Nova Akropola | ||||
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Released | February 8, 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1985 | |||
Genre | Industrial, martial industrial | |||
Label | Cherry Red (UK), Wax Trax! (US), Rebel Rec. (Europe) | |||
Producer | Jurij, Toni, Ken Thomas, Rico Conning, Laibach, D-Moniker | |||
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Nova akropola (New Acropolis in Slovene) is the second studio album by Laibach. It was released in 1986.
Original album:
2023 Expanded Edition bonus disc/tracks:
Music published by Complete Music Ltd.
Recorded and mixed at Metropolis Studio, Oasis Studio and Guerilla Studio 1985.
Produced by Jurij, Toni, Ken Thomas, Rico Conning and Laibach except "Decree" and "Panorama" produced by Laibach and D-Moniker (Duncan Macdonald).
Cherry Red Records released the original LP in the UK, and it has been re-issued on various formats by Rebel Rec. (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), VAP (Japan), Wax Trax! and Cleopatra Records (U.S.), and Optic Nerve (UK). Cherry Red re-issued it in 2002 as an enhanced CD (with "Država" on video), and again in 2023 on Record Store Day as an Expanded Edition 2-LP set (one on black vinyl, one on silver), with a remaster of the original album, a second LP consisting of live performances of songs from the album, spanning 25 years, and redone artwork. Another LP pressing and a CD of this edition will be released later in the year.
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