While Whirlwind is primarily known for his drumming skills in the fandom, he’s recently began making his way into original music by way of electronica. Flight is a chilled out ambient track that combines Rhodes style synths with erratic electronic drums, making it sound very much like an Aphex Twin song. Whirlwind has stated that it was based on a dream where he was flying with Rainbow Dash, and the song definitely gives off that vibe!
Electronic
Vylet Pony – Queen of Misfits (ft. Cabi and Namii) (Zizkil Remix) | Electropop
The Queen of Misfits remixes are crawling out through the woodworks. Retaining the original vocals and some 80s synths, Zizkil’s remix showcases an electropop style, with sprinklings of other musical elements, such as a choir, punchy 80s style bass sounds and even a reggae beat at one point. The sound design is pristine and clear as glass, and serves as a supplement to the already great original.
Canvas – Grow | Future Bass
Canvas returns with his first track of the year, as well as this decade’s first release on Basshoof Records. Grow is a unique and melancholy piece that combines softer and heavier elements. Juxtaposed between the catchy drums and future bass synths are soft ambient noises such as a piano, bells, sampled vocal chops and even the sound of birds chirping. Hybrid songs such as this make for great opportunities to incur such feelings.
Ardhy Mahardhy – Nightmare Rise | Progressive House
This track’s wonderful music blends House elements with energetic electronic music, as well as general epicness! There’s a lot to it- electronic music that gives off early 2010’s brony music vibes, instrumental bits throughout the track, and great transitions between the two, making it a really enjoyable and fun song!
Hoofy – P!NK GVNG (RIEL Remix) | Glitch-Hop
RIEL returns with his first remix of the year, a more melodic take on Hoofy‘s P!NK GVNG. Gone are the intense wubs and elements from other genres, and it its place are glitch hop elements as well as more heavenly and melodic synths mixed with vocal samples and some hard-hitting yet more restrained wubs. It’s amazing how two different minds can make such different versions of their tracks!
Vylet Pony – Queen of Misfits (feat. Cabi and Namii) (Foozogz Remix) | Electropop
Foozogz is a gem. Without listening to the original song with the exception of the vocals, they’ve remixed Vylet’s Queen of Misfits in their own signature style, giving it a faster tempo as well as a synth sound that resembles a distorted guitar, giving it a rockier edge. Everyone’s voices fit perfectly well even with the style change, which shows how versatile they are! Above everything, this remix also has Vylet’s seal of approval!
Daniel Ingram – The Magic of Friendship Grows (Skelter Remix) | House
This is Skelter’s take on The Magic of Friendship Grows, paying tribute to this eternal song. In it you will find their signature incorporation of orchestral elements to electronic music, however there is a twist: the use of glitches throughout. The intro section has an interesting drum pattern before going into four-on-the-floor. All of it makes for a refreshing new spin on the original.
StrachAttack – Attack It VIP | Future House
The 2013 reworks just keep coming through, don’t they? Attack It VIP is a new version of StratchAttack’s track of the same name from 2013, rebuilt from the ground up. The production is a massive leap upwards from the original and sounds absolutely delightful to listen to. The synths are perfect for the style of music and fit with the new addition of vocal chops in the melody. It’s amazing how far he’s come!
Vylet Pony – Queen of Misfits (feat. Cabi and Namii) (Remember Falling Remix) | Alternate Electronic
A long one, this track. Remember Falling has released an 8 minute long remix of Vylet Pony‘s Queen of Misfits, and it’s honestly super beautiful. The track is absolutely dripping of reverb and full of astonishing instrumentation and synth work, trading the 80s-inspired sound of the original for a more modern sounding electronic style. The vocalist’s voices are still present here, and are sprinkled with different effects at certain points, like a vocoder or bitcrusher. The most emotional part has to be when Vylet and Namii sing together accompanied by just a piano before the electro synths jump back in. Hats off to Remember Falling for crafting such an amazing remix!
PON – Resonance | Synthwave / Vaporwave
HarmonyCon 2020 is on the horizon, and the anthem for it has arrived, courtesy of Brilliant Venture under their new alias, PON. Resonance is a synthwave track that comprises of ponified versions of classic vaporwave songs to fit with the con’s vaporwave/80s aesthetic. Along with the 80s inspired instrumentation as is typical of vapor/synthwave are sampled and edited MLP vocal chops that recreate the melody of the original songs, and they fit right in. See how many songs you can recognise!
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