Still, most of the problems of the original have been fixed, though some of the more interesting elements have been eliminated along the way. Laibach 2018 movie liberation day opening theme youtube. Ponghwa art theatre, pyongyang, north korea, august 19, 2015 introduction by director morten traavik footage by north korean state tv kctv full concert on liberation day bluray edition tba. A slovenian rock band visits pyongyang in this utterly bizarre look at life in north korea. Liberation days laibach and north korea chronicles and explains a concert that shook the world and how it came to be. I lost my copy and cannot find where to download or buy it. Unlike press releases suggests laibach was not the first western rock band to perform in north korea. The co director morten traavik had visited north korea in the past and also directed various laibach videos, and somehow he managed to set this thing up. Lavishly designed by valnoir, a key player in this totalkunst performance, and edited by himself with the director and organiser of the performance morten traavik, liberation days is the ultimate collection of behindthe. The premiere screening on saturday, november 19 at melkwegs rabozaal will feature a special concert by laibach. Mute records laibach announce the liberation day tour. Laibach announce party songs ep watch the video for.
After all, as a theatre director, you dont get to work with actors and. Laibach is an industrial project that started in trbovlje, slovenia, in 1980. New unit types grace the terrain in the form of grenadiers, hover craft, naval support ships, and many others. Liberation day 2016 stream and watch online moviefone.
Under the loving but firm guidance of an old fan turned director and cultural diplomat, and to the surprise of a whole world, the exyugoslavian cult band laibach becomes the first rock group ever. Having built trust, through years of borderexpanding collaborative art performances with both laibach and north korean authorities separately, it seemed worth the try to bring them together. Exyugoslavian cult band laibach becomes the first foreign rock group ever to perform in the fortress state of north korea. Liberation day how the slovenian cult band laibach became the first rock group to perform in. In my opinion, this is one of their best efforts, and ive been following them since the very beginning, to the present day.
North korea seems like a terrifying place to visit, but if it is really true that that guy laibachs lead singer is going to be singing the sound of music, i kind of. Laibach liberation day tour lyrics and tracklist genius. Im almost one hundred per cent sure that laibach dedication to the sound of music as an album was influenced by slavoj zizek annalisis of the film and particularly of the crucial and edgy dissection of climb evry mountain song in his witty film perverts guide. Download subtitles for when rock arrived in north korea. Why would north korea invite laibach to perform at a major theatre in pyonyang to celebrate that day. Laibachs liberation day tour will coincide with the 70th anniversary of the korean peninsulas liberation from japanese colonization and subsequent division into two enemy states. Laibachs 80s artrocker doom version of the sound of music was a kind of peace process, and, like any peace. This subreddit is dedicated to the best band in the world. Mar 31, 2017 directed by ugis olte, morten traavik. Laibach liberation day when rock arrived in north korea bbc, storyville 2017. Under the loving but firm guidance of an old fan turned director and cultural diplomat, and to the surprise of a whole world, the exyugoslavian cult band laibach. With boris benko, tomaz cubej, milan fras, janez gabric. Laibach first played ljubljana in january of 1982, and the ljubljanazagrebbeograd collection captures some the groups performances from this time from cassettes sold at shows. One of the crowning points of this dvd video collection, and a superb extra, is the inclusion of a fairly lengthy documentary on laibach s history.
