LAIBACH today share the first piece of an 8-track EP due out January 20 before the Slovenian collective embark on The Coming Race tour later this month. Full details below. Watch the video for “Love Is Still Alive I (Moon, Euphoria)" here. Pre-order the EP on CD and digital platforms here. A vinyl edition will follow on March 3. This is the dawn of the third millennium of Mankind. The planet Earth, which we once knew as our home, is now nothing but a dead rock floating in space, destroyed by wars, pandemics, and all the evil that men do. So is the Moon, which once served as the stepping-stone into the vast universe, but later turned into a refuge for the last of us. Now, the remnants of mankind are hurling across the Universe on a single spacecraft, carrying the lucky few, saved from annihilation. They are heading for Mars, where all life once originated. They might have lost their history and their planet, but as long as they have a glimmer of hope and a guiding red light shining in the darkness, they will boldly go where no one has gone before – as long as love is still alive. The Love Is Still Alive EP tracks the survivors’ journey through our solar system, and this trip is also a journey through some of the more “space” music genres of recent decades. The EP is an extension of music created for the film Iron Sky – The Coming Race (dir. Timo Vuorensola, 2019), a hidden sequel. Laibach’s music for Iron Sky – The Coming Race is scheduled for release in 2023, alongside a specially created video game. Laibach formed in the then-Yugoslavian industrial town Trbovlje. Founded in the year that the country’s founding father Tito died, the band rose to fame to become one of the most internationally acclaimed bands to have come out of the former Communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe, recently becoming one of the first bands to perform in North Korea. In 2019 they released a Laibachian interpretation of The Sound of Music, conceived during their trip to North Korea and in 2020 celebrated four decades with Laibach Revisited. Their album of music from the acclaimed theatrical production Wir sind das Volk (ein Musical aus Deutschland) – based on the writings of Heiner Müller (1929-1995) – was released in 2022. The band recently announced that diplomatic negotiations are underway for a performance in Tehran of Alamut, an original symphonic work composed in collaboration with Iranian composers and performers.   Love Is Still Alive EP Tracklisting1. Love Is Still Alive I (Moon, Euphoria) 2. Love Is Still Alive II (Venus, Libidine) 3. Love Is Still Alive III (Mercury, Dopamine) 4. Love Is Still Alive IV (Neptune, Oxytocin) 5. Love Is Still Alive V (Uranus, Prolactin) 6. Love Is Still Alive VI (Saturn, Insomnia) 7. Love Is Still Alive VII (Jupiter, Tristitia) 8. Love Is Still Alive VIII (Mars, Dysphoria) Laibach – The Coming Race TourOctober 26 – Ludwigshafen, Germany – Pfalzbau October 27 – Schorndorf, Germany – Club Manufaktur October 28 – Prague, Czech Republic – Palac Akropolis October 29 – Bochum, Germany – Christuskirche October 30 – Arnhem, Netherlands – Luxor Live November 2 – Gdansk, Poland – B90 November 3 – Krakow, Poland – Klub Kwadrat November 4 – Dresden, Germany – Kulturzentrum Strasse E November 5 – Budapest, Hungary – A 38 January 23 – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks January 24 – Rostock, Germany – Nikolaikirche January 25 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Bremen Teater January 26 – Gothenburg, Sweden – Pustervik January 28 – Helsinki, Finland – Savoy Theatre January 29 – Tallinn, Estonia – Vaba Lava January 31 – Stockholm, Sweden – Lilla Cirkus February 1 – Oslo, Norway – Marmorsalen February 2 – Aarhus, Denmark – VoxHall February 3 – Berlin, Germany – Astra February 4 – Leipzig, Germany – Schauspiel February 6 – Munich, Germany – Muffathalle Tickets and further information: https://www.laibach.org/future-events/ | 
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