It’s Christmas Hearth’s Warming, and so people are making festive music. And not just individual songs, entire albums too! Check it all out after the break.
Hardcore
Top Ten Pony Songs of October 2016 released!
More community voted Top 10 songs, and a good half of them came from Ponies At Dawn: Voyager, great job by the entire P@D collective. Anyway, take a look at which pony songs* made it into the top 10 this month.
*Oh, and Say by BlackGryph0n & Baasik is in there too for whatever reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Horse Music Central – Vol. 1 | Complilation Album | Multi-Genre
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 13 November 2016.
Horse Music Central, a group for brony musicians, have released their first compilation album, organised by FruityFusion, Spectra and Violin Melody, called Horse Music Vol. 1! This album, comprising 14 tracks, features relatively established artists such as Ryazan, fractilx and FruityFusion himself, as well as other new and upcoming artists such as Filly in the Box, Intersekt and Lunar Dance. With the money made from the album going towards charity, it’s definitely something worth checking out if you like compilation projects (I know I do!). You can find the album on bandcamp for free or donation here!
174UDSI – Past Future EP | Electronic
So, uh…hey. Been a while since I wrote up anything here, and so this writeup is a little later than anticipated, but let’s not dwell on that! Instead let’s take a look at this (almost) brand new EP from 174UDSI! I think this is the first time I’ve seen some sort of album release from him, so this’ll be a new experience for me too. Anyway, let’s jump right in and look at it track by track, shall we?
fractilx vs うすうすベア – Air Guardian | UK Hardcore
A much impressive new release from Fractilx, Air Guardian stands as an incredible UK Hardcore piece of relentless emotion, swirling fast melodies and deep beats along a masterful progression. Along the cover art by TurnipBerry, it is hitting like a hurricane with much power and beauty.
[P@D] Kadenza – Zen / delfino* – Fly With You | Hands Up / Hardcore
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 9 October 2016.
Kadenza has been releasing pretty awesome house and hands up music for a while now, but here they’ve added in a little extra flavour to the mix. This track is absolutely still a hands up banger at heart, but has some beautiful orchestral sections which help to make it a bit more unique, and even some D&B too! Kadenza’s productions are always incredibly polished, as shown by their achievements outside of the pony fandom too – recently they’ve been releasing some music on non-pony netlabel 99Lives, the second pony artist to do that after house king Archie. Back to the track though, if super hyped up dance-y EDM is what you’re after, this is where to get it, so check it out below!
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 19 October 2016.
delfino*, one of the people behind the series of ‘Japan Pony Party’ albums (a preview of the latest one can be found here), has been making some pretty cool stuff recently, but in my opinion this is definitely their best work to date. Somewhat similar in style to Foozogz, this track has a pretty J-core build up to it before it breaks out the fast-paced rhythm and super cool vocal chops. The combination of all these elements help to make this a pretty awesome track, and definitely worth giving a listen!
Daniel Ingram – Derby Racers (Foozogz Remix) | Happy Hardcore
There is always something special to Foozogz’s music that you can’t grasp but that adds a certain emotional layer, like a unique “feel”, and this remix of Derpy Racers is no exception. Fast-paced and energetic, it wonderfully blends Foozogz’s signature uplifting mood into the joy conveyed and evoked by Happy Hardcore. Let us partake upon this release while cheering for the derby all over again!
Ponies At Dawn – Voyager | Compilation Album | Multi-Genre
Here it is, what’s bound to be the best Ponies At Dawn album yet. With each new album comes both a new selection of artists as well as some of the great ones who have been around for a while – something that is in my opinion the best balance when compiling brony music.
The album is available completely for free on Bandcamp, or you pay whatever amount you wish for it. You can expect to see many of the songs from it posted on the site in the coming days and weeks!
ApostropheShy – Smile | Happy Hardcore
I only see happy hardcore songs every now and again, but it’s always a pleasure when one pops up in my sub feed. This song from ApostropheShy seems to be a little bit more than just a remix, with extensive reworking of the vocals; and the changes in beat pattern allow for a nice variation too.
[P@D] GROskAr & NextLevelDerp – Horseing Around | UK Hardcore
ARE YOU READY TO GO HARDCORE? Time for another feature from the upcoming Ponies At Dawn album, Voyager, and a track from two excellent producers from the heavier side of the electronic music scene. Combine GROskAr’s affinity for heavy growls and NLD’s experience making hardcore and you get this madness, with an apt title too!
Horse Music Herald 