I~ think this is pretty cool. We covered this back when PVNK’s Internal Errors EP was released – it’s a fun piece that keeps your standard dnb break pattern and focus mostly on plucked basses than the rolling sounds you might often see in drum & bass.
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[SNMS] Progressive Element – Crystal Fragments | Liquid Drum & Bass
Fresh from the Shika No Mori album released recently, Progressive Element brings us an immersive liquid drum and bass experience filled with wonderfully mixed in vocal samples and some really neat drum breaks – definitely a favourite of mine from the album!
fractilx & Dynamite Grizzly – Reshaper (ft. gmIX-k) | Jungle
Now there’s a genre I’ve not seen in a long time, and I wasn’t quite expecting it to come from either of these two. Forget the stereotypical early 00s jungle you may know, this song is much more chill and lighter than what you might expect. Great work from both these producers!
Seventh Element – Crash | Neurofunk
Seventh Element returns with a much welcomed Neurofunk track named after the affectionate nickname the Wonderbolts gave to Dashie in Newbie Dash, and the track itself pertains to Rainbow’s antics in that episode, more specifically when she imitated her friends, or had an identity crisis, as you prefer to think. Seventh Element’s talent definitely shows here, as this delightfully dark track provides with its uniqueness and mad rythm!
Hay Tea – For A Change | Drum & Bass
(Warning, S06E16 spoilers ahead) Drum & Bass talent Hay Tea presents a fine piece centered around the latest episode, and it certainly is a delight to get what could be a musical interpretation of Thorax’s backstory, empowered by mighty art from Shamanguli. Dive in the beautiful flow of this track as DnB greatness unfolds!
Shika No Mori Sound – Beauty In The Trees | Album | Multi-Genre
It’s time for a new collaborative album from the community, everypony!! And this one certainly delights and holds many surprises! Living up to its lovely title, the album from collaborative effort Shika No Mori Sound (“Forest of Deer”) delivers tracks of pure beauty and power, featuring musicians from all around the community, including familiar names but also some you might not have heard of. What they all have in common is that they did amazing to bring this concept justice and produce a mighty album as beautiful as a forest!
Starting off with the very headbangable Venality from R3ctifier centered around the events of Friendship Games, the first half of the album hits as hard and powerfully as witnessing the many wonders of Nature would feel, with very enthralling tracks such as Aven‘s Purpose (#4), the dark and heavy Worlds from Flak (#14), the insane Dustep madness of IKX in Two Faced (#12), even bringing all the Hardcore with track #7. And this goes not without mentioning the cute yet powerful mellow interlude of Kawaii Dash‘s Bubble Tea (#6) that surprises with a mighty sound design and Future mood!
The second half of the album further embodies the gentle, invigorating and emotional beauty that Nature can grant to those who open their soul to it, with chill-ish songs that matches the concept in the most wonderful ways. Starting with Fallen Empire from emotional Chillout master Totalspark (#15), we then get entranced by the mighty groove and originality from Waifu Avenue‘s 16 Under 20 (#17), dive into the amazing depths of Ax:l‘s Bröadcast (#18), wander through DisCHORD‘s Wilderness with both awe and energy (#19), inger in bliss as the Drum & Bass of Progressive Element‘s Crystal Fragments stimulate our ears and soul (#20), get hit so hard with the amazing soundscapes of Chillout masterpiece Dreamscapes from Totalspark (#21, his second contribution to the album and my personal favorite from the album), to end with the much welcome piece from Vinyl Darkscratch Snipershy’s Ballad (#22) and Shü77erfly‘s melodic Atmosphere that warms the heart and soul (#23).
You can get Beauty In The Trees on its Bandcamp page. And don’t forget to give mad props to all those amazing artists!! You can get their info in the “read more” section of the Soundcloud page.
To all the album’s artists reading this : You guys are amazing, thank you for blessing us with your music and for this masterpiece of an album!! Much love!
Hay Tea – In The Distance | Drum & Bass
Master of Drum & Bass Hay Tea presents a new release, featuring art from the ever-so-talented Shamanguli. This powerful and definitely much welcomed track displays all the charm of Drum & Bass for us to dive in a deep moment of appreciation and reflection, much to the spirit of the cover art.
Trixent – Twilight’s Sweepy Surprise | Drum & Bass
It’s not often we get to feature an artist’s first track, and it’s a pleasure to hear a really well-made first song too! This dnb piece has some neuro and hardcore influences and the bass used is particularly impressive stuff! Go check it out and show Trixent some love.
Hay Tea – Audio Log | Drum & Bass
Another Fo:E inspired song, one of many we’ve seen since the series’ creation years ago, this new track from Hay Tea reminded me briefly of Princess Addictia’s Balefire, but perhaps that was just because of the theme and genre. Nonetheless, Hay Tea’s knack for making great liquid dnb has resulted in another great song from him!
Alexis Julemier – Ride On The Rainbow Wobble | Drum & Bass
Bringing me back a little to the DnB that used to be a lot more prominent in the fandom is this track from Alexis Julemier full of some really bright and happy melodies that really fit in with the Rainbow Dash persona. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
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