There’s something truly special about Metapony’s Progressive House, and perhaps it is the wonderful Night feel that a lot of the tracks have, reminding of Night Trance and making for a lot of emotion. This new piece fittingly centered around Luna’s Moonlight certainly has that powerful vibe going and provides a blissful experience with a wonderful progression of warm synths, reflecting so well the comfort of the Night.
Year: 2017
Kawaii Dash – Vape Hors | Future Trap
Xavi’s latest masterpiece is here everypony, and this one is especially crazy. In all the good ways. What originally was a Future Bass experiment turned into a much Vapor-inspired Future Trap banger of many wonders, where blissful whomps, divine vocal chops, sick sound design, and far-out distortions are all creating an incredible experience to replay and replay again. The second vapor-ey part is really hitting hard and is very powerful along that amazing soundscape Xavi-chi is known for. The heavier vocal chops parts featuring Giggly Maria‘s vocals are also very intense and I can’t get over how incredible that bass synth is. As for the Vapor cover art from RacoonKun, it is completing the experience very nicely (I recommend his artworks by the way, tons of sexy great stuff).
Frozen Night – Evergreen Sanctuary | Epic Ethnic Orchestral
Frozen Night sure has been pulling off quite the impressive streak of amazing tunes that are both masterfully composed and emotional, and this new movement from the upcoming EP is doing a magnificent job at going even further. Bringing a very creative ethnic vibe in continuation to the first movement, it plays out the concept from the cover art and the title in beautiful and epic ways over a mighty progression where Orchestral and World Music instruments gather for a massive experience of blissful sound.
[SoK] SDreamExplorerS – Sunny Nostalgia | Latin Rock
From the charity album Seeds of Kindness 6 ~ A Change of Heart, this original and very creative piece from SDreamExplorerS sure conveys a lot of kindness through its soft instrumental full of tender guitar play. Much inspired, it lays out a nice groove in a masterful way, with bass, guitar and percussions all contributing to the heartwarming atmosphere.
Crusader – Airship | Dubstep
Brace yourselves everypony!! The pony airship is lifting off! Onward to our destination! A corrupted empire we have to fight! Or something like that. No I’m not crazy, and the J-RPG fans will sure understand the kind of airship this song is referencing. Coming along an awesome animation that truly gives proper honor to the concept, the inspired Dubstep banger displays a mighty beat with subtle Trap flavors, incredible vocal chops, sick wubs, and a melodic progression that just leaves you speechless. A masterpiece from Crusader, and a personal favorite of mine!
MetalPony – I’ll Fly (Covering Daniel Ingram) (feat. Djohn Mema) | Metal
This time taking on the emotional I’ll Fly, MetalPony delivers an awesome and rocking cover full of powerful guitar riffs and lovely vocals, and with drums empowered by Djohn Mema. A wonderful take on the memorable song that moved the community and inspired so many pony musicians!
Dynamite Grizzly – Greater Dawn | Hard-Tech
Starting off with a rather holy sounding melodic vocal hook and jungle-style drum roll you’d expect this track to be a delicious foray into Drum & Bass. However, the track quickly opens up into a much more decadent mix of hardcore meets hard-tech. The further addition of Arabic inspired instruments and Heavy Rock guitars makes this track a very unique listening experience. The seemingly incompatible sounds work very well together making the track just as pleasant to listen to as it is uncommon.
TCB – Keys & Cuts EP | Electronic
Hearing a new song from TCB is fantastic enough, but having an entire EP is quite the treat. I didn’t really know what to expect going into it, but it really has a perfect variety of songs that all contain really unique vocal chops! I love the fact that there are vocal chops of characters you don’t hear vocal chops of often in here, really makes each song iconic! Read more about it after the break.
Liquid Harmony – Despair | Orchestral / Piano
As you might expect from the title, this is a melancholic orchestral piece that starts with a sad piano motif, accompanied by some lovely atmospheric string pads. The progression remains consistent, and slowly builds in tension, yet the transitions remain subtle, like a train of thought. Inspired by AshleyH’s “Remembrance” series, its a mournful piece for Princess Cadance having lost a loved one.
Ataraxia – Sunspot Lullabies | Piano Solo
Written as a lullaby from Celestia to Luna, we have an appropriately soothing, and loving piano improv from Ataraxia. We don’t get enough of these in the fandom, and Ataraxia is no stranger to them! The video description does a great job of setting the scene, give it a listen!
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