Stepbrother Ernest, Norman Hajna, Jana T. Mekka, Nathaniel Mist, Erasmus Peltonset, Goliath Quadslums, Furian Sibér, Dustin Spunkvolt
Influences
Chris Marker, Hatfield & The North, Chrome, Robert Wyatt, Kevin Ayers, Louis Philippe, Dorothy Ashby, Brian Wilson, Ny Akustik, Greens Restaurant, Gil Evans, Sudden Sway, Jan Johansson, Faust, Residents, Jim O'Rourke, John Baker, Ludus, Hepburns, Neil Ardley, Soft Machine, Throbbing Gristle, Krzysztof Komeda, Eric Satie, Powell & Pressburger, Nurse With Wound, Jorge Luis Borges, Sophie Calle, Bas Jan Ader, Andrei Tarkovskij, Yurij Gagarin, Jacques Cousteau, Edward Gorey, Mike Alway, Basil Kirchin, Ernst Haeckel, Isabelle Eberhardt, Simon Turner, Beppe Wolgers, Delia Derbyshire, Norma Winstone, Radiojazzgruppen, old copies of National Geographic Magazine
Sounds Like
raindrops in the night, protuberances of a dying star, light beams under poisonus green sea water, fireflies and fountain cascades, reflections of the sun at 4.00 am, the creaking of an old lighthouse, apocalyptic and cinemantic nightmares of little children, comets tails, radio waves and tea kettles.
Is Testbild! really pop music?
The answer is Yes, if you want it to be. But Testbild! is also an abstract idea that is everywhere around you. A strange conspiracy of thoughts and musical beliefs, always dedicated to hummable tunes, otherworldly sounds and song writing. You are always welcome to join us, if you think you can see trough the web of lies and hypocrisy of commercial music. Because, and this is important, ANYONE can be a member of Testbild!. And anyone IS. You know that guy with the glasses sitting in the corner of your local café, staring at you all the time? Most certainly a Testbild! member. The old lady selling apples at the market square, always humming on a strange tune? Testbild! member. The little girl in a school uniform standing on a balcony, looking up in the sky? OK, now you get it.
Once again: we’re all around you. You can see us if you choose to believe it.
Keep watching the horizon.
/ Sir Joshua Whitepaper the3d, Testbild! Management
TESTBILD! collaborating with LOUIS PHILIPPE, it is like BERTRAND BURGALAT producing 'Sunshine', France winning the Football World Cup, SEAN O'HAGAN covering 'So Danço Samba' with LOUIS PHILIPPE, ZINEDINE ZIDANE playing with REAL MADRID.
Hello, thank you for requesting my hand in Friendship! I really like your sound. I see we have the same Friends! I am working with the Great Louis Philippe at the moment. Lucky me! I feel most privileged. Yes, it is lovely to know you. We will keep in touch. All the best, Louise XXX
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Hi, thanks for the add. Lovely tunes - reminds me of El/Cherry Records stuff but you have your own distinctive style. I am a member of Testbild too! Moogieman
