Slovenian experimental collective, Laibach will release their own version of The Sound of Music, conceived around the time they toured North Korea in 2015. They performed several songs off the respective album, as it is a beloved film in the respective country and used by children to learn English in school.
The band also included an interpretation of 'Arirang', a traditional Korean song considered as an unofficial anthem for both North and South Korea. There is also 'The Sound of Gayageum', a tune that uses the gayaegeum, a traditional Korean zither-like string instrument performed by students from the Kum Song Music School in Pyongyang and a recording of the band’s “welcome” speech to Korea from Mr. Ryu from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Committee for Cultural Relations.
'The Sound of Music' video, featuring footage from their own documentary, Liberation Days:
'My Favorite Things':
The album will be released on November 23 through Mute Records. Laibach also announced a European tour to promote it in early 2019:
Feb 24, 2019 Wroclaw, Stary Klasztor, PL
Feb 25, 2019 Warsaw, Progresja, PL
Feb 26, 2019 Leipzig, Schauspielhaus, DE
Feb 27, 2019 Frankfurt, Mousonturm, DE
Mar 1, 2019 London, O2 Sheperd's Bush Empire, UK
Mar 3, 2019 Glasgow, SWG3, UK
Mar 6, 2019 Hamburg, Kampnagel, DE
Mar 7, 2019 Rostock, Volkstheater, DE
Mar 8, 2019 Copenhagen, Kulturhuset, DK
Mar 9, 2019 Gothenburg, Pustervik, SE
Mar 10, 2019 Stockholm, Kägelbanan Södra Teatern, SE
Mar 15, 2019 Oslo, Vulkan, NO
Mar 21, 2019 The Hague, Paard, NL
Mar 22, 2019 Amsterdam, Melkweg, NL
Mar 29, 2019 Lausanne, Les Docks, CH
Mar 30, 2019 Winterthur, Gaswerk, CH
Mar 31, 2019 Milano, Santeria Social Club, IT
Artwork, tracklisting and pre-orders here: http://laibach.org/the-sound-of-music
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