Above image by Nadya Lev

Mina Spiler is the lead singer with the Slovene group 'Melodrom'. They formed back in 2001 (or 1999 as Marquee) and quickly gained notice in Slovenia eventually leading to a contract with NIKA Records to release their debut album, an English version was also released. Before long Mina's vocal qualities soon attracted the attention of Laibach who invited her to duet with Milan on their version of 'Ohne Dich', which was commissioned by Rammstein. Mina also guested on Volk with the tracks 'Francia' and 'Espaņa'.

               

Mina Spiler came to Laibach's rescue in 2006 when Boris Benko of Silence was unable to perform live due to ill health, the Volk premiere concerts had to be cancelled and the important Volk tour was under threat. Mina came in and was able to do the vocals in similar style to Boris and quickly stepped into the role allowing the tour to go ahead. With the lyrics notes on a stand nearby and quite a few cigarettes for the nerves she delivered a very impressive performance and looking very much the part in her Arabian style outfit.


Boris eventually returned for a small number of selected shows, initially performing a just a few songs while Mina did the rest. He did intend to take over fully from mid summer of 2007 and performed a number of dates completely, notably the concerts in Russia, however Mina soon returned to the role later that year for the winter 2007 tour.