A wonderful surprise full of progressive greatness, this new piece from Night Blaze in tribute to the alicorn sisters builds a strong instrumental blending many genres and making for an unique OST-like track. Orchestral instruments, but also guitars including a bass, drums, and those synths melodies that are so reminiscing of J-RPG Soundtrack. The part at 4:46 is especially epic and emotional for me. Definitely a masterpiece, and a magnificent tribute to Celestia and Luna!
Electronic
Skelter – Sombra | Trap
With each release, I’ve always loved to see what kind of new piece Skelter had in store for us, and it is an honor for me to finally be able to write up their debut feature on HMH. The first of many I hope! This solid Trap tune reflecting the villainous ways of King Sombra certainly is a very fine piece, and it hits hard and fiercely while bringing all the sick synths and beats!
Mantlegen – Reconstruction (Einarx Devastate EP Mashup) | Dubstep
Emotional heavy electronic mashup masterpiece ahead, everypony! Available on the Magnus Festa Vol.2 album, it samples tracks from Einarx‘s awesome Devastate EP, to create an original mashup of many wonders. Quite intense, it re-sublimates the pony vocal chops and even Chrysalis’ voice, as well as many instrumental parts from Einarx’s heavy bangers. The result is nothing short of breathtaking and doesn’t fail to trigger powerful emotions too as we witness the power of music, Passion and ponies once more.
Nicolas Dominique – Constellations | House
An amazing House rework from Nicolas Dominique, this Luna-themed Night track fittingly gives off beautiful and emotional Trance vibes. Starry synths and spacey melodies are completing an entrancing rythm, for an alchemy of sounds that is just perfect. Now this is a track I should relisten to when I go on a Night stroll to nightgaze again…
Daniel Ingram – Babs Seed (Mane In Green Remix) | House
A new lovely piece from Mane In Green, this remix of Babs Seed is spreading much positive vibes from its instrumental, and it even includes guitar parts for a quite original blending of styles! Onward to rediscover the MLP classic with the CMC and Mane In Green!
A Symphony Of Two – Time’s Rifts | Ambient
A new release from magical duo A Symphony Of Two, this time it’s an Ambient track that delights our soul and soothes the mind. Focusing on sound design and creating an amazing soundscape of many ethereal wonders, the piece delivers a beautiful journey through sound that is worth the contemplation, and maybe even the meditation.
Time Baby – Blossom (Winterlight Remix) | Chillout / Ambient
Time Baby has been delighting us for years with his awesome take at several Alt Rock subgenres including Shoegaze (I highly recommend checking out the rest of his channel), and it’s time for a much welcomed comeback, with the artist’s remix of his own track Blossom originally released in 2013. Taking a surprising new Chillout/Ambient direction, the remix certainly doesn’t disappoint and provides for yet another blissful experience of sound. Here’s to hopefully more new releases from Time Baby!
Nevermourn – Illusions | Drum & Bass
Nevermourn kicks off his channel in a great and powerful way with a sparkling character theme for Trixie in Drum & Bass format. Reflecting the coolness in both Trixie’s mischievous side and her skills as an Illusionist, the track hits hard and relentlessly with sick melodies and beats, and lays down a very enjoyable dark mood.
Wubcake, Royalpony & The Cosine Pitchshifterz – Midnight Sparkle 10.0 | Hardstyle
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 4 March 2017.
The Cosine Pitchshifterz and Royalpony are the two main hardstyle producers in the fandom, so it’s cool to see them teaming up with Wubcake for a pretty epic track! Wubcake provides some strong voice acting for the piece (minor language warning there), and the track builds up with some epic choral stabs before it falls into some signature kick-driven rawstyle. Check it out if you’re up for some aggressive stuff!
Note: Since the original video got removed, you may find the WAV file of the song here.
Aurelleah & Kadenza ft. PegasYs – Firelight (AJ Young Remix) | Future Bass
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 8 March 2017.
Firelight was a pretty awesome collaboration between Aurelleah and Kadenza, so it’s cool to see AJ Young giving it a remix. PegasYs‘ voice works just as well here as it did in the original, with a sort of trap-style build up going into synth-led drop that nonetheless has some appreciable bass presence. Whilst it doesn’t diverge a whole lot from the original in overall atmosphere, the slightly different pacing and future bass feel to it is pretty cool.
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