ciel were the first Japanese act to headline at Madison Square Garden. In 2003, they were ranked 58 on a list of the top 100 Japanese pop musicians by HMV Japan.

L'Arc-en-Ciel Band Members / Musicians

hyde – lead vocals (1991–present)

Occasional instruments: guitar, keyboard, harmonica

Originally used the name HIDE

tetsuya – bass, backing vocals, bandleader (1991–present)

Occasional instruments: keyboard

Originally used the name TETSU, then tetsu

Ken – guitars, backing vocals (1992–present)

Occasional instruments: keyboard, tambourine, vibraphone, autoharp, lap steel guitar

yukihiro – drums, percussion (1998–present)

Occasional instruments: synthesizer

hiro – guitars (1991–1992)

pero – drums (1991–1992)

sakura – drums, percussion (1993–1997)

L'Arc-en-Ciel Discography Full

1993 Dune

1994 Tierra

1995 Heavenly

1996 True

1998 Heart

1999 Ark

1999 Ray

2000 Real

2004 Smile

2005 Awake

2007 Kiss

2012 Butterfly

2012 P'unk Is Not Dead (as P'unk-en-Ciel)