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Test Dept. is tagged as: industrial, experimental, electronic, percussion, political

Test Dept were an industrial music band formed in New Cross, London, by Paul Jamrozy, Graham Cunnington, Angus Farquhar, Paul Hines and Toby Burdon. Formed in 1981, they utilised the waste debris from the local scrapyards to create a sonic arsenal from recycled scrap metal. Their exploration of tonality was fused with experimental electronics and early sampling technology, film and slide montaged visuals, as well as combining traditional instruments, notably bagpipes from Alistair Adams. They are hailed by many musicians as one of the most influential early industrial music acts. Their approach was marked out by a strong and forceful commitment to radical politics; their multi-media performance at Paddington Station to mark the abolition of the GLC in 1986 is still regarded as one of the most awe inspiring events of the decade.
Their discography spans a wide variety of influences and styles, including a collaboration with the South Wales Striking Miners Choir in support of the Miners’ Strike of 1984. They were particularly notable for their extremely complicated and powerful percussion, as well as their high-energy live shows. The band played a range of venues from Waterloo and Cannon Street station, to Expo 86, Stirling Castle and the defunct St Rollox Railway Works in ...
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Top 10 Test Dept. Songs
Pipe and Didgeridoo (Live)
Unforgiven
Jerusalem
Critical Dub
Dark Light
Comrade Enver Hoxha
Atlantis
Kick to Kill
Fuckhead
Fist
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Top 10 Test Dept. Albums
Tactics For Evolution
Materia Prima
The Unacceptable Face Of Freedom
Pax Brittanica
Legacy [1990-1993]
Ecstacy Under Duress
Totality
Beating A Retreat
Beating The Retreat
Proven In Action
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