Vocal Synthwave Retrowave

Flair

Dance Me Away

Stereotype

Crowdfinding

Maybe I'll Stay in a Different Shadow

The world is becoming more chaotic. Are we destined for disorder? Eastern Promise is an exploration of life in a post-industrial world and an attempt to rebuild a sense of self, both individually and collectively.

We shall overcome / We will never be the same

Eastern Promise

HERE COMES THE RAIN AGAIN

FALLING

FALLING (Twin Tribes Remix)

Written and performed by Marci Elizabeth and Jimmy Deer
Produced by Jimmy Deer

Asteroids

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Crash Out

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“The Rehearsal” is about compulsively practicing conversations in your head—what you’ll say, how you’ll say it, and replaying it until it all feels just right, even if you end up never saying a word.

THE REHEARSAL
©2025 Brian Hazard (ASCAP)

I deal in daydreams
I traffic in text
Endless predictions of
What you’ll say next

I pick my battles
And I take my licks
At the rehearsal
I rewrite the script

There’s something I have to get off my chest
But I don’t know how to say it best

Tape decks chew on old cassettes
Restless pacing wears the floorboards
Grasp at smoke and call it home
Shape my thoughts like molten chrome

Stories aching to be told
Every silence must be broken
But I bottled the eclipse
From my umbra to your lips

It’s a compulsion
A cognitive trap
At the rehearsal
I polish my act

I’m the sole architect of each pause
I preach my gospel to empty halls

Why not let the words find their own flow?
I can make it all up as I go

Improvisation
Is the skillful way
Trust when the time comes
I’ll know what to say

Let go of scenes
That may never exist
Live in the moment
And welcome the risk

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The Rehearsal

Across the Water

Across The Water

Sparks

Isaac Howlett, front person of acclaimed synth-pop outfit Empathy Test, unveils his latest solo single Spiralling - a raw, dance-floor-ready track addressing depression and anxiety from his own lived experience. Collaborating with the enigmatic European music collective A State of Flux, Howlett delivers a compelling blend of accessible hooks and emotional nuance, transcending genre boundaries.

Drawing from diverse electronic influences, Spiralling creates a soundscape that’s both immediate and immersive, pairing dance-floor rhythms with rich, emotionally layered textures. It’s a musical journey into the depths of inner turmoil.

“I’m in the privileged position of being asked to collaborate a lot, but rarely find time. However, when a deliciously dark demo entitled Spiralling landed in my inbox, I was immediately inspired. The lyrics come from something my late grandfather said which stuck with me; “depression runs in the men, on your mother's side”. I felt like a time-bomb waiting to explode.”
– Isaac Howlett

Behind the production, A State of Flux, known for its creative anonymity and fluid collective ethos, crafted a backdrop that marries both clarity and complexity...

“We wanted to create a musical backdrop that, on the surface, seemed immediately accessible, but also delivered on complexity that mirrored Isaac’s personal expression. It was a highly collaborative and fluid process where the track developed over a series of months with everyone contributing musical ideas.”
– Peter 7, A State of Flux 
credits
released July 3, 2025

Written by Isaac Howlett and Peter Sutherland Burns. Performed by Isaac Howlett and A State of Flux. Mixed and mastered by Pete Burns.

Spiralling

Mesmerize Me

In Between

Now & Again

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Lyrics: 
Come find me 
I’m farther out than I’ve ever been so far
Out here I can really come apart 
Trying to search for the light in the dark 
A sliver of a pure heart 

Come find me 
I fell into the trembling unknown 
Spinning through, the mysteries unfold 
Shivering from the chill of the bitter cold 
Am I better for it? I don’t know. 

Will you come to the other side? 
Do not hide 
Feel it for the first time 
Yea, I am alright 

Come to the other side 
Do not hide 
Wait for the sun 
Moving out on the sky


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Black

Brut Pop trio from the capital city of Belarus. Inspired by their love of early 1980’s Soviet Pop & Brutalist Architecture, the trio employs the mechanized action of motoric rhythm machines, vintage synthesizers, & Post-punk bass lines to put their spin on classic New Wave. Masha Zinevitch lights the rain-soaked streets of Minsk with her contralto swoon in a post-soviet reality of fear, love & rebellion.

Now & Again

Dlina Volny

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