The Slovenian group’s new single features a Palestinian Children’s Choir recorded in Beirut.
The Slovenian group Laibach has released a new song, ‘Yom Kippur’, featuring a Palestinian Children’s Choir. The track has been issued to mark the peace agreement intended to end the war in Gaza. The song is for the victims of the conflict, with a specific mention of children killed or injured, and for child victims of all wars.
Artist: Laibach
Release Date: 2025-10-23
Genres: Darkwave, Industrial Music
Label: self-release
Description: Slovenian group Laibach releases 'Yom Kippur' featuring a Palestinian Children's Choir. The new single marks the Gaza peace agreement. Out now on Mute Records.
The song’s title refers to the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, a period of repentance, remembrance, and reconciliation. The material accompanying the release states that the song is a requiem for victims, and is also directed at perpetrators and observers. The statement connects the concept of Yom Kippur to societal responsibility, conscience, and the idea that acknowledging guilt is a precondition for peace.
Laibach formed in the mining town of Trbovlje, then part of SFR Yugoslavia, in 1980. The group’s name is the German-language historical name for Slovenia’s capital, Ljubljana. In 1984, they co-founded the Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK) art collective. Their work incorporates aesthetics associated with totalitarianism, and their musical style is often classified as industrial and martial industrial. In 2015, they performed in Pyongyang, North Korea.
‘Yom Kippur’ is part of a continuing series of single releases from the group in 2025. Earlier this year, they issued the album ‘Alamut’, a German-language version of ‘Die Kanone’ by the Bosnian band Bijelo Dugme, and reinterpretations of ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’, originally by Foreigner, and ‘Strange Fruit’, a song recorded by Billie Holiday.
The track was written, performed and produced by Laibach. It features vocals from Donna Marina Mårtensson, Manca Trampuš of the band Koala Voice, the Kinderreich Children’s Choir, and the Palestinian Children’s Choir. The main recording took place at Laibach Studios, with the Palestinian Children’s Choir parts recorded in a studio in Beirut.
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