Two in harmony surpasses one in perfection. This masterpiece from Ponies at Dawn Enigma is another proof of that, with DJT and NeverLastStanding working together to create a beauty of a Drum & Bass, creative in many ways. It’s quite emotional with that Hay Tea-like intro making for such an atmosphere, and the Applejack vocal chops are sublimating her voice so well and making for much emotion too. Not to mention the sheer amazing-ness of the electronic composition and variety of the drops! A stunning musical experience, to savor over and over again. Now with art from the amazing WhiteDiamonds aka the artist behind the famous and beloved blog RariJack Daily!
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[P@D] Sky Runner – The Stalker | Liquid Drum & Bass
Sky Runner shows once again that she’s a queen in the drum and bass scene, delivering an amazingly dark and creepy tune that is very fitting for the name The Stalker. This tune definitely cranks up the vibes with an haunting intro heralded by music box. The drop comes in with usual Sky Runner fashion, super smooth and the bass line complements the music box super well. Be sure to grab this one off Ponies at Dawn’s new album Enigma.
[PVCF] EVRLST & Nevermourn – Balefire | Neurofunk
One of the delightful surprises off the newly released charity compilation album by Ponyville Ciderfest, Balefire is certainly aptly named, as insane Neurofunk sound design is bringing such fire to the stage! EVRLST (formerly Dreamer) and Nevermourn nailed the genre so well and created such an impressive track bringing core elements of the harder DnB genre while also telling a story reflected epicly through pony vocal samples and a surprising progression. A masterpiece for sure!
[P@D] Protocat – These Chords (feat. N. Hollow) | Drum & Bass
Off Enigma comes this massive tun here from Protocat with some great rapping from N. Hollow. I’m loving the amazing atmosphere that comes with every Protocat song, and everything comes together to deliver this super energetic track. The best part has to be how the track maintains it’s smoothness while being so upbeat, it’s just super pleasant to listen to. Definitely a groovy track and one that you’ll want to check out.
Editor’s note: Find below an additional review by J. Free!
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A personal favorite from Enigma, Protocat and N. Hollow both brought their A game on this song. Protocat’s arrangement is gorgeous, with an incredibly wavy bassline, tasteful use of effects, and an undeniable groove. N. Hollow wears his A$AP Rocky influences on his sleeves here (even namedropping him), with some great wordplay and his normal references to various fashion designers and gangsta rap conventions. That hook is also infectious! (Thanks for the shout out too, bra)
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[P@D] bank pain & Totalspark – This Too Shall Pass (feat. SDreamExplorerS) | Liquid Drum & Bass
It is well known that Ponies at Dawn albums are home to some of the most incredible and unexpected collabs, and here we’ve got a fine example of that with the electronic experts bank pain and Totalspark teaming up and gathering the contribution of SDreamExplorerS aka Soul Strings, who you know for his Metal delicacies! It results in a stunning Liquid Drum & Bass beauty that impresses with incredible sound and soothing atmosphere, empowered by Soul’s guitar performance that really adds much depth to the song. Everypony did so amazing to create this very lovely collab, and it’s part of the new Ponies at Dawn Enigma album that’s gonna come out very soon along a live release party!
New Reverian – Latitudes | Drum & Bass
This was New Reverian’s submission for P@D and, while it didn’t make it on the album, he’s blessed us with this lovely DnB tune! The atmosphere on this one is fantastic with some lovely use of reverb and a catchy lead perfectly encapsulating the feeling of soaring through the pegasi-laden sky. I have personally not heard his music before, but I am definitely looking forward to what New Reverian has in store in the future, as his music can only go up from here. Cheers!
Inkwel – From The Moon | Drum & Bass / Future Bass
Inkwel bringin’ us a track from the Alicorn EP. And a very good one too, I love the Pads and synth vibes on this track. They go very well with the Atmosphere and all around theme of the Track. The night life can be felt really well during this song and I really enjoy it. Its upbeat vibe while at the same time calming and exciting mixture is a piece well thought out and very enjoyable. Ink you’ve done well my friend. Keep it up! ❤ show some love everybody.
[HMC] Intersekt – Conchorde | Drum & Bass
Another lovely release from Drumscape Library, this one featuring a tune from the Horse Music Central, Vol. 5 compilation! Seemingly paying tribute to the fandom DnB songs of old (Style and Speed anypony?), this has got to be one of the best feel-good pony Drum & Bass songs. With tasty breaks, uplifting chords and driving leads, cool experimentation with different basses and inventive Rainbow Dash vocal chops, this might even be my personal favorite tune from Intersekt!
Tripon – Memories | Drum & Bass
One of my favorite producers in the fandom making a song inspired by my favorite pony, what could be better?! Tripon’s song inspired by his first joining the fandom back in 2012 features a completely different vibe than we’re used to from him. However, many of the staples of his other music remain. In addition to a beautiful backing piano melody, Tripon’s reese bass and energetic breaks lend this tune a very unique energy quite befitting of Cadance.
Pinkamena Party – THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: RARITY’S MAD & MAGICAL MYSTERIOUSLY MELODRAMATIC MUSICAL | Compilation Album | Multi-Genre
Hey, it’s the 6th Pinkamena Party! (15 albums were released by PP Crew, but the actual path is 6 albums). Go grab your popcorn, plug your headphones at a higher volume and call your family because this is a show for all family! Yes I said a show, in this case a musical. Not like that Broadway musicals because that’s lame but a really funny and headbanging one! Basically the Pinkamena Party Crew in this album decided to make a musical where Trixie and Rarity get ANGERY at each other, the description of the album on bandcamp bring us an amazing and delightful fanfiction (possibly the script of the musical) for all family! If you take a closer look, the text and the dialogue parts are made off the track names! So, in fact, let’s take a look on the songs, the first half you have amazing hard dance tracks done by amazing musicians such as Dynamite Grizzly, Brohoof Studios, zorg, InklingBear, Schatz and many others! And the second half you have the funnie, noisy, hardcore, scary tracks with artists like Kakofonous A. Dischord, Blind Hyena, mycutiemarkisagun, r_chase and the classy Colt do Bad! The thing is that after a concept album where the artists where challenged to do a 2018 bpm track for celebrate 2018, what is better than doing another concept album where we buck up Rarity? Also we have new names in this 27 tracks album! Like securityfurby (shoutouts to the Spanish speaking readers), Complete Disregard For Pony Life, Ponut Pulse, Batouta & Helius and many others! Everything for Rarity’s (anti)sake! An amazing musical which funds will go to cancer research fundations! Grab the album, stay hard! And I unno I’m just gunna get fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked!!!! The album is also on RateYourMusic database, good say some nice words on it! Also shoutouts to Zovi and Dave! for staying awesome and keep creating new albums ideas!