Laibach, “The Whistleblowers” video.
Track taken frtom the 2014 album “Spectre”, now available.
Video directed by Morten Traavik.
DOP: Valdis Celmins
1AC: Janis Jurkovskis
2 AC: Miks Ramans
Art director: Kristaps Epners
Costume designer: Jurate Silakaktina
Make-up artist: Viktorija Safronova
Gaffer: Juris Zemitis
Line producer: Agne Skane
Editor: Gatis Belogrudovs
VFX: Madars Upitis, Jaroslavs Kreilis
SFX: Janis Kreituss
Colourist & online editor: Kriss Rozins
Sound: Artis Dukalskis
Laibach is a music and cross-media group from Slovenia established on the 1st of June, 1980 in Trbovlje. The name of the band is the historic German version of the name Slovenia’s capital Ljubljana. From the start Laibach has developed a “Gesamtkunstwerk” – multi-disciplinary art practice in all fields ranging from popular culture to art (collages, photo-copies, posters, graphics, paintings, videos, installations, concerts and performances). Since their beginnings the group was associated and surrounded with controversy, provoking strong reactions from political authorities of former Yugoslavia and in particular in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. Their militaristic self-stylisation, propagandist manifestos and totalitarian statements have raised many debates on their actual artistic and political positioning. Many important theorists, among them Boris Groys and Slavoj Žižek, have discussed the Laibach phenomenon both from an analytical as well as critical cultural point of view. The main elements of Laibach’s varied practices are: strong references to avant-garde art history, nazi-kunst and socialist realism for their production of visual art, de-individualisation in their public performances as an anonymous quartet dressed in uniforms, conceptual proclamations, and forceful sonic stage performances – mainly labelled as industrial (pop) music. Laibach is practicing collective work, dismantling individual authorship and establishing the principle of hyper-identification. In 1983 they have invented and defined the historic term ‘retro-avant-garde’. They creatively questioned artistic ‘quotation’, appropriation, re-contextualisation, copyright and copy-left. Although starting out as both an art and music collective, Laibach became internationally renowned foremost on the music scene, particularly with their unique cover-versions and interpretations of hits by Queen, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, etc.
Buy “Spectre” here :
http://spectre.laibach.org/order-spectre/
Deluxe CD: http://smarturl.it/SpectreDeluxeCD
CD: http://smarturl.it/spectreCD
LP: http://smarturl.it/spectreLP
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/spectreiTunes
SPECTRE TOUR
http://www.laibach.org/future-events
Laibach :
http://www.laibach.org/
http://www.facebook.com/laibach
http://vk.com/laibach_official
http://www.youtube.com/laibach
http://www.last.fm/music/Laibach
https://twitter.com/laibachinform
https://google.com/+LaibachOrg
TruthSeekah, “Mystic Mind”, from the album “Spiritual Alchemy”.
Esoteric / Spiritual Hip Hop.
“Alchemy is the transmutation of base metals such as lead and copper and transforming them into gold. Spiritual Alchemy on the other hand is the concept where you take all of the trials and tribulations and all of the negativity that we face in life and use them as a stepping stool in the process of our spiritual awakening. Spiritual Alchemy is presented as an analogy for personal transmutation, purification, and perfection. Spiritual Alchemy is said to be some of TruthSeekahs best work to date. Although released 1 year apart this album acts as a continuation of TruthSeekahs Awaken The Fire album, TruthSeekah not only takes it a step further lyrically but also content wise TruthSeekah takes you a little further into some of the deeper esoteric ideas that are rarely discussed in the confines of organized religion”.
TRUTHSEEKAH :
http://www.TruthSeekahMusic.com
http://www.Facebook.com/TruthSeekah
Twitter: @TruthSeekah
https://www.youtube.com/user/TruthSeekah777
Asimilación, March 2014 by Kikdrum on Mixcloud
КИК, “Asimilación” podcast, March 2014.
One hour of new, global punk / streetpunk / hardcore / thrash.
Tracklisting + more info here.
Confront Stage, “Дети улиц”, (“Street Kids”).
Hardcore punk from Ukraine.
Confront Stage :
http://vishes.ru/
http://confrontstage.bandcamp.com/
Paddy and the Rats, “Ghost From The Barrow”, from the album “Tales From The Docks”.
Bio
Paddy and the Rats was formed by the singer-songwriter Paddy, Vince (bass) and Joey (electric guitar) in 2008. Then Seamus (drums) joined them and two authentic musicians, Sonny (accordion) and Sam (fiddle, tin whistle, banjo and bagpipe). As for their becoming rats, the six „Irish” guys say: punk is the same in music as rats among the animals – dirty and malicious, and they exactly play it. The band is combining different nations’ pub music with hot and dirty punk rock. To spice up their own songs they use Irish pub music and Celtic features, but sometimes Russian and gypsy elements and rhythms are also present. The band’s first album – Rats On Board – will be released in march 2010 by Nordic Records and it will be available on Itunes and Amazone. Also, Uncleowen Records is releasing it in Japan. Those listening to their music won’t definitely stay sober, because the rolling jig rhythm makes everybody dance and even jump – and get drunk! Most of the lyrics are about drinking and pub stories (Fuck You I’m Drunk, We will fight, Pub’n roll). Last year they had more than 100 gigs, they took part in festivals in Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Slovakia and Serbia. At gigs, besides their own songs they play such Irish songs as Wild Rover or Whiskey In The Jar, sailor songs (Drunken Sailor, Bully In The Alley) and punk anthems (Sex Pistols, Green Day) with fiddle, banjo, accordion, bagpipe, whistle – and of course, a lotta rock’n’roll. Their aim is to introduce the crowd to different kinds of pub music and pub culture…
To be more precise: turn the whole world into a pub!
Links
Paddy and the Rats :
http://paddyrats.com/
https://www.facebook.com/paddyrats
http://www.youtube.com/user/paddyrats
http://www.myspace.com/paddyrats
http://www.last.fm/music/Paddy+And+The+Rats/
iTunes : https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/paddy-and-the-rats/id356491644
