Laibach/Juno Reactor

Laibach and Juno Reactor first met in 1994 at the legendary 429 Harrow Road, London, where the Mute Records record label was based until very recently. Juno Reactor, then recording for Nova Mute, accepted the invitation by Laibach to remix a version of Final Countdown for their single. Two years later, Laibach included on their album Jesus Christ Superstars their own remake of Juno Reactor's track God is God, the original version of which appered on the Bible of Dreams album in 1997.

The paths of both groups have intersected briefly at several occasions, and a while ago Laibach invited Ben Watkins, the driving force behind Juno Reactor, first to participate as a producer in the potential studio version of the project VOLKSWAGNER and then as a contributor to the ambitious film project Iron Sky being developed by the creators of the Star Wreck film – the most popular internet film project of all times – who have selected Laibach as the music score for the new film. Iron Sky is to be completed in the beginning of 2011.

Apart from older tracks, Juno Reactor will present in Kino Šiška their latest record Gods and Monsters (Metropolis Records). They will also be joined on stage by percussionists from South Africa and colourful music stars from around the world as well as the Japanese guitar player Sugizo (Yasuhiro Sugihara), the star of the Japanese superband S.K.I.N.

Especially for the opening night in Kino Šiška, Laibach will present new versions of some of their older tracks from the first half of 1980's, while the two bands might also join to perform some tracks together – if planets find themselves in the right constellation.