Laibach – 'And Introduction To…: Reproduction Prohibited' review
Brace yourself for a selection of covers from Slovenia’s finest, performed on lurid retro-future synths and techno drum machines, and narrated by the lovechild of The Terminator and Stephen Hawking. And if the concept doesn’t get you, the choice of covers will: here Laibach, who recently soundtracked cult B-movie Iron Sky, about Nazis colonising the Moon, provide us with wild interpretations of the German and British national anthems, two Beatles tracks, Queen, and perhaps most comically a tribal take on Europe’s Final Countdown, which swaps the original’s triumphalism for doom, adds chanting monks and a church organ voluntary, and serves.
Laibach’s art-house prankster history is long enough to suggest that they’re in on the joke, and from time to time Reproduction Prohibited is glorious. Unfortunately, however, the hour-plus running time means the occasional splendid blast of nonsense is heavily outweighed by stodge.
5/10
