tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124605532012-01-02T01:01:54.041ZCulture - Theory - Sound.a.m.noreply@blogger.comBlogger721100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12460553.post-44286135228110921992012-01-02T00:59:00.000Z2012-01-02T01:01:54.056Z

So the year “everyone's been waiting for” has arrived and we can't ignore the fact that we're confronted by a pretty diabolical constellation of forces. The assault on/implosion of Europe, democracy, the welfare state, culture and the environment are all accelerating, generating new forms of resistance and despair in the process. It's a time of crisis and disintegration and much of this is

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I'll be introducing a screening of Johnny Yes No at The Horse Hospital this Friday night from 7.30, details here. The event is to mark the release of a Mute DVD/CD box set containing both the original and new versions of the film and soundtrack plus extensive sleeve notes. There's a timeless quality to CV material and I still find the scratchy, grimy bleakness of the early works strangely

a.m.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12460553.post-35683362816330779272011-10-29T00:27:00.000+01:002011-10-29T00:33:02.221+01:00

Thanks to all who attended the event, to the Horse Hospital and to my co-presenters Avi Pitchon and Alexander Nym. There were many new faces, some completely new to NSK and some very interesting discussions. We also premiered the latest edition of NSK State News. All photos courtesy of Vera Bremerton. Reading from State Of Emergence The audience Discussions at the information point.

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Ploettner Verlag and Poison Cabinet Press will shortly release the book “State of Emergence” which explores what did happen, what could have happened and what may happen following the Congress. The book comprises 250 pages and includes images from the Congress as well as the accompanying NSK Folk Art and Congress Poster Competition exhibition, as well as documentation of the first

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A year ago the Red Districs, Black Cross event ended memorably in Trbovlje. One of the highlights was the visit to Termoelektrarna Trbovlje, iconic site of the tallest chimney in Europe. Here are a few souvenir shots taken on my mobile phone when the camera battery died...

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This deluxe box of rare archive audio and video is available now from Vinyl on Demand. Besides the five LPs, DVD and deluxe artwork there is an extensive booklet which I edited. Besides my own text there are exclusive texts from Donald Campbell, Igor Vidmar, Michael Goddard and Aleš Leko Gulič.

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Laibach and NSK: “Industrial Diagnoses of Post-Socialism”, M’ARS Ljubljana VIII/3-4, 1996. “Činiti nepopularno vidljivim: nominalizacija v popularnoj muzici” (Making Visible the Unpopular: Nominalization in Popular Music) in Dimitrejević, B. (Ed.), “Pop Vision”, Vršac/Belgrade 1996. “Art & Strategy: Laibach versus Turbo”, New Moment No. 9/10, 1998. “Thinking About

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My reaction to the London disturbances, which I witnessed first hand, is online at Trebuchet Magazine. To some on the left it will be heretical, yet I don't believe this is the time for self-censorship or keeping diplomatically silent about what you see happening in front of you. The fact that England's public institutions are rotten, corrupt and violent doesn't mean that what happened wasn't at

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My review of this year's Sonar festival is now online. Although there were some great performances they were stranded in a sea of mediocrity and complacent regression. See Trebuchet for the full story.

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I'll be giving a talk on the strategies of Laibach Kunst in the context of the exhibition at UGM Maribor, April 7th at 18.00. Entrance is free, more details here.

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At 15.30 on March 18th I'll be giving a talk on the work of Autopsia and at 20.00 taking part in a panel on 'the dark scene' in relation to the German publication Schillerndes Dunkel. Full venue and other details here.

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The first post-Congress citizen-organised event took place in Lyon last night. RDV#1 went very well. The crowd was engaged and responsive and there were some interesting discussions. This was followed by an impromptu passport-stamping session. The event augurs well for future NSK-related events in Lyon. Congratulations to Bertrand Thibert for his hard work and for taking this initiative.

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NSK Congress delegate Bertrand Thibert has organised the first in a series of planned NSK events in Lyon. This will be the first self-organised NSK event following the Congress. I'll be opening the event and giving a presentation. This will be followed by discussion and a screening of Predictions of Fire. The event takes place at 19.00 on January 25th at Cafe de La Cloche, Lyon.

