16. Fairground Of Tears Generation Of Screengazers
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The next chapter in the dystopian body techno series: CAGE OF FLESH II.
16 visceral tracks of relentless EBM, industrial, and dark soundscapes. A brutal journey through the boundaries of flesh and machine, featuring a lineup of uncompromising provocateurs. Available in pay what you want digital format and in limited cassette tape.
The body is meat, you may fall on the prison of your own flesh.
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Even in Berlins inexhaustable club scene few musicians developed an operational experience like Savas Pascalidis: he has been a DJ for near twenty years and a producers for about ten years. Having released two albums and a series of EPs on a couple of A-list-labels, “Vapors” is Pascalidis first release on Figure. Being a specialist in demanding and sepulchral techno sounds, Pascalidis tracks fit in seamlessly with the previous records on Figure. “Vapors” is a thirteen-minute- long techno epic. An ever-changing acid line coils through the track, keeping the listeners in a firm grip. “Rich Hot Teen” combines an smart, slim groove with the kind of hook line which ignites excitement and surprise on the faces of the dancers. With its distorted feeling, the online-exclusive “Low” has a rough, provocative attitude. Each track connects itself with the dancers in a special way: Keeping the tension until the final bar, club music can´t be bolder and more effective.
03. I Want To Know What Love Is (Distorted Love Mix)
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Laibach complete a trilogy of interpretations with ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’, a 3-track release featuring their interpretation of Foreigner’s track – out now on Mute.
Watch the video for ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ below
‘I Want To Know What Love Is’ (which follows their recent interpretations of ‘Strange Fruit’ and ‘White Christmas’) has been performed as an encore on the Slovenian provocateurs Opus Dei Revisited tour (which continues into Feb / March – full dates below). The track, well documented through countless social media posts by bewildered and enthralled attendees, has sparked a first – a Laibach-a-long – as audiences join in with the classic AOR track.
Listeners curious as to what led to this track to be plucked from middle-of-the-road radio and placed alongside reworked versions from Laibach’s 1987 international breakthrough album Opus Dei might look for clues in the recent trilogy of releases. ‘Strange Fruit’ – another highlight from the current shows – was refracted to examine how tyranny, hatred and murder pervades in human history as well as today; while ‘White Christmas’ examined the vacuum that the joyous holiday can intensify within those ‘without’ and the magnification of loss that it creates.
Is there a further clue in the name of the band who originally sang ‘I Want To Know What Love is’? Perhaps a demand for understanding, empathy and acceptance is not what would be expected from a band known for its challenging and complex treatise. But then again, in the current world there is little that could be more challenging and complex than achieving peace and love.
Irony is a word often used by people clamouring to understand and explain Laibach, but across the three versions on the single you get a sense of a simplicity and pleasure pervading through these new interpretations. The arrangement by Laibach and their Slovenian collaborators, Silence, and the mix by famed Grammy-winning US producer Marc Urselli (Nick Cave, Foo Fighters, Lou Reed, U2), don’t waver, but instead play things straight and true throughout.
After stating ‘Love Is Still Alive’ on the EP of the same name in 2023, Laibach prove it now with this song. They ask their audience to show them love and you can hear for yourselves – on the Extended Mix included on the single – the heartfelt response they receive back.
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“I Want To Know What Love Is (Live On Different Locations In EU, 2024)”