Apr 20, 2018 all rights reserves to laibach a slovenia rock band and vocal by silence visit traavik. Party songs is an ep by neue slowenische kunst industrialavantgarde group laibach. Laibach biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. The concert is the subject of the documentary film liberation day by morten traavik and ugis olte, which premiered in 2016. Liberation day is a refined version of the same game featuring new battles and units, new multiplayer features, and new bugs. The concerts are currently scheduled for the 19th and 20th of august in pyongyang. Exclusive teaser from liberation day, the upcoming fulllength documentary about laibachs groundbreaking north korea concerts in august. The band performed several songs from the 1965 films soundtrack at the concert in pyongyang, chosen by laibach as its a wellknown and beloved film in the dprk and often used by schoolchildren to learn english. Traavik and ugis olte, is a consistently understated chronicle of westerners who are very carefully. Announce the liberation day tour performing in pyongyang, north korea. The cd is also contained in laibach liberation day. Liberation day does not presume the viewer is intimately familiar with laibach, and should work both for laibach fans and those curious about the documentary subgenre of westerners document their time visiting north korea. Industrial bands, liberation day, resistance is futile, rock groups, human soul, post punk, north korea, trance, everything what others are saying laibach announce documentary on. Slovenian music and art collective mix agitprop politics, wagnerian gesamtkunstwerk, and stomping industrialrock show.
Exyugoslavian cult band laibach becomes the first rock group ever to perform in the fortress state of north korea. Laibach have announced a sixtrack ep, party songs, featuring unpublished tracks from the repertoire of the bands 2015 performances in north korea, as documented by morten traavik and ugis oltes liberation day film 2016. Laibach to play sound of music covers at pyongyangs first rock concert under the loving but firm guidance of an old fan turned director and cultural diplomat, and to the surprise of a whole world, the exyugoslavian cult band laibach becomes the first rock group ever to perform in the fortress state of north korea. Jan 02, 2017 liberation day shares a multitude of revamped features with the original.
Find laibach discography, albums and singles on allmusic. Liberation marks the date of either a revolution, as in cuba, the fall of an oppressive regime, as in portugal, or the end of an occupation by another state, as in the netherlands, thereby differing from independence in the meaning of secession from another country. Once again laibach subtlety to nude off cultural settings and unveil the secrets of western symbolic quests must be applauded. Party member edition bluray only, feature hours of exclusive bonus material including commentary tracks, music videos, short films and not least the first full. Jul 17, 2017 you wonder what kim would have made of liberation day, morten traaviks documentary about laibach, which follows the slovenians as they become the first western rock act to perform in the dprk although this writer witnessed a drunk tourist singing the star spangled banner to a crowd of bemused locals in a pyongyang hotel bar in 2005. Electronic, baroque period, industrial metal, industrial rock, art rock, experimental rock, alternative dance, dancepop. Under the loving but firm guidance of an old fan turned director and cultural diplomat, and to the surprise of the whole world, the exyugoslavian now slovenian cult band laibach becomes the first rock group ever to perform in the fortress state of north korea. The concerts will also be subject of a documentary film scheduled for premiere in 2016. Nov 23, 2016 liberation day director morten traavik on shooting the laibach north korea rock concert doc the norwegian director reveals that his north korea documentary musical is part of a series. Oct 18, 2017 still, liberation day, a documentary of preparations for the concert directed by mr.
Liberation day a film by morten traavik and ugis olte watch on itunes. Liberation day and laibach return to korea for labor day, may 1 asian premiere and concert at the jeonju international film festival spring and armageddon is in the air, as north korean possibly nuclear missiles face american possibly nuclear warships in a rapidly escalating quite possibly nuclear high noon on the korean peninsula. The films event took place two years ago, but liberation day has a timely quality given the recently rampedup possibility of a war with north korea. Liberation day is a day, often a public holiday, that marks the liberation of a place, similar to an independence day. Liberation day bluray party member edition laibach wtc. Fast forward to 2015, when north korea celebrates its 70th liberation day, the day in 1945 when japan which had occupied korea for decades was finally kicked out of the country, and kim jung il became the first beloved leader of the modern age.
Laibach never were very prone to being compared using regular standards, except maybe for a couple of their records of the previous decade. The announcement of the concert in north korea was understandably met with media fanfare and global surprise considering the closed nature of the regime and the musical style of laibach, which is perhaps best described as avantgarde. Not sure that can be really explained, but it actually did happen, and liberation day is the documentary about that event. Mute records laibach the liberation day tour, pyongyang. Laibach 2018 movie liberation day opening theme craftsman sheng can we get 10k. Is this the full film or a bbc documentary on the liberation day documentary. The laibachlast few days cassette from 1983 was the groups first proper release, and. Laibach s staying power is evident up to this day, being they have been together now for more than 20 years, and still going strong. Download laibach mp3 songs and albums music downloads.
