Test Dept. - Strength Of Metal In Motion

As requested by Paphio23 an early live document by Test Dept. I was in doubt for posting this as the tape has been afflicted by the age of time, so it doesn't play very well any more. So I waited for someone to request it. So now here it is. Test Dept. formed in 1981 in the decaying South London inner-city area of New Cross. Test Dept has always rejected the conventional and developed a style reflecting the decay of their surroundings. Taking, transforming industrial items to build a hard rhythm based sound Test Dept soon became involved in political action against the rising Conservative state. From the very beginning Test Dept created a unique performance environment using slide, film projections in disused industrial settings. The scale of the performance events began to rise and other working artists became involved under the umbrella of the "Ministry of Power" Collaborations formed not only between film-makers, sculptors and dancers but also politically active groups. These included working with the Miners in 1985, Print workers in 1987 and Ambulance workers in 1989,90. Strength Of Metal In Motion was released as a cassette by ? (Test One) in 1983.


Tracks:


1. Last Rites
2. Shockwork
3. Prokofievs Dream
4. Drum & Body
5. Gdansk
6. Death Of God
7. Kindergarten
8. WWBC
9. Efficiency
10. Beating Retreat


(Tracks 7 to 10 are recorded together )


Strength Of Metal In Motion


enjoy.