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One of the more unique tracks from Voyager, this song takes inspiration from the storyline of Rainbow Dash joining the Wonderbolts, and Crystal Slave’s voice really brings the emotion in his lyrics to life. It’s also somewhat rare to see a 3/4 time song, so that’s cool too.
Two different flavours of glitch-hop to start today! First up something of the more traditional glitch-hop variety from TMB, with vocals that somewhat resemble those of Glaze, a style he seems to have adopted and made his own in recent times.
And secondly, some neuro-hop with some fantastic chord patterns from PegasYs. Sadly this may be PegasYs’ last release under said alias, and he will continue releasing music under the name Esper. Thanks for all the music Pega, and we wish you the best with your future musical endeavours!
A couple of pretty chill pieces to end the day. First up is a deep house track from Progressive Element; it may be a tad repetitive but if you’re looking to revisit the 90s it’s definitely one to go for!
What’s this? A new challenger has appeared! NewPatrol has been active on SoundCloud for a while now, but here makes his debut on YouTube, in the brony music scene, and on a Ponies At Dawn album. This remix of Flak’s Walls has both the characteristics of modern-day future house and that sort of summery house sound that arose around 2010 (think Edward Maya, Inna, and that sort of stuff). In other words, a solid track!
No, seriously.
This one certainly took me by surprise when I heard it. Not only does Jyc take a shot at more of an electronic side of production than usual, but it’s combined with his own celtic orchestral style, Francis’s input on the metal sections and IbeConCept is brought in to rap in the verses. There is literally an influence from every category we put things into here (Electronic, Rock, and Misc), and I’ve never heard anything quite like this. Kudos to the three of you for this!
I’m kinda surprised that there’s only one future bass song on Voyager, but the quality of this more than makes up for the quantity. DJT’s usual bright and crisp sound is as prominent as ever and the combined spliced vocals of both Pinkie Pie and Puffy throughout the song are the icing on the cake with this hugely uplifting piece. The spoken word section from Puffy in the middle really brings home that uplifting vibe too.
Fresh face, fresh music. With their first ever release under this alias, Hyprah is a welcome new addition to the Ponies At Dawn collective with what’s promising to be a set of great production skills. Check out their song Isolation from the new album.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself…and spiders” – probably not FDR.
Two of the prominent members of Magnus Records, the South Korean internet-based label, Mantlegen and Einarx have both appeared on previous Ponies At Dawn albums and now team up to combine forces to make a track with some absolutely mental sound design. Not one for the faint-hearted.
Hot off the heels of his last song, we have Flittzy’s Ponies At Dawn song! An upbeat song about Scootaloo with the message to keep exploring – what could be more perfect for an album entitled Voyager?
Shipping time! A slight change of direction from Aurelleah’s usual music, and a welcome return to hearing some of his vocals. But of course, a love song is even better as a duet, so Wubcake takes the part of Marble Pie as her and Big Mac reminisce over meeting. How cute.
As per usual with Replacer’s songs, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from this when I saw it on the Voyager tracklist. Replacer did, however, bring something completely different to the table add per usual with this darkish alternative song that almost has a marching feel with the driving kick drum, as the rest of the instruments fall in place one by one accentuating the rhythm.
As we did last time, we’re pairing up similar songs from the new Ponies at Dawn album to give you as many of them as possible! First up is a collaboration that I’ve been anticipating since I first heard about it. Fandom liquid dnb regular Hay Tea teamed up with Protocat, who we first heard about from their remix of I’ll Fly. And the result is just as good as you’d expect from 2 people people make such beautiful chilled music!
The original version of Popsicle was a tropical house track that featured on Starlit Flames, a previous Ponies At Dawn album. Now it’s been revitalised into liquid dnb that’s just add summery and relaxing as the original!
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