Ultimate Synth & EBM selection - Part 1

The Sound of Swedish Synthpop

Push

Terms of Alloy

A free track from the upcoming VNV Nation album Transnational.

Transnational

Retaliate

Retaliate (from the album "Transnational")

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

Sista Mannen På Jorden - Stadens Alla Ljus (smakprov)

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.

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

©℗ 2014 Empathy Test

Throwing Stones EP

Empathy Test - Holding On

Goodbye (Reflections from the back row, 2011)

A Soft Exchange

With Grace

Smalltown Boy

Allt Som Nånsin Fanns

Electro Spectre - Love Thief (Retromode Mix) Clip

The Sorrow Stays for Good

The Sorrow Stays for Good (feat. Johan Renck)

Monovibes is a Gothenburg based electronic act that started as the solo project of Fredrik Nero. Fredrik soon afterwards recruited Niklas Hugosson to bring the first album Reflections from the back row (2011) to stage. After several gigs Monovibes wanted to bring their live sound into the studio and decided to record and produce the EP Extended Play (2014) on their own using a growing collection of analog synths. In 2015 Monovibes welcomes synthesist/improviser John Lönnmyr to the band, forming a trio with one aim: tweaking synths and making people dance.

Albums:
Reflections from the back row (2011)
Extended play (EP, 2014)