Volk (album)
# Volk (album)

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Volk is the seventh studio album by Slovenian industrial group Laibach, released in 2006. The word "volk" means "people" or "nation" in German and "wolf" in Slovene. The album is a collection of thirteen songs inspired by national or pan-national anthems, plus the anthem of the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) State, a fictional state invented by the band. The album is a collaboration with another Slovenian band, Silence.

The anthem of the NSK state is essentially the same arrangement as "The Great Seal", a song on their 1987 album Opus Dei. Like "The Great Seal", the words are based on Winston Churchill's "We shall fight on the beaches" speech.

## Track listing

* "Germania" – based on "Das Lied der Deutschen" (Germany)
* "America" – based on "The Star-Spangled Banner" (United States)
* "Anglia" – based on "God Save the Queen" (United Kingdom)
* "Rossiya" – based on the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, post-2000 "National Anthem of Russia" (Russia), and "The Internationale"
* "Francia" – based on "La Marseillaise" (France)
* "Italia" – based on "Il Canto degli Italiani" (Italy)
* "España" – based on "Marcha Real" (music) and "El Himno de Riego" (lyrics) (Spain)
* "Yisra’el" – based on "Hatikvah" (Israel) and "Fida'i" (Palestine)
* "Türkiye" – based on "İstiklâl Marşı" (Turkey)
* "Zhonghuá" – based on "March of the Volunteers" (People's Republic of China)
* "Nippon" – based on "Kimi ga Yo" (Japan)
* "Slovania" – based on "Hey, Slavs" (anthem of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and unofficial anthem of Pan-Slavism)
* "Vaticanae" – based on "Inno e Marcia Pontificale" (Vatican City)
* "NSK" – the anthem of Neue Slowenische Kunst, also known as "The Great Seal"

## Personnel

Album written and produced by Laibach and Silence, 2005–2006.

* Laibach are:
   * Eber
   * Saliger
   * Dachauer
   * Keller
* Silence are:
   * Boris Benko
   * Primož Hladnik
* Additional musicians:
   * Boris Benko (Silence): vocals on all tracks except 08, 09, 10 and 14
   * Yolanda Grant-Thompson: vocals on tracks 02 and 13
   * Mina Špiler (Melodrom): vocals on tracks 05 and 07
   * Maria Awa: vocals on track 07
   * Artie Fishel: vocals on track 08
   * Zed Mehmet: vocals on track 09
   * Elvira Hasanagić: vocals on track 09
   * Seaming To: vocals on track 10
   * Nagisa Moritoki: vocals on track 11
   * Brina Vogelnik Saje: vocals on track 12
   * Luka Jamnik: analogue synthesizer sounds on tracks 02, 04 and 05
   * Miha Dovžan: zither on track 06
   * Peter Dekleva: acoustic guitar on track 04
   * Anne Carruthers: cello on tracks 04 and 11
   * Alojz Zupan: conductor of brass orchestra on track 14:
      * Delavska Godba Trbovlje
   * Vitalij Osmačko: conductor of children's choir on track 04:
      * Janja Cerar
      * Dasha Khotuleva
      * Anna Vidovich
      * Nastja Yatsko
* Technical support:
   * Gregor Zemljič
   * Iztok Turk
   * Uroš Umek
* Mixing and mastering:
   * Paul PDub Walton
   * James Aparcio
   * Tom Meyer
* Project manager (Mute Records):
   * Robert Schilling
* Cover painting:
   * Laibach
* Design and layout:
   * Phant & Puntza
* Text editing:
   * Schrankmeister
* Special thanks to:
   * Daniel Miller
   * Robert Schilling
* Label: Mute Records
