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 music
Length	58:31
Label	Mute Records
Producer(s)	Silence
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Metica link Muzika.hr link VIRUS! Magazine link Pop Matters link Gothronic link Release Music Magazine link
Laibach chronology
Anthems (2004)	Volk (2006)
Silence chronology
Key (2006)	Volk (2006)

Volk is a concept album by Slovenian industrial/techno music group Laibach. The album is collection of 14 national anthem-inspired songs. Each song is an interpretation by Laibach of particular conflicts and issues within each nation. For example Anglia focuses on the struggles of England as a former colonial power, while Francia is undoubtedly inspired by the 2005 civil unrest in Paris.

The album is a collaboration with Silence, who composed and produced thirteen of the fourteen tracks under Laibach's supervision^[1].

It is to be noted, the anthem of the NSK is essentially the same arrangement as "The Great Seal", a song on their 1987 album Opus Dei.

Contents 1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Trivia 4 References 4.1 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Track listing

1. Germania
2. America
3. Anglia
4. Rossiya
5. Francia
6. Italia
7. España
8. Yisra’el
9. Türkiye
10. Zhonghuá
11. Nippon
12. Slovania
13. Vaticanae
14. NSK

[edit] Personnel

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

• 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:
  • Gregor Zemljič
  • Iztok Turk
  • Uroš Umek

• 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] Trivia

• Laibach used Wikipedia as the source for the liner notes for the album.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Laibach Discography: Volk