Ultimate Synth & EBM selection_part2

FOREN6

Flatline Friend

Runway

Too Little Too Late

Brinner För Ikväll

Enough Is Enough

Beautiful Suicide

Kates in a State

For the Blood in Your Veins (feat. Chris Pohl)

The Norwegian electronic duo, Electro Spectre releases single ‘Little Wonder’.

Electro Spectre originates from the Norwegian pop/electronica scene, and has grown massively the last years. The band's unique sound - combining strong, melodious vocals and sophisticated electronic production - materializes in highly addictive pop music. The songs will lure and seduce you. Caress you. Lead you through light and darkness. Reach for your soul.

Little Wonder

"...like an echo of a classic film soundtrack, [EmpathyTest] wouldn’t sound out of place snaking into the soundtrack of Netflix series Stranger Things’ second season." - The Line of Best Fit

Empathy Test is London-based electronic music duo Isaac Howlett (vocals) and Adam Relf (production). Currently performing their unique brand of emotive, ‘80s tinged synth pop across Europe with the help of Christina Lopez (drums) and Jacob Ferguson Lobo (keyboards), they have previously shared stages with everyone from The Japanese House to Bombay Bicycle Club. Following the success of ‘Seeing Stars’ and ‘By My Side’, Empathy Test are now set to drop new single 'Bare My Soul'.

‘Bare My Soul’ perfectly showcases the childhood friends’ brooding, cinematic sound. Pulsating analogue synthesizers, combined with a staggered drumbeat and rolling toms, drive the track to a dazzling, euphoric chorus. Isaac’s sombre vocals meanwhile, provide snapshots of poignant moments in his formative years, from a friend’s early critique of his “deep and meaningful” song writing, to the death of a girlfriend’s father.

“’Bare My Soul’ is literally about doing just that; baring one's soul. Isaac was initially inspired by a radio documentary he heard about Kurt Cobain, in which someone said, “[Kurt] had this ability to...bare his soul, in a way that no one else could”. The music mirrors that feeling of release when you finally get things off your chest, moving from the dark, suffocating tightness of the verses into the bright, open space of the choruses. The people in the song; Stephen, Blythe, Cassandra and Sophie, are all real people that Isaac encountered growing up” - Empathy Test

With this release, Empathy Test once again demonstrate an effortless ability to translate the atmospherics of classic sci-fi soundtracks into an accessible contemporary pop structure and combine it with confessional lyrics that cut right to the core. Scheduled to arrive on the 21st April, ‘Bare My Soul’ kicks off a PledgeMusic campaign to fund the self-release of Empathy Test’s debut album on the 23rd June.

Empathy Test | Bare My Soul Lyrics

Stephen said why not write something
That’s not so deep and meaningful?
But the truth can be so, 
Tragic and beautiful.

Blythe said she could never
Tell anyone just how she feels.
How will anyone know when,
She caves in and it all gets real?

I want to bare my soul -
In a way that no one can.
In the hope that 
some of you might understand
How it feels 
To be so alone.
To be so alone.
To be so alone.

Cassandra said she’d lost the plot
When she stopped the car to drop me off.
I watched her disappear
Her face reflected in the rear-view mirror.

Sophie woke me in the dead of night
To tell me how her dad had died.
I lie here in the dark but,
Now there’s nowhere left to hide.

Bare My Soul

The Robots

The Robots (3-D)

Empathy Test is London-based electronic music duo Isaac Howlett (vocals) and Adam Relf (production). Currently performing their unique brand of emotive, ‘80s tinged synth pop across Europe with the help of Christina Lopez (drums) and Jacob Ferguson Lobo (keyboards), they have previously shared stages with everyone from The Japanese House to Bombay Bicycle Club. Following the success of ‘Seeing Stars’ and ‘By My Side’, Empathy Test are now set to drop new single 'Walk Right Out', the B-side to their latest single 'Bare My Soul'.

'Walk Right Out’ showcases a more stripped down, natural sound than the synth-heavy Empathy Test we are used to. Underpinned with swelling strings and piano stabs that wouldn’t sound amiss on a Joshua Tree-era U2 track, ‘Walk Right Out’ is carried along by stuttering drums and twinkling arpeggios. Its more delicate sound however, contrasts with its darker lyrical subject matter.

“Walk Right Out' is about domestic violence and how it effects a home. It's about rising above suffering - "think happy thoughts and let it go" - and of course, getting out of a negative situation.” - Empathy Test

With this release, Empathy Test once again demonstrates an effortless ability to create original and interesting compositions within a contemporary pop structure and combine them with meaningful lyrics and real emotion. Scheduled to arrive on the 21st April, ‘Bare My Soul’ kicks off a PledgeMusic campaign to fund the self-release of Empathy Test’s debut album on the 23rd June.

For more information, contact: bee@libertymusicpr.com

Safe From Harm

Walk Right Out

Freedoom

Bruises

Mechanische Tänze Nos. 1-4

Approach to Tokyo (Straight Connection Mix)

Marnie "Electric Youth"

Play Rewind Repeat

Goodbye Late Nights

Fire in Me

Drown

Komposition: Florian Burkhardt
Produktion: Luk Zimmermann
Visual Arts: François Chalet
Mastering: Sascha »Busy« Bühren
Promo: Arnold Meyer

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