Part of the album Cracked Crystal Collection that tells a personal story, this new track from Poni1Kenobi delivers an awesome Power Pop vibe full of sweet-sounding vocals and a powerful rock accompaniment, not without reminding of the works of The Shake Ups In Ponyville. This is something I can perfectly imagine being played at a gig in Ponyville!
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Metajoker – Waking Up | Pop Ballad
It’s been a while, but Metajoker returns with a new piano ballad-style piece reminiscent of his much enjoyed Universes that was released some time ago. The piano is lovely here, flowing beautifully through the piece, and Metajoker’s vocals fit this style of music especially well in my mind. Definitely a pretty awesome and lovely piece, check it out for some Doctor Whooves and Derpy music!
4everfreebrony – Three’s A Team | Acoustic Pop
4everfreebrony released this track originally some time ago, but he’s put together a new 2017 version for his upcoming album, Silhouette Games. The new version is definitely an awesome example of how he’s improved over time, with some awesome vocals complimenting piano and guitar. The chorus is especially catchy, and this is certainly a song worth checking out!
DJT & Rusyd Rosman – Breathing Space + Jastrian Remix | House/Electro Pop
Every so often something comes along that blows my mind with how professional-sounding and awesome it is, and this is one of those times! DJT has been one of the most consistently good producers of recent times, and he’s teamed up with exceptional vocalist Rusyd Rosman to make this incredible house banger that has a fantastic combination of strong melody, tight sound design and very well sung lyrics.
Jastrian returns to the spotlight with a remix of DJT’s recent house banger, Breathing Space. This is Jastrian’s first remix of a fandom song, and hopefully not the last if this is any indication of what he can do with them! Making excellent use of Rusyd’s vocals from the original, there’s a terrific combination of vocal chops, prominent basses, piano and pluck-y synths that help make this an awesome complementary version to the original.
Tina & Damien – Mon Éclat ~ My Cadence (Covering Matthew Mosier) | Acoustic Pop
We don’t often get a quality French Cover of a brony song that’s for sure, so this right here is an awesome surprise! Damien, who was once known as the very promising pony musician Selenys, is back and teamed up with Tina to bring us an amazing French Cover of My Cadence from Matthew Mosier and originally having Megaphoric and ismBoF providing the duet. This new duet not only shines with beautiful vocal work from both singers, but it also features brand new lyrics to fit with the love song in French, and not just a literal translation of the original lyrics! It’s definitely adding a much enjoyable creative aspect to the cover for me. Here’s hoping for more releases from them!
Crusader! – The Mare At The Discotheque | Pop
Crusader delivers a much welcomed Pop song about Vinyl Scratch, and it is quite catchy! Featuring Crusader’s awesome vocals and paying tribute to the famous unicorn DJ and musician, it feels like a choon to play at parties in Equestria!
Flittzy – What More Can I Say | Pop
NB: This is an edited version of what was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 05 March 2017.
Flittzy’s What More Can I Say takes inspiration from Project Horizons, and tells a compelling story through his great voice combined with some nice acoustic guitar, pretty synthwork and complementary percussion.
Ataraxia – Fairylights (feat. Vylet Pony) | Electronic
NB: This is an edited version of what was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 05 March 2017.
Ataraxia takes a look at how Shining Armour might react to Cadence breaking up with him, with some awesome chill beats built around Vylet’s excellently performed vocals. The chorus is especially memorable, with a great flow to it.
FritzyBeat – Polychromatic (covering Turquoise Splash) | Pop Rock
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 19 February 2017.
Originally a piece by Turquoise Splash released all the way back in 2012, Polychromatic has been done up in a new coat of paint by FritzyBeat with some help from Jastrian and a very cute animation made by Yudhaikeledai. Fritzy’s vocals fit the track really well, with a similar feel to the original ones, and the mixing provided by Jastrian helps to make sure the instrumental doesn’t feel aged much at all.
Silver Note – Stars | Orchestral Pop Rock
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 15 February 2017.
Silver Note is one of my favourite vocalists in the fandom, and the fact that he always manages to supplement his terrific clean vocals with compelling instrumentals is a definite bonus. Here the instrumental steadily swells to a crescendo with multiple different orchestral and acoustic elements complementing some beautiful lyricism about one of the classic ships of the fandom, TaviScratch. A thoroughly professional sounding piece, make sure to check it out!
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