Disco de Laibach: “Panorama/Die Liebe EP”

This CD contains four songs (not three as indicated below). The fourth song is listed on the cover as Die Grosste Kraft and inside as Nova Delo. The recordings date from 1984/85, the period of the original Occupied Europe Tour when Laibach's influence on Europe was at its peak.

Die Liebe is a highly sensual song and infused with Laibach's trademark "nationalism." (I put that in quotes, because it was the slander against them spread by the Serbian nationalists who controlled the dieing Yugoslav regime of the mid-80s.) The lyrics are included in English for three of the songs, including Die Liebe. Die Grosste Kraft is a re-mix of Die Liebe, revelling in a lyricism of voice, synth and horns. Quite moving, really.

Great cover and booklet art throughout, including an important quote from Tito behind which Laibach concealed (or revealed, as you wish) their culturally subversive and revolutionary intent. This is maybe my favorite Laibach CD.