Laibach

Tanz Mit Laibach (EP)
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In anticipation of a forthcoming Laibach Album* (Volk, due Oct. 23rd), I present Tanz Mit Laibach, the advance single from 2003's WAT. Tanz was Laibach's answer to George Bush's New World Order - or was it? As usual, you can't take Laibach product at face value. They apparently mock authority systems and methods by imitating and assimilating them. Here they praise German/American relations (and namecheck D.A.F. in the credits) with the frightening couplets:

Amerikano Freunde,
und Deutscher Kamerad,
wir tanzen gut zussamen,
wir tanzen nach Bagdad!

Stylistically the song sounds a lot like DAF's Der Mussolini and also Der Sherriff, their own Gulf War indictment. Lyrics also mention the dictator characters from Chaplin's The Great Dictator (Ado Hinkel, Benzino Napoloni). Included on this single are four rather radical remixes of the song by Slovene DJs Temponauta, Zeta Reticula and others .

EINS, ZWEI, DREI, VIER (@320 kbps)
re-upped on 10/14 (megaupload)

* I plan on upping a few rare Laibach items until the new album is out. Hopefully no one is too offended by them. Even if some folks 'get' Laibach's act, I also understand that their look, imagery and even lyrics can offend some, especially those of you in the EU. I feel that way with some Death-folk and Darkwave stuff that use Germanofilia and Nazi motifs as an overall look/sound.
Thanks for understanding.