ecorded in 1984, a full three years after Robert Calvert's last solo album (Hype), Freq very much turned its back on the dynamic musicality of his last decade's work to concentrate instead on the possibilities of modern electronics shot through with a socio-political consciousness that both dates the album dramatically and serves as a priceless time capsule. Britain in 1984, after all, was not the happiest of lands, as a coalminers strike dragged interminably on, technological advances sent the jobless queues soaring, and Irish terrorism cast its own pall over the country. In addressing these issues, Freq emerged as chilling a portrait as any of Calvert's earlier essays
Ned Ludd Talk 1 Acid Rain Talk 2 All the Machines Are Quiet Talk 3 Standing on the Picket Line Talk 4 The Cool Courage Of The Bomb Squad Officers Talk 5 Work Song Lord of the Hornets The Greenfly and the Rose