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On Saturday evening there was a tense, dramatic, fascinating and finally celebratory closing ceremony at which the delegates' conclusions were announced. These are the main points. There is a supporting document and third opposing document was also read. Following the debate delegates and facilitators were presented with a commemorative object and were congratulated by members of Laibach, IRWIN,

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Congress delegates,Photo c. A. MonroeHaus der Kulturen der Welt, 18.10.2010,Photo c. A. MonroeFull text of my speech at the exhibition opening last night...Firstly, I would like to express our sincere gratitude to Herr Scherer and the team at Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt for agreeing to host this unique and complex event. This has been a very intensive process and the venue have made a sincere

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Over the summer I had a long and interesting discussion with Thomas Bey William Bailey about Tech-Nostalgia, covering issues such as the fetishisation of analogue technology, the romance of Cold War Poetics and the current fashionability of EBM and other 1980s electronic and industrial variants. These exchanges can now be read on Vague Terrain.

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Haus der Kulturen der Welt, September 2010.Photo c. A. MonroeThe Congress is approaching rapidly and final preparations are being made. The website has been updated and now features full information on the public programme.

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Congress month opens with my lecture on NSK and the Congress at the workshop Andere Europas (Other Europes). The event is free and will take place in both English and German. Workshop zum Start des Studienprojekts Andere Europas: Soziale Imagination in transnationalen Bewegungen und urbanen Öffentlichkeiten Das Projekt stellt die Frage nach Anderen Europas in doppelter Hinsicht: einmal als

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View from the Red Districts, September 2010I'm in Trbovlje on the eve of the Red Districts, Black Cross events to mark Laibach's 30th anniversary. Tomorrow evening at 20.00 former Slovene President Milan Kučan will open the Laibach exhibition and this will be followed by a short performance.On the morning of the 24th my work begins, moderating the three-day symposium with a unique combination of

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On the 2nd of September at 19.00 there will be a special event to accompany Laibach's MONUMENTAL RETRO-AVANT-GARDE installation at Wonderloch-Kellerland. I will read from Interrogation Machine, discuss Laibach and take questions. This will be followed by a rare screening of the Laibach documentary film Bravo (a.k.a. Laibach - A Film From Slovenia). Copies of the book will be

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This autumn is dominated by the two major NSK-related events I'm involved in that take place within four weeks of each other:Firstly THE RED DISTRICT SYMPOSIUM (Past Perfect – Future Tense), co-organised by myself and Naomi Hennig as part of Laibach's 30th anniversary events in Trbovlje, Slovenia. September 23rd-26th.Secondly the first NSK Citizens' Congress taking place at the House of World

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The Organising Committee of the First NSK Citizens’ Congress is pleased to announce the line-up for the public closing party. This will take place on the evening of October 23rd at the House of World Cultures.Anat Ben-DavidLillevan & Codex EuropaPatenbrigade WolffPlus DJ support.Information on tickets and other details will be published shortly. For the latest information check:http://

a.m.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12460553.post-28777073538947534682010-05-20T23:37:00.005+01:002010-05-21T15:57:35.994+01:00

I will give a short talk at this event taking place in the courtyard of Absintherie Sixtina, Leipzig from 11.00. If you're attending Wave Gotik Treffen or in the area then come along. I will discuss the notion of a "dark scene", which is explored in this publication:www.ploettner-verlag.de/shop/Buecher/-Shop/Sachbuch/Schillerndes-Dunkel::126.htmlI have two texts in this major collection, one on

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I will be giving a guided tour of the Laibach Kunst exhibition at MGLC, Ljubljana on May 9th at midday. Entrance is free. Further details here.

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This will be the first in a series of Klub V.E.B. webcasts, more information here.If you're in London this Saturday, Klub V.E.B. will be hosting another night of hardline electronics:LIVE:Sz. Berlin Special “DDR 60” Performance.+Ryan JordanDJs:Codex EuropaKriegslokGuestVJ:Trotula19.30 – 23.00£ 2.00The FleaPit49 Columbia Road, London E2 7RG

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I am now reviewing for the Connexion Bizarre site and the first batch are online here. The first batch discuss releases by Miel Noir, Pål Asle Pettersen, Thunderwheel and Overdose Kunst. More will follow soon...

