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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 November 18, 2014.

Bio & Press info → http://starsandletters.com/empathytest
Website → http://empathytestmusic.com
Facebook → http://facebook.com/empathytest
Twitter → http://twitter.com/empathytest
SoundCloud → @empathytest

© 2014 Stars & Letters Records
℗ 2014 Empathy Test

Losing Touch

Throwing Stones EP

Empathy Test - Here Is The Place

Website → http://empathytest.com
Facebook → http://facebook.com/empathytest
Twitter → http://twitter.com/empathytest
SoundCloud → @empathytest

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 soaring synthetic chords, precision beats, and jubilant 80s melodies — all coated in soft, irresistible melancholy — the London-based duo takes inspiration as much from modern acts like CHVRCHES and Purity Ring, as it does from Vangelis and Depeche Mode. But, instead of sounding like a mere update of 80s’ electro, Empathy Test produce a mesmerizing and immersive identity which sets them apart from pretty much everything else currently on the scene. Shadows envelop hymns, a note sustains too long, a lyric confesses too much: It’s the heart of darkness, not compassion, that beats slow and steady.

While the lingering nighttime aesthetic that Relf conjures up provides the initial hook, Howlett’s vocal mastery pushes the stakes ever higher, providing the urgency and romanticism to Relf’s crystalline production. Little wonder that the duo has amassed a sizable and passionate online following: 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.

© 2014 Stars & Letters Records
℗ 2014 Empathy Test

Empathy Test - Throwing Stones

In 2000 I was asked to remix "Kathy's Song (Come Lie Next To Me)", a track of Norwegian band "Apoptygma Berzerk".  

Next month I will let you all pick another production / remix of me and I will upload the most requested one to Soundcloud as well then.

Enjoy!

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Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song (Come Lie Next To Me) (Ferry Corsten Remix)

Covenant - Last Dance

Colony 5 - My World

Empathy Test - Holding On

Colorblind

Strange Behavior

Humanizer

Driving

Zynic   Absurd Lovesong

New Foretaste single, includes People Theatre remix !

336 - Foretaste - Alone with People Theatre around

This is my cover of Empathy Test' acoustic version of "Losing Touch". I love the band and I highly recommend you hear the original. Written by Empathy Test, recorded by me - Srebrina Mincheva.

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Assemblage 23 was officially born in 1988. The genre of industrial music / dance Shear deeply impressed and convinced him that he had found the kind of sound you want for your music. Its sole member is Tom Shear.

Assemblage 23 - The last mistake

Vanguard - Goodbye

Frost

Mimic

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