Dune (band)

Dune
Oliver Froning playing as Dune at Defqon.1 2015.
Background information
Origin	Munich, Germany
Genres	Electronic dance music (EDM), Happy Hardcore
Years active	1995–present
Members	Oliver Froning
Past members	Jens Oettrich Bernd Burhoff Tina Lacebal Verena von Strenge Vanessa Förster

Dune is a German electronic group known for Happy Hardcore tracks like "Hardcore Vibes", "Are You Ready to Fly?" and "Rainbow to the Stars".

The group was founded in 1995 by disc jockey Olivier Froning and producers Jens Oettrich and Bernd Burhoff (alias Plutone). The band's name was inspired by the science fiction 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 Lacebal. All three singles reached the Swiss German and Dutch charts. Early in 1996, dancer Verena von Strenge became the groups main singer. The second album Expedicion, released the same year, spawned the singles "Rainbow To The Stars", "Hand In Hand" or "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 Philharmonic Orchestra, the band produced a cover of Queen's "Who Wants to Live Forever", reaching second place in the charts. They released a new album, Forever, with the cover of Phil Collins hit "Against All Odds", and Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "The Power of Love", but disagreements led to Verena von Strenge's departure.