This is probably one of my favourite songs from Nicolas Dominique recently. He’s already great at doing beatless tracks, and can immediately set a certain mood with his music. Broken follows on from many other musicians regarding where its inspiration comes from, and there may even be a vocal version of this song in the future, watch this space…
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Butterflight – Proteus | Chillout
Hey look, remember A State of Sugar? This is their second release (the first was a throwback so we didn’t feature it), a song from Butterflight. Simple but relaxing, precisely what some chillout songs are meant to do!
Virus Ponies – Angry Pony | Bounce
Virus Ponies are improving their production skills with every new release. I may not be a huge fan of bounce, this song is simple but has pretty good mixing and sound design.
Radiarc – Despite | Orchestral
More than often, Radiarc’s pieces really make me regret not studying music to some kind of qualification level. There are so many subtleties that go into Radiarc’s tracks to make them unique and constantly flowing, telling a story as they progress, and Despite is no exception.
GhostXb – Wild Guess | Orchestral
I’m glad to see GhostXb has been working with A Little Bit Different studios on the soundtrack for Ambient.Prologue, or at least the beta version that was recently released. This song is used in a boss fight of sorts in the game, so uh, spoilers I guess, sorry!
Reverbrony – Blood and Fury | Metal
Whoooooaaaaakay, this song doesn’t waste time building up or anything, it just gets straight into the heavy stuff. Kickstart your Sunday morning with this 6-minute heavy metal instrumental.
Sights Unseen – Sovereign Divination (ft. Cadie) | House
About time these two did a song together! Expect the usual alternate storyline message behind the lyrics, which Sights seems to have made his little signature style when it comes to music.
Prince Whateverer – Reinvent | Album | Metal
New Prince Whateverer album? New Prince Whateverer album! It’s been 3 years since his debut (mini-)album, Rediscover, and after having built up a collection of single YouTube releases since then, he has recently finished Reinvent (I’m noticing a pattern here with the names). Catch the full writeup, track-by-track, of this glorious 16-track LP after the break…
MC-Arch – Rise (My Past is Not Today) | Rap / Hip-Hop
I need to find a new way to say this instead of repeating myself every time, but I honestly love that MC-Arch’s lyrics always have such a influence on them from who he is as a person, and that they come straight from the heart. While there’s still room for improvement in terms of production, music like this still deserves its place on this site, nice work MC-Arch!
Boards of Equestria – Music Has the Right to Pony | Album | Electronic / Hip-Hop
A new album from one of Technickel Pony’s aliases (you may remember Beats and Pieces), whose name is in tribute to the Scottish electronic duo, Boards of Canada. The album is mostly made up of relatively short pieces, and keeps to a sort of chill electronic / hip-hop style which runs throughout the entire album.
Technickel’s production style seems to have become a bit more standardised in this album compared to Beats and Pieces (although I do still hear some Sytrus presets in there ;P). While I’m unfortunately unable to do a full album review, I’d love to recommend a couple of tracks in particular. Track 7, Night Time World (ft. donglekumquat) gives a great sort of spacey feel with both the vocals and the lead synths. The following track, Dusk Light, a collaboration with Seventh Element, also has some great instrumentation and has a very strong trip-hop vibe to it.
Again, apologies for the lack of full review, but if you like chill electronica and hip-hop, this is definitely the sort of thing you should check out!
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