More than fifty years after Bijelo Dugme’s debut marked the beginning of a new chapter in Balkan music history, Laibach revisit this iconic material through their own monumental sonic language. The result is a dialogue between two eras, two artistic visions, and two approaches to the symbols through which societies understand themselves.
“Die Kanone” is not merely a reinterpretation of a historic song – it is a contemporary commentary on the shifting relationship between industry, technology, and militarisation. The title evokes the transformation of industrial production and the unsettling reorientation of established manufacturing traditions toward the production of weapons and systems of warfare. The automobile factories of yesterday become the military-industrial landscapes of tomorrow; the machinery remains, only its purpose changes.
Through the collision of Bijelo Dugme’s original rock mythology with Laibach’s industrial ritualism, “Die Kanone” examines how economic power, technological progress, and military ambition become intertwined. It reflects on a world where the language of production increasingly merges with the language of conflict.
This collaboration brings together two legendary forces: Bijelo Dugme, pioneers of Yugoslav rock culture, and Laibach, internationally recognised for their uncompromising exploration of ideology, aesthetics, and power. Together, they transform a historic song into a new statement on the cycles of history and the mechanisms that shape the present.
The track “Die Kanone” and its Slovenian version ‘S topom te bom ciljal moja mala’ (“I’ll aim my cannon at you, my little one”) will be released physically for the first time EVER, along with previously unreleased remixes by German industrial/EBM legends DIE KRUPPS, UK producer The Lincolnshire Poacher and the Slovenian/Croatian electronic duo Black Dot.

The CD comes as Digipack and features two exclusive bonus-Tracks:
Tracks:
01 Die Kanone (The Cannon) [3.03]
02 S topom te bom ciljal moja mala (I’ll aim My Cannon at You, My little One) [3.01]
03 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – Die Krupps remix [3.41]
04 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – the Lincolnshire Poacher mix [5.18]
05 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – Black Dot Version [4.34]
06 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – Live at the Opera with RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra [3.05]
07 S topom te bom ciljal moja mala (I’ll aim My Cannon at You, My little One) [2.51]
08 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – Karaoke Version [2.52]

Tracks:
A1 Die Kanone (The Cannon) [3.03]
A2 S topom te bom ciljal moja mala (I’ll aim My Cannon at You, My little One) [3.01]
A3 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – Die Krupps remix [3.41]
B1 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – the Lincolnshire Poacher mix [5.18]
B2 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – Black Dot Version [4.34]
B3 Die Kanone (The Cannon) – Live at the Opera with RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra [3.05]