Name: Nova Akropola
Brand: Laibach

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cdmred67

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Limited edition

Release date

2007-08-09

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The Orchard

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Standard:20

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

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Laibach

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Experimental / Avant-Garde / Industrial / Noise

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Laibach is a controversial Slovenian Post-Industrial band formed in 1980 in Trbovlje, Yugoslavia. Initially pioneers of Martial Industrial music, they later transitioned to a crossover style influenced by Rock, Pop, Techno, and Dance. In 2015, Laibach made history as the first 'western' band to perform in North Korea.
The official members of the band are Dachauer, Eber, Keller (2), and Saliger. They have collaborated with various musicians throughout their career including Andrej Lupinc on bass guitar and Anja Rupel on vocals.
Other notable collaborators include Boris Benko on synthesizer and vocals, Borut Kržišnik on guitar, Damjan Bizilj on synthesizer, Dare Hočevar on bass guitar, Dejan Knez on keyboards, electronics, voice and drums. The list goes on with talented individuals such as Ivan Novak who handles lights and projection along with electronics and voice during concerts.

digipack reissue with a bonus four minute film. as laibach took on more and more of a direct musical identity outside slovenia, as opposed to being seen as simply part of the neue slowenische kunst, the group's music gained a similar focus, though admittedly one still aimed specifically at an avant-garde level. 'nova akropola' readily captures the band's stone-faced fascination with propaganda, fascism, and the implications of rallying and control, while the music was so perfectly on the money with stentorian rhythms, rough chants, and unnerving textures and samples that it almost beggars description. the title track is a perfect example, string-synths and horns slowly, creepily wafting up through the mix before a distorted, strangled voice starts howling over the slowest death-march beat around. there are signs at many points that the group is starting to explore the perversely accessible styles of later years, but it's still early days yet - the appropriate comparison wouldn't be industrial / dance so much as the first albums by the swans. 'die liebe', though, is very much the stomping, riff-heavy semi-dance hit from hell, something of a dry run for the later demolitions of queen and other groups. 'vade retro' takes a calmer but not less haunting approach, a mix of keyboards and drums providing rhythms while vocals swirl like disembodied choirs from the mountaintop. on cherry red.

Nova Akropola

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