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Slovenia (1980 – present)

Laibach is an industrial project that started in Trbovlje, Slovenia, in 1980. Their name is taken from the German name for Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana, and this reference to World War II occupation was the first of many provocative and ambiguous statements in their long and chameleonic career. Laibach were founder members of the art movement NSK (Neue Slowenische Kunst — “New Slovenian Art”) and are one of the few musical groups able to claim real influence on the history of their home country.

Laibach are best known for their cover versions of pop songs which have been rerendered in such a way as to reveal formerly hidden or unnoticed messages, often commenting on political totalitarianism or rock stardom’s own forms of dictatorship. This was done most successfully on Opus Dei, especially on their cover of

One Vision. Named

Geburt Einer Nation after D. W. Griffith’s classic film The Birth of a Nation, Queen’s lyrics are sung in German to a strident military beat. All of a sudden lines like “one flesh, one blood, one true religion” start sounding suspiciously familiar…

However the bulk of Laibach’s output is their own work. Their own early experiments with totalitarian ambiguity led to their being outlawed in then-Communist Yugoslavia; their name was made illegal so the band resorted to using their black-cross emblem on posters instead. To this day their work deals with similar ideas but frequently Laibach reference their own legendary status and tongue-in-cheekily play with the kinds of in-jokes a band accrues in over 25 years of work.

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1	Tanz mit Laibach full track	499
2	Rossiya full track	250
3	Anglia full track	241
4	Germania full track	214
5	America full track	206
6	Das Spiel ist aus full track	183
6	Alle Gegen Alle full track	183
8	Achtung! full track	182
8	God Is God full track	182
8	Francia full track	182
11	Contrapunctus 2 full track	181
12	Geburt Einer Nation	173
13	Slovania full track	160
14	B Mashina full track	158
14	Italia full track	158

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maliksaba wrote:
Thursday morning

the greatest there ever was. old, new, everything in between. thank you laibach, your entire career has been consistently magical. and the volk tour is an aesthetic blessing - beautiful! what videos! what songs! and we love mina too!

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SWCHNO wrote:
Sunday morning

older and early stuff is awesome.

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DJSteeltoe wrote:
last week

Love you, mean it.

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HeadphoneHalo wrote:
last week

Fuck Laibach. Seriously.

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AnnaDraconida wrote:
last week

http://www.last.fm/group/We+Love+To+Laugh%21

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vicente-p wrote:
last month

mañana!!!! dentro de 35 horas!!! por primera vez en México

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MechanoFraktur wrote:
last month

Why no tags?

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DunkDominos wrote:
last month

laibach, you have shaped me as a person and my taste in music. thank you.

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nativewaiter wrote:
last month

OBLAST JE PRI NAS - LJUDSKA!!

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indoctrinated wrote:
last month

Secondededed on Opus Dei being their best album

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Digiwaste wrote:
last month

i've just heard of this band and they fucking kick ass man. i wish i would have heard them before. this is really good.

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punktnl wrote:
August 2008

idze im.)* volk, slovania, rossiya, tanz mit laibach peklo!

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dejvidbovi wrote:
August 2008

ŽIVJELA SLOVANIA! SARAJEVO ZA GLAVNI GRAD! SMRT FAŠIZMU!!!

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Empathy82 wrote:
August 2008

I love Laibach!!!

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fuckenroll wrote:
August 2008

Yeah Fuckenroll

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industrian wrote:
August 2008

You can get most Laibach CDs for $20~ on HMV.ca. Enjoy Opus Dei (if you've not already listened to it) it's their best album IMO.

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Matt714 wrote:
August 2008

Finally found a place that has decent prices and ships to Canada. Ordered Sympathy for the Devil, Opus Dei, Kunst der Fuge and the John Peel Sessions. :D

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Owen_Thrawn wrote:
August 2008

Kunst der Fuge *_*

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[deleted-user] wrote:
August 2008

I just herad about them yesterday, their beyond words
Matt714 wrote:
August 2008

I'm from Canada, so I have to use Amazon.ca; in which Kunst der Fuge and the John Peel Sessions aren't even listed. The eponymous album is over 50$... XD

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