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The view from the site of the Berlin team meetings. The first full meetings of the Congress project team took place recently in Berlin. Besides working on the logistical and practical factors, we defined the outline congress programme. The delegates were selected and will be contacted soon. For updates please check the Congress website or follow nskstate.com on twitter. The site will be

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Klub V.E.B./Codex Corporation Present:‘40 Jahre’ : A.M./B.N. 1969 – 2009.A unique event for the 40th birthday of one of the V.E.B. members.Special tribute mixes from V.E.B. DJ’s and guests.A sequence of half hour sets will span a range of electronic genres from dark ambient/electronica to electro, industrial/EBM, minimal techno, doomcore gabber, electro and some surprises.Saturday August 15th

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LIVESz. Berlin(Extreme electronics from the Warsaw Pact)www.virb.com/szberlinGraan(Granular synthesis meets ritualistic droning ambience)www.graan.org.ukDJ’s:Codex Europa (Dark Electro Industrial)Kriegslok (Power Electronics)Floressas (Esoteric/ritual dark ambient)Stage times:2000 - 2030 - Codex Europa2030 - 2100 - Floressas 2100 - 2145 - GRAAN 2145 - 2215 - Kriegslok 2215 - 2245 - Floressas 2245

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I will be giving a talk on ‘Laibach Kunst and the Art of Total Non-Alignment’at the exhibition on June 23rd at 6pm. Codex Europa and Wiktor Skok will DJ in an industrial vein afterwards. This Polish site has a short film which has a clip from the opening performance, similar to the one given at I.C.R.N.’s RoTr event in 2006. Read more here about this major exhibition, which presents the most

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17 year ago this evening Laibach's Kapital tour reached London. Of the many shows I've seen, this was one of the most memorable. Tonight two audience members from the show will be performing in a less grand venue, but seeing that show was certainly a formative influence on their work:Sz. Berlin live at No Signal tonight!

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A 2009 follow-up piece to the orginal Deca-Disco text, (see previous post).The original Deca-Disco piece was written in 2003, just after the start of the war on Iraq and although there was no shortage of reasons for cynicism at the time and I was not exactly an optimist, I had no idea of the scale of greed, deception and incompetence that was to follow. Compared to political and economic

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An archive lecture text given at the Musical constellations in the digital age event hosted at mama as part of the Zagreb Music Biennale in March 2003. Secret Militant History “Disco rhythm as a regular repetition is the purest/most radical form of the militantly organised rhythmicity of technicist production, and as such the most appropriate means of media manipulation. As an archetypal

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J.M. Bowers is a well respected sound/noise producer who gave a very memorable performance at the Noise=Noise event at The Foundry last autumn. I have just discovered this intriguing free release for download. The source is a heavily rendered recording of Edison's famous 'Mary had little lamb' test recording. The result is a very tactile audio landscape, full of rich and uncanny detail.

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In October 2010 the First NSK Citizens Congress will be held. The event will explore citizens' attitudes to and ambitions for the NSK state and their citizenship. 30 citizens will be selected as delegates who will discuss the past, present and future of the NSK State. NSK members will be present throughout the event and all delegates will be presented with a limited edition NSK object at the end

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Codex Europa plays in the Ill FM room at this major night. Noise, industrial, stormcore, breakcore and more...TERRADISCO with ILL industries, Abacus and Disjunkt. 21/02/09.Featureing: REMARC, PARASITE, ELY MUFF, KOVERT, ALEX B, STIVS, ILL FM Djs, THE HEATWAVE, BEN UFO b2b with UNTOLD, ZAN LYONS, JULIEN OTTAVI (the NOISER),ZERO POINT ENERGY, KONSTRUCT recordings, FZV, CODEX EUROPA and PATRACIDE.£8

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I'll be giving a brief talk on NSK related to the question "Can artists deny their political references?" This will be part of a panel discussion on the topic taking place at Camden Arts Centre from 7 - 8.30. The event is free and all are welcome. The event is organised by Ruth Beale. Location details here.

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I'll be giving a lecture on the NSK State after the opening of Irwin's State in Time exhibition at the Aarhus Art Building. The opening takes place at 5pm, lecture at 6.30pm.

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At 20.00 (21.00 CET) on 3rd January, Codex Europa will play a live set on Ill FM. The set will feature a selection of Russian and ex-Yugoslav industrial music interspersed with avant-garde composition from the region.

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For an even more dynamic year...

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The Jelenometry publication is now available from Kabinet or via the DDR site. The exhibition is open Tuesday - Sunday from 12am-8pm, closed on Mondays and holidays.

