The empathy test in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner is based on the premise that machines, no matter how advanced, lack compassion. But for childhood friends, Isaac Howlett (vocals) and Adam Relf (production), Empathy Test is all about wearing their hearts on their digital sleeves. With driving synth chords, punchy 4/4 beats and euphoric ‘80s melodies, the London-based duo take inspiration as much from modern acts like Chvrches and Purity Ring as they do from Vangelis and Depeche Mode. But far from sounding like just another ‘80s-electro reboot, Empathy Test have cultivated a mesmerizing and immersive identity which sets them apart from pretty much anyone else on the scene.

With an insistence on glorious hooks and instantly memorable vocal lines, Empathy Test are refreshingly unafraid to be pop music. Since self-releasing their debut EP “Losing Touch” in February, Empathy Test have picked up thousands of fans via sheer word-of-mouth and late-night tweets, and collaborated with Richard Swarbrick on numerous viral animation videos for ESPN and Liverpool FC. Empathy Test signed to Brooklyn’s Stars & Letters Records in the spring of 2014, with their follow-up EP “Throwing Stones” releasing December 9th, 2014.

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Losing Touch

Throwing Stones EP

Empathy Test - Holding On

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When It's Over

Spiral Descent

A Necessary Escape (Part 2)

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Force Multiply

It’s about that kind of love that spirals - consuming, impossible to quit. It’s the sound of wanting more even when it’s already too much. Perfect for those late summer nights ✨


Written by: Agnieszka Trawczynska, Simon Velazquez, Aleksander Kaczmarek
Drums by: Marek Radziminski
Producer, Mixing Engineer: Aleksander Kaczmarek
Mastering Engineer: Krzysztof Kessler

Feel me
Just like you feel your heartbeat
On your wrists
Feel the hot blood pumping

Curious
Curious, your heart is
I might let you in
If I feel you're like me

And you crawl back to my arms and overdose

Crawl
Crawl yourself to my skin
Magnetised
To what you could not see

I'll make you fall
In so many ways
You could not imagine
I'll keep you entertained
Until nothing feels just like this

And you crawl back to my arms and overdose

It's so much faster
Feel it approaching
It's so much faster
I feel it coming
It's so much faster
I feel it coming
It's so much faster
I feel it coming

This feeling
This beating
Is harder
Than anything else

Will thicken
Will bubble
Erupt and cause trouble
We'll burst to fall

I'll watch it in rapture
An outstanding finding
And overcommitting
Cause it is so blinding
I'll try to capture
Euphoria and love
And I'm forgetting
That life is upsetting
That every beginning
Is start to an end
I will forget that we ever lived
I will forget that we ever lived

overdose

'Dance Called Memory' (Release Date: September 19, 2025)
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Dance Called Memory

I'm Not Ready for the Change

Nation of Language - I'm Not Ready for the Change

Indian Strings

COLOR PALETTE - NIGHTS ALONE

fountain

Jadu Heart - Another Life

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Another Life

Welcome. I am COLLIEDOG ELECTRONICA MUSIC. 

I create electronica and chill music. I having been creating music and soundscapes since 2009 at amateur level. 

I use a variety of digital audio workstations and effects such as: Audacity, Xpand2!, REFX Nexus 2, FL Studio, Ableton 12, Korg, Wavestation, Vital, Synthmaster,  and Arturia, 

I find it exciting and challenging trying to find new and outlandish sounds. I use royalty free samples as well as synths and drum machines.

My influences and creative inspirations come from artists such as: Boards Of Canada, William Orbit, Brian Eno, Thomas Newman, Little Death Orchestra, Moby, Massive Attack, Eric Serra, Gabriel Yared, J.S. Bach, Peter Gabriel, Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Nightmares On Wax, David Sylvian, Ennio Morricone to mention a few.

Please enjoy my unique sonic vibrations and feel free to critique, share, collaborate. Whatever you feel in your heart and ears.

Peace & Enjoy.

Indian Strings

Colliedog Electronica Music

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