We are going to be a little less serious here with the next track. There is something really wholesome to this track. Fritzy promised Steven he would finish this track, and 4 years later, that promise was fulfilled ( The whole story is in description of the video)! The song is really catchy with surprisingly swell melodies and gives it to Fritzy to throw down some bars with some rhymes! The song itself is about Celestia retiring and funnily enough, how Steven predicted the outcome of FiM. The song is quite humorous. As always, this Qilin asks you to judge for yourself. I’d like to add that old style fandom music doesn’t always mean outdated though.
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Toby Macarony – Cloudsdale Sunset | Alternate Electronic
Another fantastic track from Toby Macarony’s wonderfully inventive Shenanigans Two album, “Cloudsdale Sunset” began life as a chiptune/electronic track and morphed into a funky electronic jam that somehow blends guitar, saxophone, vocal chops, vocoder voices, and “epic choirs”! The electronic elements keep the song bouncing and buzzing along, but the other components masterfully support them, especially the saxophone, either layered in with the main melody or having strong moments of their own. The adroit composition billows into glorious walls of noise that send the listener careening through the clouds and rainbow waterfalls. TM’s distinctive vocal elements skip along with the blissful music, and they even cleverly repurpose Fluttershy’s “So Many Wonders“, formerly an profession of love for life on the ground, for the chorus! After listening, you just may want to start looking for a room in the Cloudominium!
Fetlocked – Everfree Guerrillas | Neurofunk
Contributing to the first DustCar race under the name of Juxtapone and to the latest Pinkamena Party album too, Fetlocked shows a lot of premise with this new Neurofunk dark beauty as well, part of the second DustCar race themed around MLP villains! The dark atmosphere is just on point for the theme and the jungle and tribal vibes are also present and fitting to the Everfree Forest and Zecora leading the rebels. This gets me so excited to see what kind of new masterpieces the musician will make in the future!
Koron Korak – Twilight Really Loves to Chill | Lo-fi
Koron’s latest venture into Lo-fi makes it sounds like he’s been doing this for his whole life! The atmosphere and soothing sounds are just perfect for the genre, and of course the song is also full of Twilight’s irresistible cuteness, with those vocal samples of her that were an awesome idea!
DAϟH x Fantasy – 1,000 Year Old Equine Remains – The Remix EP | Multi-Genre
Now this is a fun little EP here! The topic of choice is Luna’s shift into Nightmare Moon.
Evident by the use of vocal chops throughout the EP, that takes a different twist on the event based on the genres used. DAϟH and his friends at Equestrian Terror Corps dive into the realm of experimentation. The outcome is a small group of tracks that puts a different set of emotion on the event. Let’s have a look at this fun little project.
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Bayanic – Hadron Sonata | Progressive Rock
In the means of revamping past songs for an improved effort of production, Bayanic has pledged to recompose his Equinelibrium album. Off to a great start with this really catchy song if you ask me. This one creates an OST-like sound by mixing some old school techno elements, along with pleasing keyboards tones and some really fun Prog Rock guitars and drums. The melody dances around to some extremely catchy music that you just want to go for a power walk while doing the grocery shopping! I want to hear more! As always, this Qilin asks you to judge for yourself. –
StableTwoStallion – Böse Stuten (Koron Korak Remix) | Dark Synth
(Listen to the original here!)
Translated to “Bad Mares”. Korak said over a hundred hours were put into making this track. If you ask this metalhead’s opinion, I will tell you that everything going on here is awesome! The dark and hard goth metal sound was not replaced but integrated into the dirty and grinding synths, but that’s not all! We got chainsaws and this wonderful and chilling symphony organ at work here. The electronic elements complement the unsettling feel of this track so well, yet however with a hollow sounding choir in the background and those awesome lyrics in German. It feels like you walked into a buzzsaw of twisted MLP characters. This would also work out great in a fight scene in a grimdark fanfic honestly. Grimdark narrators, take note of this! As always, this Qilin asks you to judge for yourself.
RedSpark – Dreamweaver | House
Princess Luna keeps inspiring artists of all kinds. RedSpark’s ability to make orchestral music and EDM is impressive and here they showcased their skills at making the latter with a song about the awe-inspiring Princess of the night. As always RedSpark utilizes orchestral elements nonetheless with strings and a beautiful piano bit in the middle section after the first drop. Fun chords and happy melodies also play their part in making this overall uplifting and catchy tune.
Various Artists – Equinity 03: Breach | Compilation Album | Multi-Genre
This article on Equinity 03: Breach is a Horse Music Herald collab piece, co-written by Canatime, Cynifree and DrakeEmberHeart.
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Direct Current – Unleashed | Experimental Dubstep
A track for EQG fans!
Finally, somebody has made a track about how psycho Midnight Sparkle is! Let’s start with the vile distorted vocals to show the clash inside Sci-Twi’s head! Featuring some well-used vocal and music chops from “Unleash the Magic”, the lyrics tell the tale of Midnight slowly coming out. The melody really builds that up well, along with the robotic vocals for extra malice! Give this a listen, fans of Midnight Sparkle; this one’s for you! As always this Qilin, asks you to judge for yourself.
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