With Denis Villeneuve's 'Dune Part 2' finally hitting cinemas this week, we encourage you to (re)discover Bernard Szajner's excellent 'Visions of Dune' 

This is a classic from InFiné's ambient catalogue. Back in 2014, when we released this reissue (remastered, new cover art, previously unreleased tracks), we felt we had something fantastic on our hands, but little did we know that the original album had made its way from second-hand vinyl shops and garage sales to some of music's most discerning connoisseurs. Producers and DJs like Four Tet, Andy Votel, Dan Snaith (Daphni/Caribou), Optimo, Demdike Star, and Solid Steel's DJ Food already consider it a cult record. Media such as Pitchfork, Dazed, Dj Mag and Vice have all given their backing to the release of this augmented edition.

In 2024, this alternative soundtrack to Frank Herbert's trilogy doesn't seem to have aged a day and deserve all your attention.

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Classic Cut : Z - Visions of Dune - an alternative soundtrack to Dune

Andy Votel, taking you on a journey through Z (Aka Bernard Szajner)  "Visions of Dune" - re-issued by InFiné Music on vinyl for the first time and includes two new bonus tracks. Available worldwide 25th August 2014.

Andy Votel on "Visons of Dune"

"As a long-time fixture at the far-end of my Euro-electronic shelf this Gallic-magnetic conceptual synth-pop classic has been in risky disc-jockey orbit waiting over 30 years for the right time to touch-down on planet earth to re-fuel. With the recent critical resurrection of Jodorowsky's un-made version of Herbert's sci-fi blast-masterpiece and more and more electronic music fans veering from dance-music into the sub-genres of PINA and Dark Ambient the eve of the original novels 50 year anniversary seems like the perfect time to unleash this lost slice of Zeuhl-skool modular-pop constructed by Grenoble born synthesist Bernard Szajner. His previous CV of creating lazer light shows for the likes of Gong and Magma earned him enough Kobian stripes to scale an authentic bridge between Zeuhl rock and early synth-pop amongst bands like Eskaton, Art Zoyd and Stabat Stable but the inclusion of Magma vocalist (and comic artist) Klaus Blasquiz and drummer Clément Bailly earns VOD the Wüdü wax seal. Few LPs manage to successfully connect so many important dots in French outer-rocks vast colouring book where Igor Whakhevitch meets Jean Michel Jarre via Massiera, Gilbert Deflez, Hydravion and Artefact... Zed however paints every page black (and silver) and is still one leaf ahead." 

More info about Bernard Szajner:
http://www.infine-music.com/artist/36/z-aka-szajner

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Z - Visions of Dune (Andy Votel Minimix)

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InFiné is expanding in Paris, Berlin, and across borders to meet various projects, mixing influences ranging from contemporary classic to rock, from minimalist pop to techno, via electronica, r’n’b or more traditional music. For 15 years, the label has welcomed and supported artists from all over the world such as Rone, Bruce Brubaker, Cubenx… Adventurous, resolutely independent, InFiné is a unique and committed creation platform made up of “Music Activists” who can’t stop working for diversity and innovation.