Test Dept: Totality
- Once The Red Dust Passes...(Pt. 1)
- Chillo (Sunrise)
- Hole
- Gripper (A Lifetime Of Knowledge)
- Genius
- Timebomb
- Woza Moya Woza (Come Spirit Come)
- The Point
- Gamma Ray
- Rol Ihlahla (Stirring Up Trouble)
- Chillo (Sunset)
- Al'rabih (The Spring)
- Zazen
- Once The Red Dust Passes...(Pt. 2)
Test Dept really have walked off the beaten path ever since the release of
their 'New World Order' single and this new album is no exception. Abandoning
their steel drums and orchestras in favor of digital media and instruments,
Test Dept are trying to prove that they too can exist within the real of the
post-modern industrial culture. Where some of their earlier forays into the
realm of electronic music have been something less than a success, "Totality"
marks perhaps the first time they have been able to write a quality album with
purely digital equipment from start to finish. Musically the album varies from
hard trance and percussive meanderings to alluring ballads with help from a
female vocalist. One of the most intriguing items is the fact that they sound
nothing like the band who released such classics as "Pax Britannica" and "The
Unacceptable Face of Freedom", yet their skill at writing purely electronic
music is amazingly apt. It just goes to show you that musical progression,
while a bumpy road, can with time be a positive experience which is well worth
the wait.
Contact:
Invisible Records
P.O Box 16008
Chicago, IL 60016
E-mail: invisihq@aol.com
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