After DnB god Protocat graced us with his divine remix of Hope Shines Eternal, now another musical god from the community is hopping in and delivers his own spin on the remix? Oh boy, this is crazy. Becoming the playground of giants, the original song gets a breathtaking new life as iblank2apples remixes the remix with the insane musical talent he’s known for, and sublimates Protocat’s vocal chops with a new DnB arrangement. The guitar is the icing on the cake, and completes this extra polished gem full of happy and emotional vibes born from the union of the musicians’ visions.
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Tripon – Dark of the Moon VIP | Drum & Bass / Neurofunk
Tripon’s made a VIP of his song Dark of the Moon, and it’s absolutely delicious. Dark, deep, sinister, and gritty, it’s a very Nightmare Moon-esque track. With Nightmare Night coming up, this is definitely going to see a lot of plays on my hard drive.
Tripon – Twilight’s Sweepy Surprise VIP | Drum & Bass
Tripon’s back at it with the first of new releases of VIPs, and this revamped version of Twilight’s Sweepy Surprise is definitely a delight to get! Pushing the community answer to Rainbow Dash’s call for remixes in The Saddle Row Review to an extreme level of talent and devotion, the sweeping madness has just been doubled with this VIP showcasing slick and dark sound design and an amazing contrast with epic choruses, that makes this quite the unique and incredible experience. Tripon forever!
Daniel Ingram – Hope Shines Eternal (Protocat Remix) | Drum & Bass
Master of Drum & Bass and emotional show song remixes Protocat is back with a new amazing take on a song by series composer Daniel Ingram and this time it’s from an EQG movie! Hope Shines Eternal concluded the latest installment “Legend of Everfree” quite wonderfully after the Rainbooms’ performance, and it is such a delight to get an emotionally powerful remix of it by the one and only Protocat. His signature divine vocal chops are present, breathing new life and new dimension to the original vocals, and a dreamy progression with slick DnB percussions and powerful background synths are completing the picture and showcasing Protocat’s unique musical vision and talent.
Hay Tea – Waiting Room | Drum & Bass / Jazzstep
Hay Tea, one of the first artists that I think when someone asks me to name a Drum & Bass brony musician.
“Waiting Room” isn’t just another drum & bass experiment, this time I can see that Hay Tea used Jazz elements in the track, reminding of the smooth jazz tracks that are played in the stations while we are waiting for the metropolitan arrives.
I love the track, this is pretty good, be sure to check out more of Hay Tea, Hay Tea is a DnB genious!
[LDB] SDreamExplorerS – Burden | Neurofunk
SDreamExplorerS has given electronic music a try, and despite normally producing metal, he’s done a pretty good job with drum & bass too! Strong melodies combine with solid neuro basslines to make a super cool experience with plenty of energy.
Synthis – Insane (feat. Sora) (Seventh Element Remix) [Liquid Drum & Bass]
Seventh Element executes a minimalistic, vocals-focused spin on Synthis and Sora’s house duet. Reverb and light vocal chopping pair up to keep things surprising. His infrasonic oscillator modules the drums wonderfully. Overall, this remix has the vocal-centric take of an acapella with just enough instrumentation to stay EDM.
[ASOS] Nevermourn – Nighttime Aria | Drum & Bass
Coming from one of the hottest albums of this year: Lollipop by the A State of Sugar Crew, there’s this track done by one of the upcoming Drum N Bass pony musicians: Nevermourn. And I must say, that this track is absolute fire! The vocal chops, the piano, the drums and the synths are absolute chilling and amazing! Adding that to the amazing “liquid” feeling that the track gives and the well done mastering and mixing helps a lot this track for becoming a great tune of ASoS!
Buy or download Lollipop, and give support to the upcoming brony artists!
Ataraxia – Motion Reimagined | Album | Electronic
I hadn’t realised until recently just how much music Ataraxia has put out over the past couple of years. From solo piano sonatas to cinematic electronic pop songs, there’s been quite a variety. But like all good things, the alias is coming to an end, and as a parting gift he gives us Motion Reimagined – deliberately named so as a ‘rework’ of sorts of his previous album Eternal Perfect Motion. The album often takes a more experimental approach to music production than Ataraxia’s previous work, in particular the VIP of Viridescent, and features a couple of other people’s remixes of notable songs too.
It’s a great parting gift. We’ll miss you Ataraxia. Thanks for all the music.
Motion Reimagined is available to purchase on Ataraxia’s Bandcamp.
A State of Sugar – Lollipop | Compilation Album | Multi-Genre
The team behind the trancey chill pony themed promo channel A State of Sugar have came together around 6 months ago to organise the collaborative’s first album. Now the album is finally ready, featuring both some of the regulars to the channel and a few new artists to the scene too! In total this one reaches 21 tracks, so if you’re still overwhelmed by the size of the Ponies At Dawn albums, this is something a little more digestible but still completely fresh for you to try out.
Lollipop is available to download from A State of Sugar’s Bandcamp page, and keep an eye out for some of the songs from it here on the site.
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