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Lovely song. Seem to recall you played it at the concert in Albertslund, DK a few weeks back !?

it reminds my childhood...wow, Empathy Test, great job!

oh my word !! You guys have come a long way in the last 3yrs or so

I sincerely love this track. so far one of the best of 2017

Empathy Test: Collected

The debut song by Empathy Test, an electronic pop duo from London, UK. Originally released in February 2014 on the Losing Touch EP. Re-released as part of the Losing Touch LP in November 2017.

LYRICS:

Scared of losing touch
If I really mean that much
Why pretend that you love him?
Don't call me out the blue
When it's clear that I still do
And you know he knows it too.
Going home alone
The only love I've known
It's always been you.
It’s always been you.
 
Tell me it's not real
Tell me he doesn't make you feel
The way I made you feel.
If you care for me at all
You'll hang up when I call
You'll clear me space to fall.
If you give I will receive 
And despite what they believe
It's always been you.
It's always been you.
 
It’s always been you.
 
When you're feeling alone
And you're colder than stone
Call me you know...
It's always been you.

Losing Touch

Losing Touch EP

Kirrilee

Self titled debut EP 'Nite Flights'. Copyright Hybris/Warner Chappell. 2014.

Nite Flights is an audiovisual collaboration with graphic designer Slobodan Zivic. http://www.slobodanzivic.com

From Her To Infinity

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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 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

Throwing Stones EP

Empathy Test - Throwing Stones

The third track from Empathy Test's self-released debut EP, Losing Touch, released 28th February 2014. Available to buy now in all major digital stores. Re-released November 2017 as part of the Losing Touch album.

LYRICS:

She sings me the saddest of songs
I cannot help but sing along
Forever after in my head.

There’ll be no stopping once she starts
The eternal burden of the queen of my heart
I want to be free, but can't let go.

She doesn't really know why...

I feel so tired I could die
Leave my window open wide
Let my spirit feel the night.

Now I have nothing more to say
I said too much now anyway
Lead me out into the night

The last night on earth...

And it’s you -
Running rivers through me
It's like you always knew me
From the moment of my birth
You'll be the death of me.

It’s you -
Running rivers through me
It's like you always knew me
From the moment of my birth
You'll be the death of me.

And now I have nothing more to say
I said too much now anyway
Lead me out into the night.

Last Night On Earth

The fourth and final track from Empathy Test's debut EP, Losing Touch, released 28th February 2014. Available to buy now in all major digital stores. Re-released November 2017 as part of Empathy Test's debut album, also titled 'Losing Touch'.

LYRICS:

If it wasn’t for the loneliness (then)
I could bare the solitude of
These terrible silences, these
Horrific injuries are
Simply where I find myself now

Where I find myself.

And I’ve been down so long now that
It just looks like up to me.
These terrible silences, these,
Horrific injuries are,
Simply where I find myself now

Where I find myself.

We bury ourselves deep inside with the
Things we cannot vocalise and
These terrible silences, these
Horrific injuries are
Simply where I find myself now

Where I find myself.

But even as my back is turned your
Undoing all the things we’ve learned and
These terrible silences, these
Horrific injuries are
Simply where I find myself now

Where I find myself

Where I find myself

Where I find myself

Where I Find Myself

The New Division - Senseless (TEEEL REMIX)

Später Sommer. Deep skies. Endless rails.

This song is a journey through time — standing at the very end of the last carriage, where the rattling steel meets the weight of memory. You look back, and the Nordbahn whispers its secrets:

The first steam, 1841 — iron shaking the ground, Vienna drawing closer, twenty-five kilometers an hour that felt like eternity.
The last warmth of 1914 — soldiers leaving home, bandaged faces, silent fields holding their breath as the war rolls in.
And then… the dark trains. Locked doors. Nameless suitcases. A silence too heavy for words. The rails know everything — but they never speak.

And still, the Nordbahn carries us forward. Through dust, through time, through stories etched deep into steel. Every vibration hums with voices of the past — their fears, their hopes, their goodbyes — tangled in the summer air, stirred only by the passing train.

Nordbahn, Nordbahn — you carry the years on your steel.
A song of motion, memory, and silence.
Close your eyes. The journey begins.

Lyrics: 

Später Sommer,
tiefer Himmel,
Schienen glänzen im Staub der Zeit,
der Zug zieht, und ich zieh mit … 

Ich steh am Ende des letzten Waggons,
Gedanken im Kopf, das Rattern im Rücken,
die Sträucher fliehen,
Häuser verschwimmen,
der Horizont zerreißt.

