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Artist | Laibach
Title | Also Sprach Zarathustra
Genre | Electronic Format | Album
Source | CDDA Time | 53:10
Label | Mute Store | 2017
Catalog | CDSTUMM401 Rip | 2017
Bitrate | 233 kbps Size | 93.50 MB
Freq | 44.1 kHz Encoder | Lame 3.98.4
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01. Vor Sonnen-Untergang 2:08
02. Ein Untergang 4:00
03. Die Unschuld I 2:44
04. Ein Verkundiger 4:38
05. Von Gipfel Zu Gipfel 5:10
06. Das Gluck 4:32
07. Das Nachtlied I 3:23
08. Das Nachtlied II 3:39
09. Die Unschuld II 3:45
10. Als Geist 5:45
11. Vor Sonnen-Aufgang 5:58
12. Von Den Drei Verwandlungen 7:28
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Laibach is an industrial group whose members prefer to be known as a
collective rather than reveal their individual names; they've been accused
of being fascists and practicing Germanophilia because of their music's
Wagnerian thunder and their military attire. According to Laibach, 'We are
fascists as much as Hitler was a painter'. Since fascism needs a scapegoat
to flourish, the members of Laibach mocked it by becoming their own
scapegoat and willingly sought alienation. Showing a ridiculous lust for
authority, Laibach's releases featured artwork influenced by anti-Nazi
photomontage artist John Heartfield, and the group's live shows portray
rock concerts as absurd political rallies. In interviews their answers are
wry manifestos, and they never break character.
Slovenian industrial collective Laibach composed music for a 2016
theatrical adaptation of Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel "Also
Sprach Zarathustra", and subsequently developed their score into a
full-length album, released by Mute in 2017. Surprisingly, considering the
group's reputation for recording radically reworked versions of familiar
rock songs, orchestral works, and even national anthems, the album has
nothing to do with the similarly named Richard Strauss tone poem, best
known for the usage of its opening fanfare in Stanley Kubrick's iconic
sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Instead of the fist-pumping industrial dance anthems or martial chanting
one might expect from Laibach, this is a relatively restrained album of
sparse, chilling sound design - much closer to the Haxan Cloak than KMFDM
or Rammstein. There are no metal guitars and no over-the-top camp here, and
the moments of bombastic grandeur are evenly paced and separated by
suspenseful pauses. Deep, guttural vocals similar to Tuvan throat singing
(presumably by longtime vocalist Milan Fras, though who can tell for sure,
given the group's penchant for anonymity) emerge from the pitch-black
darkness at startling intervals.
Orchestral percussion instruments such as gongs and timpanis (or at least
synthetic approximations thereof) contribute to the rhythmic heartbeat of
the compositions, while a few snatches of flickering breakbeats or
digitally shredded snares pop up throughout. "Ein Verkundiger" ends with
the sound of knives sharpening, and "Das Nachtlied I" contains a
hair-raising grinding noise, delivered in fits and starts over eerie
pianos. For all of these unnerving elements, there are just as many that
are stunningly gorgeous, such as rippling, bubble-like effects and swelling
strings during "Als Geist" or the ethereal female vocals during the
majestic, shimmering "Vor Sonnen-Aufgang".
Then there's "Von Den Drei Verwandlungen," the head-spinning Coil-esque
audio tornado that ends the album. "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is an intense
experience, but not at all in the way one might expect from Laibach. It's
spacious and fluid rather than rock-solid and rigid, but every sound and
movement feels entirely deliberate. Nearly 40 years after their formation,
Laibach remain innovators, and "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is easily one of
their best works. Absolutely glorious.
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