{"product_id":"alamut","title":"Alamut","description":"\u003cp\u003eLaibach and A\/Political present \u003cem\u003eAlamut\u003c\/em\u003e - a brand-new album of original symphonic work based on the novel of the same name - released on double vinyl and CD box set via Mute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe album was recorded by Laibach and the musicians who performed \u003cem\u003eAlamut\u003c\/em\u003e 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 Goharib.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlamut\u003c\/em\u003e 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. The central  character is Hassan-i Sabbāh, the charismatic religious and political leader of the Nizari Ismailis and the  founder of a mysterious military formation known as the Assassins, whose name is still feared and respected  today. Hassan-i Sabbāh is a self-proclaimed prophet who leads a holy war against the Seljuk Empire from his  eyrie – the castle of Alamut. Alamut looked at mechanisms of propaganda at the time when Bartol, a Slovenian author, witnessed the rise of Fascism in Trieste, Italy, where he lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Laibach’s \u003cem\u003eAlamut\u003c\/em\u003e, the ideas of radical nihilism interweave with the classical Persian poetry of Omar Khayyam, the sensual verses of Mahsati Ganjavi blend with minimalist orchestral colours derived from Iranian  tradition. Hassan-i Sabbāh’s propaganda mechanisms are echoed in the industrial principle of the workings of  the orchestra and Laibach’s unique sound.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mute","offers":[{"title":"2CD","offer_id":51325266919755,"sku":"R5137-9629","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2LP - Black","offer_id":51325266952523,"sku":"R5137-3421","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/alamut.png?v=1740399768","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/products\/alamut","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}