DUCA Vol.130 With Every Rage,  Another Part Of Me Dies

Northern Light

Bullet (Album Version)

plus-minus podcast 28

Actually it was a microphone test. But with some looper and a bit monotron delay it turned out to be avantgarde, isn´t it? ;)

Ende der Ansage

This song starts with some atmospheres recorded with the microphonic soundbox by leafaudio. from that a juno (ju-06) arpeggio arises and finaly a microbrute subbass joins. All delivered with some 808 beats coming from ableton. Enjoy.

Microleaf on Juno Brute

This track was first developed in a cabin in the austrian mountains, where I stayed with 2 friends for a week. Daytime we were hiking and in the evening we linked our laptops and made music. We had a very nice time! This track "dawn at kappacher huettn" is based on a jam on thursday with PE. Later at home I juggled with the recorded samples and ideas and finished the track. The track tries to catch the mood of our cabin at dawn; the field recording at beginning and end of the song (and always behind) was taken directly at the cabin, during the evening consulting of our peronal sheep ;)
All sounds are based on Ableton, Bassline by Synth1, Arturia Analog lab for brass. Glitcheffect in break by dblue glitch.
Enjoy! :)

vorm Untersberg

dawn at kappacher huettn

Funky Snippet

Live layers recorded and overdubbed. Microphonic soundbox through Resonator in Ableton in the background. A lot of deepmind around. The e-piano might be a little to much, too pleasing and sweet. In fact it was one of the first layer i recorded so I decided to keep it. Live morphing of sounds on Behringers Deepmind 6 was a lot of fun...

Walden02

3 layers from a very spontainious sessions, Done in A-minor for simplicity ;) Arpeggiated Synth this time by the good old Synth1-VSTplugin(!). Strings by Arturia Analog factory (also Plugin) and Bass added in a later session with Deepmind. Enjoy.

Interlude 2018_12

In this song again the Microphonic Soundbox was used to create some Soundatmos. I layered multiple recordings divided through different EQ bands and stereo positions to enrich the atmosphere. The strings (coming in at the middle part) and the lead synth is from Arturia Analog Factory. Enjoy.

Advent

miscrophonic soundbox

friendly fifth

Named by a shimmering reverb pad, build on deepmind 6, a bassline from microbrute, a slowly evolving e-pinao pattern from sequencomat and some noise and effects from microphonic soundbox...

Morgennebel

Following the success of double A-side single, Holy Rivers / Incubation Song, which has racked up over 150,000 streams on Spotify since its October release and was praised by Clash Music for its “shimmering synths, glacial electronics, and heartrending vocals”, London Synthpop group Empathy Test returns with a second, tantalising taste of their upcoming third album, in the form of new single Empty-handed.

Empty-handed presents another sonic leap forward for a band that has never been one to tread water when it comes to their sound, presenting a harder, darker style whilst simultaneously tipping their proverbial hat to the Synthwave scene that helped launch their career back in 2014. An arpeggiated synthesiser provides a relentless momentum from the get-go, while the deceptively simple composition gradually builds to its epic conclusion.

Opening line, “My heart is an empty vessel / Drifting out to sea” sets the tone both lyrically and emotionally. It’s about being unable to give a partner the emotional support or commitment they need and the feeling of emptiness that comes with that. As always, Empathy Test delivers a perfect marriage of music and emotion, the sudden flourishes of strings and synthesisers rushing past like spirits in the night. 

There’s a sense of urgency here that has not been present previously, as well as an innate confidence that suggests the third album, which comes after the simultaneous release of two debut albums Losing Touch (Remastered) and Safe From Harm in November 2017 and is slated for release in early September, might just be the band’s most accomplished to date.

Empathy Test is childhood friends Isaac Howlett (vocals and songwriting) and Adam Relf (production and composition). They perform live with the help of Christina Lopez (live drums) and Samuel Winter-Quick (live keyboards). This June, they tour the UK with Canadian Post Punk band Actors and in September, North America, with Industrial Pop act Aesthetic Perfection. They will also be appearing at selected festivals in Europe. 

Empty-handed will be self-released in digital and CD formats on 20th June 2019, with b-side A River Loves a Stone and remixes by ex-Black City Lights producer TRAAPS and LA artist and producer Ari Mason, plus the band’s customary 7” vinyl picture disc format, all of which can be pre-ordered right now from Empathy Test’s Bandcamp.

For more information, please feel free to contact Empathy Test on email: info@empathytest.com

Empty Handed

Monsters

Life on Lines

Your Own Great Nation

Bye-Bye Borderline

Lcyd

Binary Park is a uk/german co-project of Huw Jones (voice, l...yrics), Alfred Gregl (music) and Torben Schmidt (music). The sound of binary park contains diffrent electronic styles from darkstep to industrial and from electro to deep noisy ambient.

Your Own Great Nation

Binary Park

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