Laibach : S/D/C/D?

Do it! They're incredible live, and it's not like they tour all that often. Saw them in Glasgow, and was charmed to see that much of the back projection was still on real film - which made the precise synchronisation with the onstage performance all the more impressive.

Portland show was sadly under attended (about 200 people in a 1000 capacity ballroom). However, the show was excellent. If you can see them, and you have an open mind, you should see them.

http://nskstate.com/images/laibach/von_bach/Superheroes_von-bach_250.jpg

i've said it before and i'll say it again: if i ever get married i want this band to play my wedding

"Opus Dei" rocks. It is truly awesome, one of the greatest albums ever released by anyone

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"Opus Dei" rocks. It is truly awesome, one of the greatest albums ever released by anyone.

Major major truth.

I know I always do this on Laibach threads, but I need to do it again:

Ein Schauspieler! WHOOOMPH!

Someone needs to start a Laibach goth campaign.

I guess ILM never cared much about Laibach but their new album seems markedly different and is getting quite a bit of press.

Funny, I just decided last night to put some of their albums back in my iPod (Kapital, Jesus Christ Superstars and WAT) and that was before finding out there's a new one. Might have to track a copy down.

Good: They are playing Philly and I adore them.
Bad: They are supporting Ministry whom I used to also adore but who hasn't done anything relevant in some time.
Ugly: $55 per ticket! And that's without fees. Ugh.

I'll probably still go. Seeing this video projected on the screen between bands at a Ministry concert (yes, I know) was a defining moment for me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC73Os9NmZE

Jesus, a Ministry/Laibach co-headlining tour would have been the greatest thing ever any time between 1988 and 1992.

Agreed. But we're all older now.

Pretty sure I would still go and see a 1988 era Laibach/Ministry tour (if I could find a babysitter)

how is this not a bigger deal in the press? i haven't heard much at all about this. it seems kind of like a big deal.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/laibach-announce-shows-in-north-korea-pyongyang

wonder who will be at the show

Yeah this is pretty insane

Would be amazing for this to be your first ever experience of western popular music.

I feel like the approval process for this had to involve someone in the NoKo government saying "well... they sound communist."

http://i.imgur.com/LV42Y5U.png

'Peculiar singing' otm.

Also 'rich voice' and 'skilled rendition' tbf.

I would so much like this to be released on DVD, but I seriously doubt it will.

omg they did "Arirang"

"The concerts will be filmed for a documentary to be released in 2016."

great pictures on facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Laibach?pnref=story

Saw them last night perform with an orchestra - I went dragging my feet thinking I was over their schtick - but man I havent laughed (in a good genuine way) at a concert like this in a long time (ever?).
The North Korea 'Sound of Music' stuff was pretty boring tbh but having an orchestra behind them is how they were always meant to be.

New video for "Sound of Music" - album of the same name coming in November:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oD0W6SSBUA

This might be the most...fun thing they've ever released. The moment when Milan takes over on vocals is really something.

Huh.

outstanding video.

A live album containing a performance from 1987 has just been released. Apparently it was broadcast on German radio at the time, so it's been bootlegged a bunch, but they've remastered it to be LOUD AS FUCK and it's absolutely head-crushing, somewhere between Foetus's Rife and Swans' Public Castration Is A Good Idea. There are audible instruments (guitar, bass, horns!) and the performance is absolutely on fire. Essential if you're a fan.

Loving how they enforce thee genre continuum on this here new thing while playing me fun music

https://open.spotify.com/album/5ppGhLjssYxZeLjKbJFjcl?si=FQhaTuHFQC2pIFQ6-sXcEw

Opus Dei is being reissued as a 2CD set in May, but frankly the bonus content is a little disappointing:

Disc 1
Leben heisst Leben (Opus Dei)
Geburt einer Nation (One Vision)
Leben – Tod
F.I.A.T. (Let It Be)
Transnational
How the West Was Won
Opus Dei (Life is Life)
The Great Seal

Bonus tracks:

Geburt einer Nation (Eine Richtung und ein Volk Version)
Leben heisst Leben (Marche Funèbre Version)
Geburt einer Nation (3. Oktober – Kraftbach – Version)

Disc 2
Leben heisst Leben (London, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 1987)
Geburt einer Nation (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)
Leben-Tod (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)
F.I.A.T. (Paris, Espace Ornano, 1992)
Transnational (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)
How the West Was Won (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)
Opus Dei (Somewhere in Europe/US, 1987-1989)
Leben heisst Leben (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)
Geburt einer Nation (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)
Leben – Tod (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)
How the West Was Won (Berlin, Quartier Latin, 1987)
Geburt einer Nation (Vienna, Messepalast, Kaiser Franz Josef Reitschule, 1988)
Leben – Tod (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)
Transnational (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)
How the West Was Won (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)
Opus Dei (San Francisco, The I Beam, 1989)

Two and even three live versions of the same songs? Who needs that?

Especially as most of the music seemed to be coming from backing tracks when I saw them during that era.

Right? It's not like their shows were jammed with wild improvisational tangents.

I recently unearthed my Through The Occupied Netherlands tape which still sounds SO good. I really wish I'd seen them live in this era, touring with Last Few Days.

Oh, I see they reissued it!

https://staalplaatlabel.bandcamp.com/album/through-the-occupied-netherlands