Ahead of our screenings at the Cambridge Film Festival on 12 September as part of the Microcinema event programme curated by James Mackay and William Fowler, DARK PICTURES: Industrial Music Culture.
Test Dept founding member Graham Cunnington picks his ten essential films for Electric Sheep Magazine, some of which have a personal significance while others have influenced the work of the group.
http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/features/2015/09/04/test-depts-fi...
See Test Dept's DS30 and other films at the Camridge Film Festival Saturday 12th Sept along with a Q&A with founding members Graham Cunnington and Paul Jamrozy
Arts Picturehouse, Cambridge 8pm:
http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/film/dark-pictures-post-industri...
The Total State Machine Hard Back Box Set is now available from PC-Press,
it is limited to 250 copies and comes with a set of extra items.
Rough Trade East present Test Dept/PC-Press – Book launch on Thursday 16th July from 7pm to 9pm and features a live reworking of Test Dept classic material by Scanner.
The line-up for the event is as follows:
7pm Q&A with Paul Jamrozy, Gray Cunnington, Robin Rimbaud, Peter Webb, chaired by Luke Turner of The Quietus
7.40pm Live performance – Scanner’s unique Live re-working of Test Dept classics.
9.00pm store closes.
Test Dept head for the Industrial Heartlands of Britain in a series of events in June & July.
They will present the DS30 film and rare footage and video from the TD Archive, alongside the Total State Machine Book Launch.
Guest speakers, Q & A and DJ events.
No to Austerity
The Fight Goes On!
Faces of Freedom (Toxic Brand)
MP3 Austerity Free Download
‘Total State Machine’ is a unique historical document and visual representation of Test Dept. Printed on over 400 pages of high quality art paper, the book contains reflections and essays from founder members Jamrozy, Cunnington and Farquhar, plus Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire), Robin Rimbaud (Scanner), Ivan Novak (Laibach), Alan Sutcliffe (Kent Miners) and a host of others.
Fuel to Fight T-Shirts, TD cog T-Shirts on Sale
Published by PC-Press and available here: http://www.pc-press.co.uk/shop/
Scanner/Shelley Parker Mixes and Live Video from Total State Machine Book Launch Event @ Ritzy
An evening of Industrial Agitation, Traversing the Experimental Terrain, Submerging in Bass frequencies with Test Dept, Scanner and Shelley Parker
Hedonism for Hard Times:
Fun and Games in Collapsing New Britain
Launch After Event at Vivid - http://www.vividprojects.org.uk/programme/test-dept/
DJ 's Stephen Mallinder (Cabaret Voltaire/Wrangler) and Test Dept DJ/VJ (20:00 - 02:00)