Buddies: Täubchen, Michael, Werner; further colleagues (Daniel and Viktor)
Rating: 5/5
Merch: another belt (don't ask me where I lost my first one...)
Again: still much room left in my NSK passport
Only one year later, without a new release aside the Specre Remixes, Laibach perform another stellar gig. Spectre being still in its focus, but there was quite a lot of new (or otherwise unknown) stuff with them. Like last year, the first part of the gig was the more experimental one, yet very fascinating Laibach. Everything was much more abstract and demanding. Then came the obligatory 10 minutes break monitored by a countdown, again waltz music. This time the second break began quite experimental as well. Iron Sky was the first 'blockbuster' moment, and this performance made no prisoners, one of my personal highlights of this evening. Then the two speedy songs 'Eat Liver' and 'Bossanova', the heat rose. A rather reminiscent 'Geburt einer Nation' again reminded how strange Queen's 'One Vision' sounds with German lyrics. Near the end, then as always 'Tanz Mit Laibach' - and every year it's my impression that the song gets even more brutal. Eventually 'Leben Heißt Leben', polished up to today's standards, still the old, noisy song. On the downside, Arena was not that full although the hall has slimmed down considerably. And sometimes you had this substances in your nose with very very strange smells.
Whatever, Chapeau Laibach, I did not expect such an intense gig just a year later. If you want to, please visit Vienna every year.