Laibach - Nova Akropola. CD. (Cherry Red - CDMRED 67) Eastern European industrial experimentalists with a heavy political leaning, Laibach have often found themselves in conflict with the authorities. Expressing their views strongly through their music both here and on their continued career with Mute Records, they are still actively pursuing their own agenda.

Laibach - Nova Akropola. CD. (Cherry Red - CDMRED67) Slovenian industrial terrorists Laibach have ruthlessly pursued their own agenda since the mid-80s: despite accusations of being right wing, they believe more in the order of chaos and destruction- which, if you don't know already, is exactly what their music sounds like. They are also the only band to our knowledge who have covered an entire Beatles album in a foreign language!! This album has been unavailable for a while, but is now avaialable once more in a stylish limited edition digipak. A good depiction of their early style (more similar to the doom groan of early Swans than the clanging noise later to come), sung in Slovenian, German and English. Key tracks: 'Vojna Poema' 'Die Liebe' and 'Vade Retro'.

Laibach - Sympathy For The Devil. LP. (Mute - LPMUTE80) Eastern European industrial experimentalists with a heavy political leaning, Laibach have often found themselves in conflict with the authorities. On this eight track album, The Rolling Stones are the subject for their venom this time round, stripping apart the original and remaking it seven times over in various forms. Potentially a terrible idea, the groups ability to reinvent the same song over and over agin, taking different sections and twisting it into their own bombastic, stomping song. Their sampling is inventive, incorporating bits of JFK speeches, psychedelic references and interviews with the Stones to twist it into something completely different. The version in a hushed German growl is a particular favourite. Industrial electronic music at it's most original best.

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