The Shake-Ups are still going strong with their latest song, I’m the Draconequus. This track is a nod to the Beatles’ hit “I Am the Walrus” and depicts the master of chaos as he is now. Featuring excellent acoustic guitar work throughout, I’m the Draconequus is a mellow rock track, but not without group vocals and an accompanying violin that add the necessary chaos into the song.If you like some southern rock, country pop, or just some general chaos, then make sure to click on this video!
Month: April 2018
Ataraxia – Elixir | Piano
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 28 March 2018.
Ataraxia’s piano music continues to be as beautiful as always. The reverb and sustain on the notes helps to add to their weight, as they weave a wonderful atmosphere. The composition of every note feels very deliberate, and it all works terrifically well.
Nicolas Dominique – Friendly Monsters and Fascinating Places EP | Chillout
Nicolas is a master of the chillout and ambient genres, music that just puts you into a trance throughout the entire thing. And now he’s compiled an entire EP of songs fitting that bill, all themed around the idea of exploring weird and wonderful parts of Equestria…or an alternate version of it…where cheese rolls down hills and unicorns swim through lakes with pillows on their heads. Perhaps it’s best not to think about it too hard…
Friendly Monsters and Fascinating Places is available to download for free on Nicolas’ Bandcamp.
[P@D] Seapony Olympic Committee – Underwater Basket Weaving Bowl | Synthwave / Synthpop
Coming from Rebirth, Francis Vace and PegasYs join to make an amazing track for the pleasure of our ears! A Synthwave track with Synthpop influences that left me speechless! The instrumental with that smooth synths and with the funny high-snare made my day! Also the robotic vocals of PegasYs were on point! Even if I couldn’t understand the meaning of the song, this will surely take you to places that you never walked through! Maybe to the depths of a lake or an ocean! Normally Synthwave makes your imagination flourish! So listen to it!
Ah! Don’t forget to download Rebirth at Ponies At Dawn’s bandcamp and if you are rich buy the album for support amazing artists! What you are waiting for? What can go wrong? It’s not like that the world will end if you click on the download button!
[P@D] fractilx – Requiem | Hard Trance
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 30 March 2018.
fractilx is back after a while since their last stuff, and it’s a welcome return with an energetic and smooth trance tune that has some great production throughout. A nice combination of pad and piano-based breaks with heavy hard trance synths makes for a nicely structured track.
Osoch – Friendship Always Wins (covering Daniel Ingram) | Metal
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 29 March 2018.
It’s that time again, where new songs from the show mean some musicians giving their own unique takes on them! Osoch has already managed to put together a few great metal show covers, so it’s no surprise to see this one from him. It makes good use of the vocals from the original, with some heavy guitar and percussion adding some nice energy.
[P@D] Jackie Lombardi – Bliss Out! | Future Bass
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 29 March 2018.
Jackie’s music is always super happy, with such a fun and upbeat atmosphere, it’s hard not to groove along. Featuring a whole heap of great synth design and sample usage, the blissful atmosphere suits Tree Hugger’s laidback style quite well, and her vocal samples are used to nice effect too.
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