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}} ''Ice on the Dune'' is the second studio album by Australian electronic music duo Empire of the Sun. It was released on 14 June 2013 by Capitol Records. The album was generally well received, with many commenting on the progression of the group's sound from their debut album.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Gathering with Empire of the Sun - Live in Singapore )〕 A trailer for the album debuted on 11 March 2013; it was produced by Kelvin Optical, a production division of Bad Robot, and was directed by J. D. Dillard. Along with this, the band released a fictional story related to the album which described a world looked over by an "Emperor" and a "Prophet". The lead single "Alive" premiered on 15 April 2013, and the album became available to pre-order on iTunes the same day.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='ALIVE' has arrived! Pre-order 'Ice On The Dune'... )〕 The music video for the song, filmed in Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, was directed by Charles Scott and Alex Theurer and also produced by Kelvin Optical. Both "DNA" and "Celebrate" were serviced as follow-up singles and were also released as official remix singles on iTunes. To promote the album, the duo played a series of US festival dates, and without Littlemore, Steele returned to Australia on 30 May to perform at the Sydney Opera House for Vivid Sydney. The duo performed on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on 18 June, marking their first television appearance in the US.〔 The duo also performed at the Australian Splendour in the Grass festival in late July.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Splendour in the Grass 2013 - North Byron Parklands - Music - Time Out Sydney )〕 The album's cover art, designed by Aaron Hayward and David Homer from Sydney studio Debaser, won an Artisan Award prior to the ARIA Music Awards of 2013, held on 1 December.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ARIA NOMS + FINE ARTS & ARTISAN WINNERS - 27th ARIA AWARDS 2013 )〕 In addition, the album was nominated for Best Pop Release, Engineer of the Year (Peter Mayes) and Producer of the Year (Luke Steele, Nick Littlemore, Peter Mayes and Jonathan Sloan). Empire of the Sun were also nominated for Best Group for the album, but did not win. ==Music== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ice on the Dune」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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