Alamut - an album of original symphonic work based on the novel of the same name. The album was recorded by Laibach and the musicians who performed Alamut live at a former Crusader castle in Ljubljana in 2022. The musicians involved include the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, the Human-Voice Ensemble vocal group from Tehran, the Gallina Women's Choir, and AccordiOna, a women's accordion orchestra backed by additional accordion players, conducted by Iranian conductor Navid Gohari. Alamut is an original symphonic work by Laibach based on a famous story from eleventh-century Persia, as told by the Slovene writer Vladimir Bartol in his novel of the same title published in 1938.
Released in 2025 on Mute Records.
Track Listing:
1 Overture (Feat. RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra & Navid Gohari)
2 Secret Gardens (Feat. RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Human Voice Ensemble, Gallina Vocal Group & N
3 Fedayeen (Feat. RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Gallina Vocal Group & Navid Gohari)
4 Transition (Feat. Human Voice Ensemble)
5 Meditation I (Feat. RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Gallina Vocal Group & Navid Gohari)
6 War (Feat. RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Accordiona Accordion Orchestra & Navid Gohari)
7 Doors of Perception (Feat. RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Human Voice Ensemble & Navid Gohari)
8 Metaverse (Feat. RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra & Human Voice Ensemble)
9 Meditation II & Epilogue (Feat. RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Human Voice Ensemble, Gallina Vocal)
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