| Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia.Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984.The name "Laibach" is the German name for Slovenia's capital city, Ljubljana.Controversy
2 Cover songs
3 Aesthetics
4 Music
5 Influence
5.Documentaries
8 Members
8.Selected discography
10 Side projects
11 References
12 External links
12.Wagnerian influence found in some of their music, notably the thunder in "Sympathy for the Devil (Time for a Change)" and releases such as Macbeth.They were also accused of being members of the neonationalism movement which reincarnates modern ideas of nationalism.Laibach always denied this strongly.Milan Fras, vocalist, is quoted as saying "We are fascists as much as Hitler was a painter" when confronted with such accusations.Laibach is notorious for rarely stepping out of character.Laibach concerts have sometimes aesthetically appeared as political rallies.When interviewed, they answer in wry manifestos, showing a paradoxical lust and condemnation for authority.Richard Wolfson wrote of the group:
Laibach's method is extremely simple, effective and horribly open to misinterpretation.First of all, they absorb the mannerisms of the enemy, adopting all the seductive trappings and symbols of state power, and then they exaggerate everything to the edge of parody..."Life is Life" on the album Opus Dei, which completely changes the meaning of the original song ("Live is Life") from the original writers' (Opus, an Austrian arena rock band) intentions.Laibach's subversive interpretation twists the melody into a sinister, rolling military march.The refrain is at one instance translated into German, giving an eerie example of the sensitivity of its lyrics to context.Other notable covers include the entirety of the Beatles album Let It Be (with the exception of the title track) and their album Sympathy for the Devil which deconstructs the Rolling Stones song of the same name with seven different covers of the song.In NATO, they also memorably rework Europe's glam metal anthem "The Final Countdown" as a Wagnerian disco epic.Laibach recently covered the song Ohne Dich by Rammstein in a significantly altered version.Melodrom), as opposed to the solo male vocals in the Rammstein version.The lyrics of the song were also subtly altered, most noticeably in the chorus; the original version was "Ohne dich kann ich nicht sein" (roughly: "without you I cannot exist") whereas Laibach reworked the chorus into "Ohne mich kannst du nicht sein" (roughly: "Without me you cannot exist").Aesthetics
Although primarily a musical group, Laibach has sometimes worked in other media.In their early years, especially before the founding of NSK, Laibach produced several works of visual art.MB 84 Memorandum (1984) an image of a black cross that served as a way to advertise Laibach's appearances during a period in the 1980s when the government of Yugoslavia banned the name "Laibach".Music
Some early Laibach albums were pure industrial; with hard industrial percussions, heavy rhythms, and roar vocals.NATO was pure disco album, Jesus Christ Superstars pseudo heavy metal; and WAT minimal techno.Rammstein
The popular German musical group Rammstein has acknowledged influence by both the aesthetic approach and some Laibach material.They simply let themselves get inspired by our work, which is absolutely a legitimate process.Laibach would later provide a remix for the single release of Ohne dich by Rammstein.Bill Gates" and "Paracelsus", the first holding mostly hard and fast drum'n'bass techno."Paracelsus" from its side has been out of print for several years since its original release on 31 October 1994.After that, in 1979 Knez formed the original Laibach (note that the official founding date is 1980).It is believed that the first incarnation of Laibach included only Dejan Knez and Miran Mohar.Later, Tomaz Hostnik joined the band as singer and spokesman.Sometimes those four members of the band were signed with their pseudonyms: Dachauer, Keller, Saliger and Eber.Interestingly, on the press photos for NATO album, the famous Slovenian producer Goran Lisica Fox apears on the press photos.Now, the oldest member is Milan Fras, because Novak joined the band later than Fras.Hostnik, singer (deceased)
Dejan Knez, keyboards, electronics, drums (Knez left Laibach after the album WAT.Laibach in 1989 but returned for the next album Kapital.Laibach, Kunst der Fuge (Mute, 2008).Dejan Knez experimental electronic music side project
Germania, side project, Laibach, Iztok Turk and Anja Rupel
Kraftbach
600.Griffin: Review of Laibach and Irwin.Laibach and NSK", MIT Press, Sep 2005.Legends
Laibachkunst includes images of early visual artworks by Laibach and also pieces by fellow NSK members Irwin.See Copyrights for details."Are you sure you want to block this user?"You're In The Army Now...Just went through the whole Laibach explanation with my boyfriend (you know what I mean), and had to listen to some Anthems.Hey, thanks for the ADD!Happy New Year wishes from Raleigh,North Carolina!!!!SAULE** Wants her Latvian Osbf.Keep on making great music!Eretsua, Lowwave and Roughhausen, now available at the hangar.Id + " Text: " + targetLink.About the name
