Laibach receive the lifetime achievement Golden Whistle award

After they announced the release of their upcoming new full length album "Also Sprach Zarathustra " some weeks ago, Laibach have now also received a lifetime achievement award called the 'Golden Whistle'. The Golden Whistle (Zlata piščal) award is a Slovenian professional music prize awarded by the Cultural and Arts Society 'Golden Whistle' for achievements in the field of Slovenian popular music. The award is given at the annual ceremony, which also includes performances by various musical artists. It is the only Slovenian Awards dedicated to performers and creators of music. The name of the prize "Golden Whistle" was inspired by an ancient whistle, found in 1995 in the Palaeolithic cave Divje babe (Wild women), which dates back to around 60,000 BC. It belonged to the Neanderthal living on the territorry of the present-day Slovenia and is the oldest musical instrument in the world ever found.

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