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Jelenometry is a collaborative research exhibition produced by the Slovene collective DDR (Domestic Research Society) and cultural theorist Alexei Monroe, author of the book Interrogation Machine (MIT Press 2005). Monroe is currently researching a book project based on the cultural history of the Stag as a symbol. The exhibition title is a neologism based on the Slovene word for the Stag -

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The text Laibach: Made in Yugoslavia? appears in Portuguese and English in this new bilingual Brazilian publication. Other authors include Anselm Jappe, Nicolas Bourriaud, Charity Scribner and Earl Miller. The book is based on the recent music video focussed exhibition which included videos by Laibach.

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My review of Edwin van der Heide's installation at the Singuhr sound gallery Berlin is in the October issue of The Wire.

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The research exhibition Jelenometry will open at Kabinet Ljubljana on October 4th. Realised in collaboration with the Slovene collective DDR the project deals with representations of the Stag as a symbol in contemporary and traditional culture. Further details to follow.

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I will be giving the opening lecture at NSK Embassy Iceland on March 22nd. This is the anniversary of Laibach's first performance in Rejkjavik and the organisers have declared this the national holiday of NSK in Iceland. As well as the lecture there'll be screenings of rare footage, image projections and presenations of Volk and East Art Map. The event takes place at the Rejkjavik Academy. More

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"Tracks of the Stag" c. A. MonroeIn preparation for autumn 2007: an exhibition tracking the symbolic stag - the creature that constantly recurs in contexts from cave art to retrogardism, advertising to politics and beyond. More details on the project here.Greetings for 2007 to all friends and allies!

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Laibach live in London 25.11.06Following the Laibach Kunst performance at RoTr in Birmingham this September, the full new Laibach line up played in London on 25th November. This was the only second date of Laibach's Volk tour following the opening concert in Ghent the previous night. The general view of the shows so far seems to be that the album works much better live, and the enhanced versions

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I will be giving a lecture NSK's use of the state as a material at Loughborough University on December 6th. All are welcome, you do not need to register. The lecture will include some new material and include videos and images. Full details can be found here.

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Photo © Alexei Monroe.RoTr in Birmingham passed off well, despite a few local glitches. Personal thanks to everyone who attended and to Alex, Andy, Soren, Till and everyone else who gave invaluable help over the weekend. More photos will be appearing here, on the Unofficial Laibach site , ICRN and elsewhere soon. DVD footage is also being currently being edited.

a.m.noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12460553.post-1158054834920423712006-09-12T10:09:00.000+01:002006-09-12T10:53:54.956+01:00

Last week saw the London launches of the new Fad Gadget 2CD/2DVD box set issued by Mute. Watching the documentary and seeing the range of people present, FG's influence on electronic pop(ular) music was more obvious than ever. The rich selection of live performances from the early to mid eighties finally give a chance to see why these shows were so influential and talked about. The CD tracks are

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Return of the Repressive (RoTr).The Custard Factory Birmingham,September 1st – 3rd.This is a weekend of industrialised culture presented by I.C.R.N. (Industrialised Culture Research Network) in collaboration with Capsule, Cold Spring and the Custard Factory. Over the first weekend of September, the Custard Factory will host a unique event exploring the past, present and future of industrial

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Book of the Week, Readysteadybook.com"... the best and most thought-provoking art book of the year so far."Eye Weekly"... exhilarating and properly punitive" Chris Thompson in Radical Philosophy. See also The Phoenix:http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid13128.aspxPlus a feature on the Italian electronic culture site Neural

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New material is now available on the I.C.R.N. blog - alive review of the Die Krupps 25th Annivesary Tour and Heinrich Deisl's German language paper on the politics of the British industrial scene.http://icrn.blogspot.com

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Go to http://www.gla.ac.uk/~dc4w/zivkovic/reflection.htmlTo see an online version of Slovene photographer Antonio Zivkovic's catalogue based on photographs of Trbovlje (birthplace of Laibach).Also online at the unofficial Laibach site are a selection of his historic Laibach concert photos:http://www.gla.ac.uk/~dc4w/laibach/antoniophotos8792part1.htmlBoth give valuable insights into Laibach's

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On February 6th 1986 the NSK production Krst pod Triglavom (Baptism under Triglav) premiered at Cankarjev Dom, Ljubljana. The production was the ultimate expression of NSK as Gesamtkunstwerk and signalled the partial embrace of NSK (if not yet Laibach) by the Slovene cultural establishment.As it was only ever performed in Ljubljana and in Belgrade (at the BITEF festival that autumn) it is one of