According to one of many theories about the origin of the name, Laibach is derived from German lai (tepid) + bach (brook).See Copyrights for details."You have entered an incorrect address."London Scala 2003
Photo by D.Last year saw the release of critically acclaimed Volk, its bold new direction took many by surprised but the gamble has paid off as the album is already widely considered one of Laibach's best.While Laibach was working on Volk they took some time out to present their adaptation of Bach's "Die Kunst der Fuge" in Leipzig on June 1st 2006.UK's first ever LaibachKunst exhibition, or inhibition as it was titled, took place in Birmingham.Shortly after the release of Volk, the third instalment of the DVD collection was released featuring the film Divided States of America along with the Paris concert from the Anthems tour during 2004.Laibach ended the year with the first leg of the Volk tour with Mina Spiler standing in for Boris Benko.Laibach plan to continue promoting Volk, touring extensively throughout 2007, also expecting to visit North America, Russia and also many places that are not on the usual tour route.Laibach are already planning a new album though there are no indications when it might be expected or when work will start on it.In addition, the next DVD is expected soon and we can always hope they find the opportunity to release something from the archive, as there are still a few items from the list made a few years ago.Check the news section, it should have all the latest on Laibach and NSK activities.Laibach's online World Trade Center is about to be launched at wtc.Note: Due to logistic problems Laibach concert on 22nd of December 2007 in Anton
Podbevsek Theatre in Novo Mesto had to be cancelled and moved to 11th of
January 2008.Exhibiton which has been produced by ArtiKraak and curated by the Photon Gallery reviewed the past quarter of a century of documentation from Laibach, exhibiting work by a number of Slovenian photographers including Vojko Flegar, Antonio Zivkovic, Bojan Salaj, Joze Suhadolnik and Jane Stravs.The next in Laibach's series of DVD releases, 'Divided States Of America' with bonus footage of Laibach Live In Paris, was released on 13th November 2006 by Mute.USA, a country deeply divided by two opposite political and cultural poles.The tour has been therefore named "The Divided States of America Tour".NSK Citizens and friends were invited to attend a traditional Laibach welcome party at the Kum mountain near Trbovlje on 27th October at 20:00.Video for single Anglia has been released.LAIBACH announced a brand new album release VOLK released on Mute on 23rd October.VOLK's preceding single, ANGLIA was released on Mute on 9th October 2006.Mutefilm screening, including Laibach videos and the British premiere of Saso Podgorsek's Laibach U.Cherry Red Records, who released Laibach's Nova Akropola in 1985*, has just launched its own download site, with tracks from Nova Akropola available.Laibach's interpretation of Bach's Kunst der Fuge was held in Leipzig at Werk II.George Hope Verney, Fisher and Spaski.Archive, Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia and others.Laibach, was published by MIT Press on November 30th 2005.Maska in 2003), supplemented with additional material, colour illustrations and a foreword by series editor Slavoj Zizek.Gallery Photon from Ljubljana, Slovenia, organized an exhibition of photos of Laibach between 18th of October and 7th of November 2004.LAIBACH AMONG SUPERHEROES
Laibach has been payed with uncommon honour by editors of cult comic edition ABSOLUTE KINGDOM COME.In its new editon, which has been issued at American publishing house DC Comics, Laibach's frontman is appearing as one of the new superheroes from the story.The new Laibach album VOLK is the bands comment on pop culture, presented in a collection of 14 pop songs, inspired by national anthems.The limited edition is in hardback 32 pages book format, featuring new Laibach Kunst paintings and sleeve notes about each song.The standard edition will have the lyrics of the songs.Laibach's series of DVD releases, will be available by MUTE in November.To see a trailer for the DVD please visit: laibach.This September, England's second city Birmingham will host Laibach for the first time.This is the first British LAIBACH KUNST inhibition and the performance will also be a British premiere.The event is part of a weekend of events entitled Return of the Repressive (RoTr), organised by the Industrialised Culture Research Network (I.Finally, on Sunday the 3rd, there will be an I.Review of LAIBACHKUNSTDERFUGE in Werk II (Leipzig), 01.LAIBACH ANTHEMS, the first Laibach compilation, was released on 4th October 2004.Running time for the release is almost 160 min.The second CD has only mixes.The package includes a 40 page booklet containing paintings, photographs and writing on the band by Alexei Monroe.LAIBACH + IRWIN + NOORDUNG + NOVI KOLEKTIVIZEM + DEPT. |
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