It’s great to see WoodLore giving us new music on somewhat of a regular basis again. Take a seat and listen to this acoustic-driven rock track that makes great use of synth sounds in the chorus. I just can’t get enough of this song!
Month: May 2016
[P@D] Kadenza – Memento / Violin Melody – Sundown | Trance
Two rather different types of trance songs from Awakening today. First up is Kadenza’s Memento, part of a small series of songs that were spread across 3 different Ponies At Dawn albums! All 3 songs, (Quell, Reflect, and Memento) follow the same kind of hands-up/hard trance vibe. I still don’t know the story behind them, but I guess Kadenza’s left that deliberately open to interpretation!
Violin Melody has been slowly building a name for themself over the past couple of years, and I believe this is their first P@D feature! This song sits somewhere between trance, house, and hard dance; it keeps a solid beat and a good saw bass, but has some lighter melodic moments too.
StealingShad3Z – Oh Now You Care | Alt. Rock
Shad3Z just keeps on going and keeps on going with new music. This song lies in the realm of hypothetical Spike x Ember shipping; Shad3z sings this from Spike’s point of view, having moved on from Rarity to someone better. Go listen for emo rock and sad lyrics.
[P@D] Thrasher & Night Crow – Beneath Clouds / Foozogz & Sights Unseen – Out Of The Forest | Hardcore
Combining hardcore, trance, metal, and dubstep all into one song, Thrasher and Night Crow bring us the epic Beneath Clouds. If you’re familiar with Celldweller, imagine that but by pony musicians and you’ve got this song here (more or less ;D). I hope to hear more music like this from these two in the future!
In a collab that I didn’t see coming, but makes total sense, Foozogz and Sights Unseen bring us a dark changeling-themed song. Fooz brings out the lesser-known darker side to his production and Sights adds his haunting vocals to make this industrial hardcore piece complete.
Top Ten Pony Songs of March released!
It’s here! After some complications on Reverie’s end, Aurelleah and PegasYs take over the commentary this time. Check it out for the community’s favourite brony songs from March!
[P@D] Sonic Rainboom – Three Words (Needless To Say) [feat. PegasYs] | Electro-Pop
Not entirely sure what to call this, but it’s a really cute song! We don’t often hear such calm and poppy songs about Rainbow Dash but this works really well; you can find ph00t’s in-depth explanation of the lyrics in the video description.
Hay Tea – Kratia (Age Of Vinyl Remix) | Drum & Bass
A present to Hay Tea from Age Of Vinyl for reaching 1,000 subscribers, this remix of Kratia is chill liquid dnb with a twist. I never would have expected to hear a synthpop section in a dnb song but Age Of Vinyl made it work brilliantly here! Go listen for super chill and melodic sounds.
[P@D] Neighsayer – Greener Pastures | Smooth Jazz
It’s always really nice to see Neighsayer feature on the Ponies At Dawn albums, because his songs are often very unique “acoustic” pieces on an album seemingly dominated by electronic music. Check out this [insert Portal 2 reference here], complete with brushed drums and rhodes and everything!
[P@D] Jyc Row – Tribus Silvarum / ModernBard – Peaceful Landscapes in Equestria | Orchestral
We do like to say that Ponies at Dawn have a bit of everything on their albums, and here we show off another facet of that statement with some orchestral music! Jyc Row here delivers a celtic-feeling track with heavy drums and some captivating choral sounds to really drive home an epic sonic experience.
And the second track here is the closing track to the Awakening album, from ModernBard. This track really lives up to its name with soaring strings and some beautiful woodwind helping to deliver a powerful and yet soothing experience that ends the album on a very resolved, satisfying note. ModernBard’s skill here in creating an atmosphere is highly impressive and he certainly deserves a lot more followers!
[P@D] Phoxi – Starlight Ataraxia / 174UDSI – To A New World (feat. GloryOfTheRainWings) | House
Phoxi here is a relatively fresh face to the fandom, but they’ve made themself known in certain circles already (you may remember Panic Display). Starlight Ataraxia is a future house song with great sound design and plenty of GlimGlam for those of you inclined towards reformed villain pones.
14UDSI and GloryOfTheRainWings are no strangers to collaborating with each other; they’ve done songs together on previous compilation albums. An electro house track with trancey synths and stellar vocals, this is one of my favourites from 174UDSI to date. Keep up the great work!
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