Ein Augenblick nur —
und plötzlich 1841:
Erster Dampf, erster Schrei der Lok,
der Boden bebt,
Wien rückt näher,
die Nordbahn öffnet die Welt.
25 Stundenkilometer Ewigkeit.

Nordbahn, Nordbahn —
du trägst die Jahre auf deinem Stahl,
Nordbahn, Nordbahn —
tausend Geschichten,
tausend Narben,
und ich fahr mit dir
durch Zeit und Staub. 

Spätsommer, 1914 —
die Luft noch warm,
doch der Krieg schon da.
Waggons voller bleicher Gesichter,
Verwundete, blutige Verbände,
der Zug ächzt nach Wien.
Zwischen Hoffnung und Furcht
die langen Schatten der Felder.

Dann plötzlich Stille …
Züge ohne Fenster,
Türen verriegelt,
Koffer ohne Namen.
Man sagt, sie fahren „nach Osten“,
doch niemand kommt zurück.
Die Schienen wissen mehr,
als sie erzählen.

Nordbahn, Nordbahn —
du trägst die Jahre auf deinem Stahl,
Nordbahn, Nordbahn —
tausend Geschichten,
tausend Narben,
und ich fahr mit dir
durch Zeit und Staub. 

Der Sommer heut’ ist mild,
die Schienen vibrieren,
der Zug schneidet durch die Zeit.

All die Stimmen,
Sorgen, Ängste, Hoffnungen
hängen noch in der Luft —
nur die Eisenbahn
wirbelt sie kurz durcheinander …

Nordbahn … Nordbahn …

Nordbahn

Music & Lyrics: Vast Hill
 Produced by: James S of Atolla (& Vast Hill)
 Mixed by: James S of Atolla
Mastered by: 301 Studios
 Vocals by: Elle Kress

Calling Out

Empathy Test return for 2017 with their new EP ‘By My Side’. With echoes of CHVRCHES and Purity Ring, the enigmatic duo have impressed with their brooding electro sound; winning critical praise and a legion of dedicated fans worldwide. Empathy Test evoke a cinematic appeal with their songwriting and showcase an ability to transform the mundane into something beautiful and tragic. This partly stems from their inspiration by sci-fi worlds. Isaac Howlett and Adam Relf formed Empathy Test after discovering a mutual love of eighties sci-fi soundtracks and underground dance and indie music, with the name Empathy Test being taken from the film Blade Runner.

The new EP follows last year’s stunning ‘Demons / Seeing Stars’ release, and only adds further intrigue to their forthcoming debut album. The EP’s eponymous opener explores the emotions of desire within a dysfunctional relationship when all avenues of reconciliation have been exhausted. The listener is initially lulled into a false sense of security; with it’s serene synths and snaps twinned with more emotive lyrics of throwing “another lover on the fire”. The track swells until the soaring chorus perfectly balances the yearning sentiment of the lyrics “Don’t you wanna be by my side?” 

If ‘By My Side’ represents the trauma of the EP, then ‘Vampire Town is the emotional light at the end of the tunnel, and conveys a sense of healing. The spacious washes and haunting vocals throughout the EP integrate to form an overall sense of darkness and mystery; and ultimately tell a story of longing, regret and, finally, acceptance. It’s a method that captures the duo’s strength and goes straight for the jugular. Empathy Test are renowned for captivating their live audiences with their branded mix of analogue synth sounds and eighties pop beats; and are playing upcoming shows and festival appearances around Europe - including Electronic Winter (Gothenburg, 28/1/17), Synth Pop Goes Berlin (Berlin, 17/2/17), and Amphi (Cologne, 22/7/17). If you haven’t already checked out the electro pop prism of Empathy Test’s world, then it’s time to acquaint yourself with this amazing new talent.

By My Side

Vat:Auhlau EP was released in 2010 through french label Technofavrik!


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Loner

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Directed by Anise Mariko
Shot in Osaka, Japan
A Mikineko Production: mikineko.com
Director of Photography : Yumiko Kobayashi
Colorist : Mary Perrino
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Released: 23rd November 2018 | 
New Retro Wave Records

Lyrics:

Lost touch with ground control
The comfort of the world I had know
I felt the dark between stars
I walked the rings of Saturn 

In my heart, I needed, I need to know more
Voyager at the edge, at the edge of the universe

I dressed for space, for the cold
In Sunday’s best - in velveteen gold

In my heart, oh I needed, I needed to know more 
Voyager at the edge, at the edge of the universe 

Lover, be brave
Never lost forever
Lover, I’ll be safe
Wish you were here at the edge of the universe

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Edge of the Universe ft. Parallels (Beautiful Machines Remix)

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