Volk (album)

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Volk
Studio album by Laibach
Released 26 October 2006
Recorded Daily Girl, NSK Studio and Studio Metro (Ljubljana), The Instrument and Metropolis studios (London), Master & Servant (Hamburg)
Genre Industrial pop music
Length 58:31
Label Mute Records
Producer Laibach and Silence
Professional reviews
Laibach chronology
Anthems
(2004)		 Volk
(2006)
Silence chronology
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(2006)		 Volk
(2006)

Volk is a concept album by Slovenian industrial/pop group Laibach. The album is a collection of thirteen songs inspired by national or pan-national anthems, plus the anthem of the NSK State, a virtual state to which Laibach belong. The album is a collaboration with another Slovenian band Silence.[1]

The album's liner notes credit Wikipedia as their source for information on the national anthems featured.

The anthem of the NSK is essentially the same arrangement as "The Great Seal", a song on their 1987 album Opus Dei. Like "The Great Seal", the words are based on Winston Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  1. Germania - based on Das Lied der Deutschen (Germany)
  2. America - based on The Star-Spangled Banner (USA)
  3. Anglia - based on God Save the Queen (UK)
  4. Rossiya - based on the post-2000 National Anthem of Russia
  5. Francia - based on La Marseillaise (France)
  6. Italia - based on Il Canto degli Italiani (Italy)
  7. España - based on Marcha Real (music) and El Himno de Riego (lyrics) (Spain)
  8. Yisra’el - based on Hatikvah (Israel) and Biladi (Palestine)
  9. Türkiye - based on İstiklâl Marşı (Turkey)
  10. Zhonghuá - based on March of the Volunteers (People's Republic of China)
  11. Nippon - based on Kimi ga Yo (Japan)
  12. Slovania - based on Hey, Slavs (unofficial Slavic anthem)
  13. Vaticanae - based on Inno e Marcia Pontificale (Vatican City)
  14. NSK - the anthem of the Neue Slowenische Kunst

[edit] Personnel

Album written and produced by Laibach and Silence, 2005-2006.

Laibach and Silence. Volk tour poster.
Laibach and Silence. Volk tour poster.
  • Laibach are:
    • Eber
    • Saliger
    • Dachauer
    • Keller
  • Silence are:
    • Boris Benko
    • Primož Hladnik
  • Additional musicians:
    • Boris Benko (Silence): vocals on all tracks except 08, 09, 10 and 14
    • Yolanda Grant-Thompson: vocals on tracks 02 and 13
    • Mina Špiler (Melodrom): vocals on tracks 05 and 07
    • Maria Awa: vocals on track 07
    • Artie Fishel: vocals on track 08
    • Zed Mehmet: vocals on track 09
    • Elvira Hasanagić: vocals on track 09
    • Seaming To: vocals on track 10
    • Nagisa Moritoki: vocals on track 11
    • Brina Vogelnik Saje: vocals on track 12
    • Luka Jamnik: analogue synthesizer sounds on tracks 02, 04 and 05
    • Miha Dovžan: zither on track 06
    • Peter Dekleva: acoustic guitar on track 04
    • Anne Carruthers: cello on tracks 04 and 11
    • Alojz Zupan: conductor of brass orchestra on track 14:
      • Delavska Godba Trbovlje
    • Vitalij Osmačko: conductor of children's choir on track 04:
      • Janja Cerar
      • Dasha Khotuleva
      • Anna Vidovich
      • Nastja Yatsko
  • Technical support:
  • Mixing and mastering:
    • Paul Walton (P-dub)
    • James Aparcio
    • Tom Meyer
  • Project manager (Mute Records):
    • Robert Schilling
  • Cover painting:
    • Laibach
  • Design and layout:
    • Phant & Puntza
  • Text editing:
    • Schrankmeister
  • Special thanks to:
    • Daniel Miller
    • Robert Schilling
  • Label: Mute Records

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ silence-zone.com. Silence discography: Volk (English). silence-zone.com. Retrieved on 27 March, 2007.

[edit] External links

Laibach Discography: Volk

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