Volk (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Volk
Type = Album
Artist = Laibach

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Released = 26 October 2006
Recorded = Daily Girl, NSK Studio and Studio Metro (Ljubljana), The Instrument and Metropolis studios (London), Master & Servant (Hamburg)
Genre = Industrial
Length = 58:31
Label = Mute Records
Producer = Laibach and Silence
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:uc0xlfgedcqi link]
*Pitchfork Media 48% [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/40794-volk link]
*Metica Rating-10|8 [http://www.metica.se/index.php?sida=kritik&r_id=2320 link]
*Muzika.hr Rating|5|5 [http://www.muzika.hr/default.aspx?id=9749 link]
*VIRUS! Magazine Rating-10|10 [http://www.virus-mag.com/index.php?a=4228 link]
*Pop Matters Rating-10|8 [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/10459/laibach-volk/ link]
*Gothronic Rating-10|9 [http://www.gothtronic.com/?page=23&reviews=2850 link]
*Release Music Magazine Rating-10|7 [http://www.releasemagazine.net/Onrecord/orlaibachvolk.html link]
Last album = "Anthems"
(2004)
This album = "Volk"
(2006)
Next album = "LAIBACHKUNSTDERFUGE"
(2008)
Misc = Extra chronology 2
Artist = Silence
Type = studio album
Last album = "Key"
(2006)
This album = "Volk"
(2006)
Next album =

Volk is a concept album by Slovenian industrial group Laibach. The album is a collection of thirteen songs inspired by national or pan-national anthems, plus the anthem of the NSK State, a virtual state to which Laibach belong. The album is a collaboration with another Slovenian band Silence. [cite web | url=http://silence-zone.com/disco_volk.htm | title=Silence discography: Volk | language=English | author=silence-zone.com | publisher=silence-zone.com | accessmonthday=27 March | accessyear=2007]

The album's liner notes credit Wikipedia as their source for information on the national anthems featured.

The anthem of the NSK is essentially the same arrangement as "The Great Seal", a song on their 1987 album Opus Dei. Like "The Great Seal", the words are based on Winston Churchill's famous "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

Track listing

# Germania - based on Das Lied der Deutschen (Germany)
# America - based on The Star-Spangled Banner (USA)
# Anglia - based on God Save the Queen (UK)
# Rossiya - based on the post-2000 National Anthem of Russia
# Francia - based on La Marseillaise (France)
# Italia - based on Il Canto degli Italiani (Italy)
# España - based on Marcha Real (music) and El Himno de Riego (lyrics) (Spain)
# Yisra’el - based on Hatikvah (Israel) and Biladi (Palestine)
# Türkiye - based on İstiklâl Marşı (Turkey)
# Zhonghuá - based on March of the Volunteers (People's Republic of China)
# Nippon - based on Kimi ga Yo (Japan)
# Slovania - based on Hey, Slavs (unofficial anthem of Pan-Slavism and of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
# Vaticanae - based on Inno e Marcia Pontificale (Vatican City)
# NSK - the anthem of the Neue Slowenische Kunst, also known as "The Great Seal"

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 PDub Walton
** 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

References

Notes

External links

[http://www.nskstate.com/laibach/disco/volk/volk.php Laibach Discography: Volk]