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Various Artists – Horse Music Central Vol. 5 | Album | Electronic


It’s been quite a while since HMC’s last album, but the Discord community is back again with the 5th edition in their series of compilation albums. 18 tracks in varying electronic styles – drumstep to future bass to chillout – there’s music for every electronica taste from established names and up-and-coming artists alike!

You can download the album on Bandcamp for any given price – that includes for free!

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Matías Peñaloza – Open Up Your Eyes (covering Daniel Ingram) | Piano / Orchestral

Matías always does a great job of reworking MLP songs into unique little accompanied piano arrangements. This one even goes as far as including the middle instrumental section that I’ve not seen anyone else use in their covers! Always nice to show some love for the BG scorers.

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[P@D] PegasYs – Trixie Cannon | Neurofunk / Trap

PegasYs’ talent across all aspects of music production never fails to amaze me, so it’s no surprise that his latest P@D contribution is just as fantastic as always. The blend of trap elements and neuro basses, all applied into the double harmonic major scale to give it that Middle Eastern vibe is perfect. Pega’s actually about to start focusing more on his professional alias, Elysen, and you can find his new channel over here which will feature not just music, but tutorials and videos exploring music theory and other neat stuff. So thanks for the pony music Pega, it’s been a blast…

…haaa

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Black Electric – Violet Rose | Symphonic Metal

It’s a very welcome return for Black Electric as they release their first song in months, and first pony song in over a year! This piece is about Violet Rose, an OC created by PhoenixSwift, and while I unfortunately know absolutely nothing about the character, the genre certainly seems fitting for an epic bat pony warrior. Great job and welcome back Black Electric!

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Filly in the Box – Fly High | Electro

F.I.T.B.’s song from the new Ponies At Dawn album follows their signature style of midtempo-ish beats with deep modulated basses and some fantastic vocal chops. Be sure to check this out alongside the rest of Rebirth if you haven’t done so already!

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ModernBard – Soaring High In The Sky | Orchestral

And now for something a little different from ModernBard’s usual style of music – he’s moved away from electronic into the realm of orchestral and done a great job of it too. Short but sweet, this piece captures the majesty of flying and of soaring high in the sky.

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BassPon3 – Flown Afar | Hands-Up

🙌 DID 🙌 SOMEONE 🙌 SAY 🙌 HANDS 🙌 UP? 🙌

Another genre we don’t see very often, hands-up seems to be Basspon3’s speciality. This track sticks to a relatively simple yet always effective 4-chord pattern with some nice punchy kicks and offbeat bass topped with delightful saw synth melodies.

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DJT & Rusyd Rosman – Breathing Space (Brohoof Studios Remix) | Hardstyle

It’s pretty cool to hear Brohoof Studios trying out hardstyle again, and it completely transforms Rusyd and DJT’s original house banger into something much heavier, while still maintaining a lot of the melodic elements. Even as someone who’s never really been a fan of hardstyle, I gotta say I’m digging this.

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Vivix – Trrrrixie! | Indie

While it could do with a little polishing up, this is a really neat little indie track from Vivix, bringing back a genre we don’t see very often round here! But anyway, music production is a craft that takes a while to master, and the focus here should instead be on Vivix’s great guitar playing and the lyrics about everyone’s favourite villain redeemed spellcaster.