News
Testbild! are presently working on the following projects:
1. a nameless album with Louis Philippe.
2. an upcoming album with a bird theme. maybe on vinyl this time...?
3. music to forthcoming films of Pontus Lundkvist and Henrik Möller.
4. an album about Belka & Strelka (the two Russian space dogs that actually came back alive in 1960).
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Friendly Noise released our newest album Aquatint in February 2009 (see below).
The Lolita Wagner Case is once again delayed. We have no news for the moment.
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This page will be updated regularly. Thank You for Your interest!
14 July 2006: When Testbild! made music in a bottle (Swedish).
01 June 2006: Important news from Friendly Noise.
31 May 2006: Testbild!'s current playlist at Dotshop.
23 May 2006: Right. The official release date for "Imagine a House", an album wich Friendly Noise don't hesitate to call a masterpiece, is June 19th.
Pre-orders are available from Dotshop.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
13 April 2006: "Imagine a House" is delayed, but will be released by the end of May. Hopefully!
Meanwhile, you might want to check out "Noon Universe", the brand new CD by SJTJEKN:
http://www.hitmakerarchive.com/bendi/index.php?sida=disc&id=BEN-CD-005&label=&lang=
...the word is that at least one Testbild! member is involved in this project, but you never know...
10 February 2006: Friendly Noise just released their second compilation to date: "Are You Scared to Get Happy?". It contains a previously unreleased Testbild! song called "Landfall", which was originally intended to be included on "The Inexplicable Feeling of September" album. If you want to order this compilation, try:
www.friendlynoise.se
or
www.dotshop.se
Later on you can presumably buy it from
www.darla.com
www.tonevendor.com
and
www.radiokhartoum.com
as well.
09 December 2005: Our dearest Testbild! member Pontus Lundkvist has now completed a video, called "Where Did This Begin?". It's about 14 minutes long, and contains a few of the songs on our forthcoming album "Imagine a House" (to be released on Friendly Noise in February 2006).
The video will be shown to the public at:
Kägelbanan (Stockholm, Sweden) the 14th of December 2005, an evening arranged by Flora & Fauna, also showing videos of our pals Differnet and Action Biker, among others. You also have a chance of seeing Sarto (another friend of ours) play live. All this, and much more for only 80 scr! Door opens 20.00, and closes 02.00.
Distro (at Café Barbro, N Skolgatan 10, Malmö, Sweden), the 18th of December 2005. Mattias Nihlén will play live with his project Mittelsfär, as will the eminent L.T. Fisk, and Pär Thörn (some sort of performance we guess). No entrance fee. Door opens 16.00 and closes 21.00.
07 September 2005: Lyrics section added to the homepage.
06 September 2005: OK, we suppose some of you want to buy the "Swim Sweet Swedish" compilation, right? The easiest way to do it outside Japan is to use this link:
http://www.panachesounds.com/rallyeshop.htm
Good luck!
24 August 2005: Today is the official release date for a Japanese compilation called "Rallye Cloak 02 - Swim Sweet Swedish". Only Swedish acts are featured, but we guess that's rather obvious. Well anyway it includes a previously unreleased Testbild! song called "A Different Type of Lungs", taken from the forthcoming album "The Lolita Wagner Case" (which will be out this autumn on Radio Khartoum, hopefully). If you want to know more, please check out what our good friend Kristofer Lecander has to say here:
http://www.panachesounds.com/ryecd012.htm