It’s nice to hear a refreshingly new take on trap. Rather than the standard minimal sounding drop, Totalspark’s gone for something with an Eastern melodic influence and big sounding leads. A very nicely done song, and good for Sparky for taking on various genres with his own style!
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Luminn – Phantomhorse | Drum & Bass
There’s always room for a belated Nightmare Night track, and it seems ASoS picked this one as their signature NMN song. I hear a couple of Sytrus presets in there (*waves fist at the sound of Borealis*) but it’s still a pretty solid track. Vibrato leads make it extra spooky.
Radiarc – 6pm | Orchestral
As part of an upcoming project, Radiarc released this “Animal Crossing style” track the other day. Said project will involve 24 “short simple themes for every hour of the day”, a concept similar to other I’ve heard before but none quite as extensive and detailed as this. This particular piece seems to mark a slight change of style from some of Radiarc’s recent works, and feels (for lack of a better word) ‘happier’.
(In other words, it’s written in a major key)
Sky Runner – Stargazer | Drum & Bass
Not very long at all after their debut release, Sky Runner has another track for us! This one makes more use of breakbeat-style beat patterns and more drawn out synth sounds than Antagonist, but still has the great liquid vibe to it!
Versal – Please Don’t Shoot Me Down (ft. Silver Note & Buffalo Brony) | Rap / Hip-Hop
It’s a rework / cover of a parody of a Lil Wayne song. The original parody was done by Versal, Dubious, and Rhyme Flow back in 2013, and this version has Silver Note on vocals for the chorus (which IMO sounds better Lil Wayne’s original) and Buffy rapping his own custom 2nd verse. However, this goes in a very different direction to the 2013 version and focuses on the aftermath of Lightning Dust’s demise in Wonderbolt Academy, and completely changes the tone of the refrain.
Sky Runner – Antagonist | Drum & Bass
A new challenger has entered the arena! Sky Runner appears to be new to the fandom music scene, but it shows that they definitely have some experience under their belt. This liquid dnb track sounds very reminiscent of Hay Tea’s work – super chill and making great use of sampled instrument loops. I’m really looking forward to hearing more from Sky Runner in the future!
[P@D] SDreamExplorerS -Trust Me (ft. Francis Vace) | Metal
Another P@D banger, this time a collab between two awesome guitarists and long-serving fandom musicians, SDreamExplorerS and Francis Vace. This song about the episode Spice Up Your Life starts off in an almost electro-rock way, but soon delves straight into SDES’ metal with Francis’ vocals bellowing over the top, including refrains taken from It’s Gonna Work, the song from the aforementioned episode.
Assertive Fluttershy – Boo Hoo (Brilliant Venture & Retheemal Desini Remix) | Drum & Bass / Dubstep
If I’m gonna be honest, I wasn’t hugely enthused with this remix at first, but that’s because I was an idiot and had only listened to the first drop. HOWEVER, the second half really caught my attention and turned my opinion round. Stick with this remix until the end and it’ll definitely be worth your while.
Saintz – Nebulous | Deep House
Little bit of deep house for the princess of the night from fandom newcomer Saintz. This guy is making some great stuff considering this is only their second song; nice melodies, good drum samples, I hope to see more good songs in the future!
Voting for the Top Ten Pony Songs of October 2016 begins!
What a month October was for music. With the release of a new Ponies At Dawn album at the *very* end of September, October was filled with P@D individual songs releases, both from said album and otherwise. So without further ado, pick your favourites and go vote here!
And if you need a reminder of October’s songs, take a look at Gunz’s extensive October playlist here.
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