Ponytronic is on a roll. Yet, You Don’t Care is a trippy and cathartic track featuring rapid synth sounds and cute vocal sounds in front of a chill drum track. This track’s happy demeanour is more of a mask in front of its true meaning: going through the trauma of past love as the dark feelings slowly begin to take over. I’m sure we’ve all gone through something like this before. As Ponytronic requests, if you’ve got anyone you care about in your life, cherish them, especially in these trying times.
Electronic
UndreamedPanic – Miss You | House
UndreamedPanic returns with his first original of the year. While it was sadly rejected from the upcoming Ponies at Dawn compilation, he’s released it for us after giving it a good cleanup! Miss You is a lovely and glitzy house track with lovely vocal chops and synths that fit the absolute definition of ear candy. The song even takes on a chiptune influence, especially in the middle where we’re subjected to an amazing 8-bit styled solo before jumping right back into the bouncy sweetness. What a banger!
Evdog & AnimatronicPony – Dreammaker | Trance
After a year in the making, Evdog and AnimatronicPony‘s collaboration Dreammaker is finally here! All about dreams and hopes, this track showcases some emotional vocal deliveries from Evdog over a beautiful trance instrumental with beautiful pianos and choirs making the meat and potatoes of the song, and some show vocal chops to add the finishing touches. This song is a dream itself that I sure don’t wanna wake up from!
Perne – Sirens Lament | Gabber
Imagine a future where the Sirens won the Battle of the Bands… Courtesy of Equestrian Terror Corps comes Sirens Lament, the title track from Pernegyre’s upcoming album! In contrast to his last release, this one showcases an overwhelmingly heavy gabber style that belongs in a hardcore rave room! The drums charge through everything that comes in its way as the bass rumbles loudly while the occasional voice sample from one of the Dazzlings pops in occasionally. Safe to say that gabber is the brutal death metal of the EDM world!
Perne – Hey Sweetie! | Trance
Perne returns with a new standalone track based around Sweetie Belle, and this one sure amps up the sweetness with the bouncy melodies. Hey Sweetie is a very fast yet beautiful trance song with heavenly choirs and memorable synth hooks. It’s like something straight out of the 90s or 2000s with all the stylistic sound choices, and I’ll sure call that a win in my book!
Altius Volantis – Lullaby | Ambient
The result of a sleepless night, Lullaby seeks to soothe your insomnia. This piece is dreamy and laid-back, relying on soft layers of synths and piano chords to create a cozy atmosphere. Towards the end, a lovely set of pad chords comes in, indicating that the sleep realm is very close. If you need something to help you sleep, get some headphones on and turn this up!
Ampderg – Lost | Electropop
Musicians newer in the fandom have something veterans more often lack: the ability to surprise us. Ampderg just gave us a real banger here. The song consists of pop sections that clash with exulting hard-hitting drops. The pop parts are very dancy and in particular the bassline is highly catchy. Twilight vocal chops are found throughout the song and the vocals and lyrics from Ampderg are a delight too. The Vylet Pony inspiration is palpable in most aspects of the song. The beautiful artwork and the video are by Ampderg as well and constitute integrant parts of the piece.
Tw3Lv3 – Zer0 | Lo-Fi
More lo-fi goodness from Tw3Lv3! Zer0 has a slow, nostalgic feeling to it, implied by the Delta Vee’s Junkyard image in the video. The bell chords and slow bass really add to that feeling, especially in the short breakdown when the bells have a reversed fade-in. Simplicity can often be beautiful.
SP1TF1R3 – The Sphinx Awakens – Hybrid Trap
We hear so much about Somnambila’s tale with her encounter with the Sphinx. But does anyone just focus on the Sphinx itself? You’re in luck. I give you SP1TF1R3, This track has more of the focus on how evil and nasty the Sphinx is. The melodies here are a mix of some Egyptians themes with some strong synthing of dramatic melodies to create tension of dealing with this evil presence. Its a real shame that this track did not make it on P@D. It really does create an image of dealing with this monster first hand. Presentation is wonderful here. Keep working hard and working to get better good sir. As always this Qilin asks you to judge for yourself.
(P.S: for those that what wonder why I end my articles with that. I am encouraging you the reader to listen to the track and think for yourself, Don’t take my word for it as reading rainbow would say)
Royalpony – Never Alone | HardStyle
I still have a lot to learn about who makes music still in this fandom. Its rich history of musicians. I just learned that about Royalpony. This being my first time hearing his content. I’ve learned he’s been around since 2014-15. Well better late than never because this track was a great intro into his style of EDM. Never Alone is a haunting track with very grim melodies about being so isolated in times like now. Dealing with the pandemic we all face today. The theme has the emotional feeling of being scared, alone and unsure. When it kicks into the hardstyle it reminds us that like Fluttershy, we are never alone. That this fandom can count on each other. It is strangely a proper track for the timing of its release. Do you feel the same? As always. This Qilin asks you to judge for yourself.
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