Negativland are named after the track 'Negativland' from
Neu!'s debut album '
Neu!'. Furthermore, Negativland's earliest recordings were released on their own record label, 'Seeland', named after the track 'See land' from
Neu!'s third album '
Neu!' (aka '
Neu '75').
According to a German-speaking friend of mine, 'negativland' is German for 'negative land'. This might sound like a boring, utterly obvious fact. And it is.