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The new issue of the Belgian journal Andere Sinema is now available. It publishes material from the 2005 Jan Vay Eyck seminar "Spectres of the Avant-Garde" including the new text Full Spectrum Provocation The Retrogarde Strategies of Neue Slowenische Kunst which discusses Laibach's notorious 1997 Slovene Philharmonic concert.Further details here:http://www.muhka.be/denkt_as.php?la=nl&jaargang=2006

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The Over-Identification symposium and book launch/screening at the Stedelijk Amsterdam this Thursday 19th is now fully booked.

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This paper dealing with senso-brutalist aesthetics in industrial, minimal techno and gabba is now online in the English section of the Vienna music magazine SKUG's website. It was originally presented at a panel organised given by the Industrialised Culture Research Network (see previous posts and www.icrn.blogspot.com) at a conference on 20th Century Music. See www.skug.at

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On January 19th the symposium Cultural activism today: Strategies of over-identification will take place at the Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam. Besides a series of expert presentations on over-identification, the event will include a talk by Alexei Monroe on NSK’s use of traditional symbolism, a presentation of the book Interrogation Machine and a pre-release screening of the Laibach American

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A network is being formed for those engaged in serious research on industrialised culture, primarily industrial music and culture, but also related forms and issues. More details here:http://icrn.blogspot.com

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On Friday 19th November Sašo Podgoršek’s Divided States of America tour documentary will premiere at the Ljubljana International Film Festival:http://www.ljubljanafilmfestival.org/index.php?menu_item=lifMovieDetail&event=572Showings are at 16.45 and 21.30. At 18.00 a joint press conference will be held at Cankarjev dom to promote Divided States of America and Interrogation Machine.

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Interrogation Machine has now been published in North America and is also available online as an import for those elsewhere. It will be available in Europe and elsewhere from around November 19th. For further information contact me:sodbaveka [at] yahoo - co - uk

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Slovak techno, Dutch electro, EBM, experimental and more...http://sonocentric.blogspot.com/

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The book will be available from end September in North America and in Europe during November. Check here for further updates.Latest features:Morgenbladet, Norway:http://www.morgenbladet.no/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050819/OKULTUR/108190036&template=printartNovopress, Romania:http://ro.novopress.info/?p=354

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The book is now expected to be available at the end of September.There is a review in the current print issue of Prague Literary Review.

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Tanz mit LaibachInterrogation Machine:Laibach and NSKBy Alexei MonroeMIT Press, 400 pagesCentral Europe’s most notorious musical agents provocateurs are the subject of an intriguing new study by cultural theorist Alexei Monroe. Founded in the early ’80s, industrial mavericks Laibach have been controversial from the get-go for adopting the German name of their hometown, Ljubljana, not to mention

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In Spring 2006 Maska will publish a updated and expanded second edition of Pluralni monolit. PM2 will feature a revised design as well as some exclusive new material. More details will follow nearer the time.

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The first review was published by Simon Reynolds on his blog and can be found here (18/6/2005): http://blissout.blogspot.com/The second review was published by the Czech Business Weekly on 27/6/2005: http://cbw.cz/phprs/view.php?cisloclanku=2005062733

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1) Laibach and NSK: “Industrial Diagnoses of Post-Socialism”, M’ARS Ljubljana VIII/3-4, 1996.2) “Činiti nepopularno vidljivim: nominalizacija v popularnoj muzici” (Making Visible the Unpopular: Nominalization in Popular Music) in Dimitrejević, B. (Ed.), “Pop Vision”, Vršac/Belgrade 1996.3) “Art & Strategy: Laibach versus Turbo”, New Moment No. 9/10, 1998.4) “Thinking About Mutation: Genres in

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Welcome to Plural Machine, a centre for bulletins and background on contemporary cultural topics. Information on the forthcoming book Interrogation Machine and other activities will be found here, alongside a profile, texts, and details of lectures and publications.

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Alexei Monroe's book "Interrogation Machine - Laibach and NSK", with particular focus on the performances and productions of Laibach, will be published by MIT Press on July 31st 2005. Published in MIT's "Short Circuits" series, the book is an updated English language version of the best-selling Slovene book "Pluralni monolit - Laibach in NSK" (Maska in 2003), supplemented with additional material

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