out soon: Laibach - Die Kanone EP [Matrix Music Arhiv]

Artist:
Laibach

Title:
Die Kanone EP

Label:
Matrix Music Arhiv

Cat#:
MMA07 / MMACD07

Release Date:
30th October 2026 (physical)
06th November 2026 (digital)

Format:
Vinyl, CD, download & streaming

Tracklist CD:
01.
Die Kanone

02.
S Kanonom Te Bom Ciljal Moja Mala

03.
Die Kanone
(Die Krupps Remix)

04.
Die Kanone
(The Lincolnshire Poacher Mix)

05.
Die Kanone
(Black Dot Version)

06.
Die Kanone
(Live At The Opera)

07.
S Topom Te Bom Ciljal Moja Mala
(iTurk Symphonic Mix)

08.
Die Kanone
(Karaoke Version)

Tracklist Digital:
01.
Die Kanone
(Die Krupps Remix)

02.
Die Kanone
(The Lincolnshire Poacher Mix)

03.
Die Kanone
(Black Dot Version)

04.
Die Kanone
(Live At The Opera)

05.
S Topom Te Bom Ciljal Moja Mala
(iTurk Symphonic Mix)

06.
Die Kanone
(Karaoke Version)

Tracklist Vinyl:
01.
Die Kanone

02.
S Kanonom Te Bom Ciljal Moja Mala

03.
Die Kanone
(Die Krupps Remix)

04.
Die Kanone
(The Lincolnshire Poacher Mix)

05.
Die Kanone
(Black Dot Version)

06.
Die Kanone
(Live At The Opera)

Press Info:
Laibach present “Die Kanone” a new interpretation of the first single released by Bijelo Dugme in 1974, created in collaboration between two legendary bands whose histories are deeply connected to the cultural landscape of the former Yugoslavia.

After the initial digital release of the original versions on Mute Records and Classic Records, they have the track has now been remixed / reinterpreted by DIE KRUPPS / THE LINCOLNSHIRE POACHER, iTURK and BLACK DOT for imminent release on 30 October 2026 on CD, vinyl and digital formats. The vinyl and CD are already available for preorder here[T1.1]: Laibach WTC and Laibach – Die Kanone – Matrix Music. .

More than fifty years after Bijelo Dugme’s debut marked the beginning of a new chapter in Balkan rock history, Laibach revisit this iconic material through their own monumental sonic language. The result is a dialogue between two eras, two artistic visions, and two approaches to the symbols through which societies understand themselves.

Die Kanone is not merely a reinterpretation of a historic song – it is a contemporary commentary on the shifting relationship between industry, technology, and militarisation. The title evokes the transformation of industrial production and the unsettling reorientation of established manufacturing traditions toward the production of weapons and systems of warfare. The automobile factories of yesterday become the military-industrial landscapes of tomorrow; the machinery remains, only its purpose changes.

Through the collision of Bijelo Dugme’s original rock mythology with Laibach’s industrial ritualism, Die Kanone examines how economic power, technological progress, and military ambition become intertwined. It reflects on a world where the language of production increasingly merges with the language of conflict.

This collaboration brings together two legendary forces: Bijelo Dugme, pioneers of Yugoslav rock culture, and Laibach, internationally recognised for their uncompromising exploration of ideology, aesthetics, and power. Together, they transform a historic song into a new statement on the cycles of history and the mechanisms that shape the present.

The track “Die Kanone” and its Slovenian version ‘S topom te bom ciljal moja mala’ (“I’ll Aaim Mmy Ccannon Aat Yyou, Mmy Llittle Oone”) will be released physically for the first time, along with previously unreleased remixes by German industrial/EBM legends DIE KRUPPS, UK producer The Lincolnshire Poacher and the Slovenian/Croatian electronic duo Black Dot. It also features exclusive tracks: a live version (recorded at the Ljubljana Opera house with the RTV Slovenia Slovenia Symphony Orchestra) and two digital-only bonuses – Symphonic Mmix by iTurk and the Karaoke Version.

The digital release of this album consists only of tracks 3–8!

Snippets:
soon

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