"Abbildungen Variete (Variety Of Pictures) hailed from Slovenia's second largest city of Maribor in the northeastern part of the country. Little is known about them, they existed between 1982-1987 (close to the actual 'Neue Slowenische Kunst' movement pushed by Laibach), and the members were Marko Ornik, Igor Zupe, Goran Majcen, Leonard Rubins, and Branko Mirt. Besides their eponymous cassette release in '83, and a compilation LP appearance in '84 [Comp LP's existence is unverified. -S], there are no other recorded documents of the group. The self-titled cassette came out in November of 1983 in an edition of 230 copies, and for the most part is a live recording with a couple of studio tracks thrown in.
When compared to the rest of industrial scene back then, Abbildungen Variete was a rare bird, and defining them is certainly not an easy task. They had a strong smack of ritual-music, which is also present with 'Laibach' and 'Strukturne Ptice', and played a vital role in early 'Autopsia'. The pool of bands we could draw parallels to would be from that milieu: Last Few Days, Ain Soph, maybe even Het Zweet. Sound-wise it's quite diverse, a bit of sinister tribal drumming with frantic clamor, a bit of solemn ceremonial chanting and a bit of ominous funeral dirges for the banishing of the dead."
--(Edited From An) Author Unknown
