Laibach Share New Track "Die Kanone" || Out Now On Mute
LAIBACH
SHARE NEW TRACK “DIE KANONE”
Photo credit: Nika Hölcl
Today Laibach continue a series of single releases with bombastic new track “Die Kanone,” their interpretation of “Top” (‘The Cannon’ in English, ‘Die Kanone’ in German), the 1974 single by rock band Bijelo Dugme, the most popular and commercially-successful band in the history of former Yugoslavia, whose music crossed classic rock’n’roll with folk.
This meeting of two Balkan titans was created at the invitation of the track’s songwriter, Goran Bregović, the main creative force behind Bijelo Dugme, to mark 50 years since the band’s inception. The track is essentially a mash up between both groups, once perceived as completely incompatible, in sound as well as ideology.
“Die Kanone” sees Laibach and Bijelo Dugme channel Yugo-nostalgia and post-industrial unease, as martial rhythms layer with raw guitar riffs. Weapons are often used as a substitute for “masculinity” in Balkan mythology and identity and “Die Kanone” plays with this trope as the protagonist tries to use a cannon to attract the object of his desire. The track, translated to German, reflects on identity, ex-Yugoslav diaspora and militarism, highlighting Germany’s current move from the automotive to the arms industry. In a further twist, the Volkswagen Beetle featured on the single cover – long seen as an icon of Germany - was proudly manufactured in Sarajevo in former Yugoslavia.
Listen to “Die Kanone” HERE.
The new track follows Laibach’s Alamut (one of The Quietus’ Albums of the Year so Far) plus recent single releases that include their interpretation of Foreigner’s “I Want To Know What Love Is” and the track that Billie Holiday immortalized, “Strange Fruit.”
LAIBACH – LIVE
8/22/2025 - Ruše, Letno gledališče Pod goroj, SI [tickets] – Festival program
8/23/2025 - Nova Gorica, SI - Mostovna
10/11/2025 - Velenje, SI - Dom kulture Velenje
11/7/2025 - Trbovlje, SI - Delavski Dom
Tickets and further information: https://www.laibach.org/future-events/
Purchase or stream “Die Kanone” HERE.
RECENT RELEASES:
Alamut: https://mute.ffm.to/laibach-alamut
Opus Dei Revisited: https://mute.ffm.to/laibach-odr
“White Christmas”: https://mute.ffm.to/laibach-silence-wc
“Strange Fruit”: https://mute.ffm.to/laibach-sf
Opus Dei (Remastered): https://mute.ffm.to/laibach-od24
The Engine of Survival: https://mute.ffm.to/laibach_teos
Love is Still Alive EP: https://mute.ffm.to/lb-lisa
The Future: https://mute.ffm.to/laibach-tf
Love Is Still Alive I (Moon, Euphoria): https://youtu.be/lQSqCvpAVQQ
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