Laibach

2008 was eventful for Laibach, notably the American tour where they visited Mexico for the first time but also it saw the release of their Bach project 'Kunst Der Fuge'. Initially the album was only available as a digital download outside Slovenia but many fans were determined to have the CD version which was supposed to be limited to within Slovenia. However the strong interest soon led to the CD being available via online sites such as Amazon.
Laibach themselves had finally launched their long awaited online shop which should be the solution for future releases though at the moment the high value of the Euro is pricing much of the merchandise into the expensive zone.

Laibach had been working on a number of projects during 2008 so there is a possibility that something should appear this year. These projects include the next studio album for Mute, there was also a brief mention of Laibach organising or writing a film soundtrack and it's certainly sounds like a project that would suit Laibach's work. Much more concrete was the collaboration with the Croatian National Theatre using the music of Wagner. Financial and logistical problems prevented the Wagner project going ahead with the planned premiere last December but hopefully it's nothing more than a delay and soon see the light of day. Meanwhile Laibach are continuing to promote their Bach project, lining up a European tour for February which will include a visit to the UK.

We are currently awaiting more releases from a planned collection of DVDs, 'Predictions of Fire' and 'Pobjeda Pod Suncem' (Victory Under The Sun) were expected but in the end 'Dead in Trbovlje' was the fourth DVD to be released though it was numbered six. There are some issues getting in the way but the DVD series is still expected to conform to the original idea of a large collection and hopefully DVD four and five will be released soon.



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