Being the brainchild of Swedish multi-instrumentalist Petter Herbertsson, the art pop concept Testbild! started at the end of the 1990’s. It has never been really fair to call it a proper “band”, instead you could say it’s more like a music collective or an idea centered around creative thinking and thematic sound processes. As there are no fixed rules, it’s also quite unclear who the members are – although Petter H occurs in most of the musical projects (but by all means not all of them). Some other names of significance: Siri af Burén, Katja Ekman, Rikard Heberling, Douglas Holmquist, Mattias Nihlén and Petter Samuelsson, just to mention a few. Over the years, every Testbild! release has been a concept in itself, with various themes like Russian space dogs, the writer Isabelle Eberhardt, abandoned houses, surrealist underwater stories or their Swedish hometown of Malmö. And the music has of course gone through various phases since the beginning, but always elusive in its character, not belonging to any specific genre or tradition (though if you’re into things like chamber pop, Canterbury, rock in opposition, obscure post punk, modern jazz, field recordings and sound experiments you’ll most likely find stuff to cherish). Over 25 years and 10 albums later, Testbild! is still alive.