Test Dept and Brith Gof expand ‘Gododdin’ into 2026 remaster box set

Test Dept and Welsh theatre company Brith Gof are reissuing their landmark 1989 collaborative album ‘Gododdin’ as a 3CD/1DVD box set plus red vinyl LP on 4 December 2026 via Artoffact Records. The expansion adds 19 previously unreleased tracks, including a reworked early studio session reconstructed from multitrack tapes by founding members Graham Cunnington and Paul Jamrozy, a live recording from a 1989 quarry performance in Italy, and archival documentary footage. The original work—based on a 6th-century Welsh poem about Celtic warriors—was first staged at an abandoned Rover factory in Cardiff in December 1988 with an elaborate set involving 600 tons of sand and flooded staging. The reissue features a 24-page booklet with essays and archival imagery, and is accompanied by a live discussion at Chapter Cardiff on 24 October during the Experimentica festival.

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