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Nicolas Dominique – Friendly Monsters and Fascinating Places EP | Chillout

Nicolas is a master of the chillout and ambient genres, music that just puts you into a trance throughout the entire thing. And now he’s compiled an entire EP of songs fitting that bill, all themed around the idea of exploring weird and wonderful parts of Equestria…or an alternate version of it…where cheese rolls down hills and unicorns swim through lakes with pillows on their heads. Perhaps it’s best not to think about it too hard…

Friendly Monsters and Fascinating Places is available to download for free on Nicolas’ Bandcamp.

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[P@D] Seapony Olympic Committee – Underwater Basket Weaving Bowl | Synthwave / Synthpop

Coming from Rebirth, Francis Vace and PegasYs join to make an amazing track for the pleasure of our ears! A Synthwave track with Synthpop influences that left me speechless! The instrumental with that smooth synths and with the funny high-snare made my day! Also the robotic vocals of PegasYs were on point! Even if I couldn’t understand the meaning of the song, this will surely take you to places that you never walked through! Maybe to the depths of a lake or an ocean! Normally Synthwave makes your imagination flourish! So listen to it!

Ah! Don’t forget to download Rebirth at Ponies At Dawn’s bandcamp and if you are rich buy the album for support amazing artists! What you are waiting for? What can go wrong? It’s not like that the world will end if you click on the download button!

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[P@D] fractilx – Requiem | Hard Trance

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 30 March 2018.

fractilx is back after a while since their last stuff, and it’s a welcome return with an energetic and smooth trance tune that has some great production throughout. A nice combination of pad and piano-based breaks with heavy hard trance synths makes for a nicely structured track.

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[P@D] Jackie Lombardi – Bliss Out! | Future Bass

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 29 March 2018.

Jackie’s music is always super happy, with such a fun and upbeat atmosphere, it’s hard not to groove along. Featuring a whole heap of great synth design and sample usage, the blissful atmosphere suits Tree Hugger’s laidback style quite well, and her vocal samples are used to nice effect too.

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Inkwel – Blind Loyalty | Future Bass

If you don’t know who Inkwel is yet – it is time to fix that! Inkwel uses bright, fun synths over a modern pop beat to set the happy, almost tropical tone. There are many different phrases used to show off the versatility of the synths and keep the song interesting throughout. The track ends on a dramatic style change to a more mellow tone, bringing a notion of some seriousness to reflect on the track. Fun and uplifting, make sure to check out Inkwel and Blind Loyalty!

 

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Suskii – A Bug’s Life | Dubstep

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 28 March 2018.

Suskii teams up with Brohoof Studios here for another track off of his new Bugsquad Pt. 2 EP, and together they’ve put together a pretty banging piece of music! Making good use of some lovely sound design and powerful melodies too, it’s full of energy the whole way through.

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UndreamedPanic ft. Namii – Running Out Of Days (AnNy Tr3e Remix) | Hardstyle

I’ve always said that I’m not a huge fan of hardstyle, but perhaps I was simply listening to the wrong kind. This remix of Panic and Namii’s track from Rebirth feels like more of a dubstep or future bass song at first, with some great sounding plucks, but then drops into this great hardstyle beat that has a good balance of heavy and melodic elements to it. AnNy Tr3e’s done a great job with this one!

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[P@D] mikuma & Zizkil – shy girl disco hours | Nu Disco

Here’s another fantastic collaboration featured on the new Ponies at Dawn album! P@D veteran mikuma brought Zizkil on board his long-term project to help finish this fascinating, modern disco-style dance track. mikuma did an always amazing job with the instrumentation, creating a funky dance vibe while Zizkil provides the beat that keeps you bumpin’ along with the song. There’s a fun little change-up halfway through the track that keeps it fresh and will keep you on your toes. Groovy with a side of expert whomp, don’t miss out on this good time!

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(A very belated) Horse Music Hotspot – February 2018 (the “We’re Sorry It’s So Late” edition)

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It is (or rather was) the 2nd anniversary of the Horse Music Hotspot this February, and what better way to celebrate than to release the episode extremely late? I can only apologise for the delay, multiple issues from technical difficulties to IRL problems caused it, but better late than never!

Tracklist and embeds available after the break

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[P@D] bank pain – Sunny’s Theme (Hay Tea Remix) | Drum & Bass / Hip Hop

NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 25 March 2018.

Hay Tea brings the funk here with a super groovy remix of bank pain’s Sunset Shimmer tune Sunny’s Theme. Making excellent use of vocal samples from the original, the percussion throughout the track is top notch and the synths in the track work perfectly to give some strong vibes throughout the track, not to mention the lovely piano work.