LAIBACH’S IRON SKY ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK 7 MAY
LAIBACH release the soundtrack to IRON SKY, one of 2012’s most anticipated film releases, on Mute on 7 May 2012 and to coincide, announce a series of European dates that includes the prestigious Tate Modern Turbine Hall on 14 April 2012 (SOLD OUT), plus the release of An Introduction To… Laibach / Reproduction Prohibited, out on Mute in Spring 2012.
The live dates will include music written by Laibach from IRON SKY (directed by Timo Vuorensola), a dark science fiction comedy about Nazis invading earth in 2018, after escaping to the Dark Side of the Moon in 1945, due out in UK cinemas this Spring.
The film, whose premiere was one of the hottest tickets at the Berlin International Film Festival, was inspired in part by Laibach, specifically 2006’s VOLK, a collection of interpretations of national anthems that includes America, which features in the film’s soundtrack. See a trailer for the film here:
The European tour will also feature music from the forthcoming album, An Introduction To… Laibach / Reproduction Prohibited, out on Mute in Spring 2012. The album, neither a “best of” nor a “greatest hits”, is instead a compilation of some of Laibach’s best known cover versions, with two rare tracks, Warme Lederhaut, a cover of Mute’s first release, The Normal’s Warm Leatherette, was performed at the now legendary Short Circuit presents Mute festival in May 2011 and Ballad Of A Thin Man, originally recorded by Bob Dylan.
UK LIVE DATES
11 April Birmingham
12 April Manchester
14 April London Tate Modern Turbine Hall – SOLD OUT
Full European dates are available from: http://laibach.org
Laibach are hard at work on a box set, set for release later this year, further details to follow…
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