Mute records 1978 tomorrow laibach the liberation day tour, pyongyang, north korea. You wonder what kim would have made of liberation day, morten traaviks documentary about laibach, which follows the slovenians as they become the first western rock act to perform in the dprk although this writer. Laibach liberation day when rock arrived in north korea bbc. This film subtly reveals the north korean mindset through the patiencetesting minutiae the north koreans censors object. The songs are a collaboration with boris benko from slovenian. Entertain, enlighten or subvert liberation day and. It contains three versions of the song honourable, dead or alive, when following the revolutionary road, as well as two versions of north korean pop song we will go to mount paektu and a live recording of allkorean folk song arirang. Under the loving but firm guidance of an old fan turned director and cultural diplomat and to the surprise of a whole world, the exyugoslavian cult band laibach becomes the first foreign rock group ever to perform in the fortress state of north korea.
In august 2015, slovenian rock group laibach played in pyongyang to coincide with north koreas liberation day celebration, which is held on august 15. The cinema is a powerful ideological weapon for revolution and construction, wrote north koreas dear leader kim jongil in his 1973 classic on the art of the cinema. So when laibach announced last year that they would be performing in north korea as part of the notoriously secretive countrys liberation day. Liberation day 2016 stream and watch online norwegian artist morten traavik presents north koreas first rock concert in 2015 and is joined onstage by slovenian cult band laibach. This film subtly reveals the north korean mindset through the patiencetesting minutiae the north koreans censors object to and the tedium the musiciansartists must endure. Laibachs staying power is evident up to this day, being they have been together now for more than 20 years, and still going strong.
The sound of music was conceived when laibach were infamously invited to perform in north korea in 2015. Mute will release the ep on vinyl 12inch and digital platforms on november 22 you can watch the video for honourable, dead or alive, when following. Home products liberation day tour red liberation day tour red 24. Laibachs groundbreaking performance in north korea was documented by director, artist and cultural diplomat, morten traavik in the film liberation day described by mojo as a humorous, disturbing, illuminating and sometimes moving immersion into an anomalous communist mirrorworld which is out now via itunes following its. One of the crowning points of this dvd video collection, and a superb extra, is the inclusion of a fairly lengthy documentary on laibachs history.
Their name is taken from the german name for slovenias capital ljubljana, and this reference to world war ii occupation was the first of many provocative and ambiguous statements in their long and chameleonic career. Liberation days morten traavik about the laibach in. Jan 22, 2016 exclusive teaser from liberation day, the upcoming fulllength documentary about laibach s groundbreaking north korea concerts in august 2015, becoming the first avantgarde rock band ever to. The campaign covers four progressively difficult continents, with several scenarios to complete in each one. Subtitles in 14 languages including english, french, german, russian, chinese. Laibach, in collaboration with silence, have announced a sixtrack ep, party songs, featuring unpublished tracks from the repertoire of the bands 2015 performances in north korea, as documented by morten traavik and ugis oltes liberation day film 2016. Includes high definition audio download laibach, in collaboration with silence, have announced a sixtrack ep, party songs, featuring unpublished tracks from the repertoire of the bands 2015 performances in north korea, as documented by morten traavik and ugis oltes liberation day film 2016. Aug 19, 2015 ponghwa art theatre, pyongyang, north korea, august 19, 2015 introduction by director morten traavik footage by north korean state tv kctv full concert on liberation day bluray edition tba, 2017. Laibach in collaboration with silence presents the last remaining unpublished tracks from the repertoire of their worldfamous north korea concerts in 2015, immortalized in the documentary liberation day, directed by morten traavik and ugis olte.
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