Horse Music Hotspot – July 2016

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Another month gone by, and another episode of the hotspot aired last night. Intersekt is back as host this month with our top picks from July! You can listen to it on YouTube, SoundCloud, or your favourite podcast app.

July saw multiple album releases as well as some excellent singles from all sorts of artists. Sit down and let Intersekt take you through the last month in brony music!

To listen in live, tune in to Ponyville FM at 10PM Eastern on the last Sunday of each month!

Embeds and tracklist are both available after the break

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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!

Daniel Ingram – The Spectacle (Knife Pony Remix) | Electro House

Knife Pony appear to be moving on from their horse alias to something else, but they’re ending it with their aptly named ‘Finale’ album. This track is a banger of a remix of that dance tune ‘The Spectacle’ – it’s had quite a few remixes by now and this definitely stands amongst them as one of the clubbier ones.

Violin Melody – Shadows | Electro House

Inspired by the king of shadows himself, Sombra, this electro track from Violin Melody manages to combine solid synth design with some catchy melodies and subtle dark undertones – a track worthy of the inspiration source for sure!

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.

うすうすベア & KILXYU – YANDANCER (feat. Chase) | Gabber/Breakcore

fractilx brings together a couple of their aliases for something rather more dark than their usual offerings, with a super heavy hardcore track about Moondancer. I just love how they manipulate the vocal samples especially, really cool stuff.

Sonic Rainboom – The Fuck-Up (feat. Francis Vace) | Industrial Pop

Sonic Rainboom teams up with the vocal talents of Francis Vace to deliver a powerful piece of music about the deep inner feelings of Trixie. In fact, in the description of the track SR goes into quite deep detail about his feelings behind Trixie’s behaviour. The way the main part of the song comes in is just raw power, and this track is one of SR’s best in my opinion.

Sights Unseen – Awakening | Orchestral Synthpop

In something of a stylistic shift for Sights Unseen, we’re presented with something a bit different from his usual style. With an ambient introduction building into an orchestral soundscape, the first few minutes of this track would make a solid piece by themselves, however 2 and a half minutes in it pounds out some beautiful synth melodies, and continues in much the same style throughout, shifting between orchestral and synth-driven movements.

ExplodingPonyToast, LutariFan & ThatMusicBrony – Start Again (DJT Remix) | Glitch Hop

Start Again’s had some pretty great remixes already, and DJT joins the club with a high octane glitch hop re-imagining that I absolutely adore. A remix of one of my tracks in what is quite possibly my favourite genre? Yes please!

Lycan Dese Beats – Season 2 Episode 20

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As LDB brings you the latest and greatest songs of the fandom, we have “Pony Bands” in our theme this week including The Shake Ups in Ponyville, AcoustiMandoBrony, and The Wonderbolts. In the new music part of the show, we spotlight some drum and bass with Protocat, an interesting song about socks with the Luna Ticks and a Tubby Wubby Pony Waifu cover by Crusader!