
Words
by others:
Reviewers:
"And amazingly
enough it’s the projects debut album- making this one of the most
rewarding, multi layered and creative debut albums in recent
years."(Judas Kiss)
****
"The
sound quality is top notch and here Ralf has produced and mastered it
adroitly, the depth of surrounding sound is pristine, every nuance
captured and spaced out in horrifying detail.
The album is a
dark mass of visions, a dream surreal in its fractured automatism, one
that takes you to into trenches overwhelmed by the gulfs of blackness
overhead.
In sixty minutes you’ll be convinced to cue/repeat (Heathen Harvest)
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Das Teil ist ein Meisterwerk. Der absolut kranke Wahnsinn. Geil !
(Deutscher Musik Journalist nach Pre-Listening von Soziale Apokalypse)
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"Eighteen
tracks of the blistering soundscape parade the vicissitudinous template
that Testphasen Negativ masters extremely well in this album, a
convergence of styles works across the plains and urban decay
seamlessly."(HH)
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Ralf
Rabendorn returns with his sophomore release, “Burn, Giant, Burn!”, a
smouldering volcano of noise and sounds and other effusions, waking
from dormancy into action.
Reversed vocals squawk and squeal,
bubble from oppressive liquid flows and chaos. Deft touches of
instrumentation are sprinkled sparsely and a quick glance at the liner
notes shows Ralf doesn’t just rely on field recordings or computers as
guitar, real drums, flute, traditional and man-made instruments among
others feature. “Burn, Giant, Burn!” is anxious noise and less dark
ambience, treating such moments with the same experimentation as much
the sudden blasts of susurrating noise.
Testphasen Negativ
refrains from merely developing noise into cacophony, rather using it
in brief passages to segue flashing imagery like collage: there is
never a dull moment and always something new glued over and under
without being too dense. Symphonic progressions spoons a little
classicism into the album but gargled vocals chew away any relief of
the schizophrenic experimentation.
Kenji Siratori sneers a
scowling spoken word recitation to the Asiatic “Anti-Viral”, which is
one of the first times Siratori’s voice compliments further medieval
horror to the soundtrack. As such it stands apart from the album in
malignant minimalism, regardless if you cannot understand Japanese.
As
with ...... first album, the sound quality is superb, refined subtly
and bristling a full range of frequency and stereo space. (Heathen
Harvest)
****
"How
I Won The War – Wie Ich Den Krieg Gewann” has also a quite disturbing
atmosphere where you get the feeling that the evil is hiding
everywhere."(Side-Line)
****
"The
album is a dark mass of visions, a dream surreal in its fractured
automatism, one that takes you to into trenches overwhelmed by the
gulfs of blackness overhead."(Heathen Harvest)
****
"Seamless
Testphasen Negativ goes from paranoid sound sculptures to melancholic
piano pieces and back to bombastic industrial. Dark apocalyptic loops
and disturbing atmospheres. "(Gothtronic)
****
"Across
18 tracks of assorted length, musician Ralf Rabendorn paints a
nightmare on aural canvas that's similar to the cinematic surrealism of
Nurse With Wound at their most dire, or perhaps for the next edition of
the Silent Hill game franchise."(ReGen)
****
"Es
sei ebenfalls noch anzumerken, dass sämtliche Stücke trotz finsterer
Grundstimmung erstaunlich gut ins Gehör gehen" (NecroWeb)"
****
Listeners:
The
sound design is amongst the best in the dark ambient genre! The guitar
flourishes that happen across various tracks are great, as are the
vocals.
“Going Down…Again” is one of my favorite compositions TN
has done. The orchestration and building throb create a menacing
atmosphere.
Like I said, I really like this album, and I’ve already listened to it a dozen or so times.(Robert Osgood/CATL)
****
Excellent
new offerings! Ice cold heat, that burns the senses and brings one's
soul to experience ethereal sound.(John Fink Jr.)
****
It's a fantastic album. First time I heard "Anti-Vital" I had to play it over and over again. Just amazing.(Rune)
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Testphasen negativ is the most interesting act in the dark ambient scene (MirrorMan)
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Genious (unknown)
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