A helping of fractilx from A State Of Sugar’s recent Lollipop album! This is their collab with UndreamedPanic, which combines a fast-paced beat with fractilx’s signature hardcore synth sounds and some really great melodies through the piece.
Trance
DJ Gestap – Night Out 17 | Progressive Trance
After 2 years of inactivity due to health problems, DJ Gestap makes an incredible comeback with this atmospheric and uplifting progressive trance track. The composition of this track and the synth are really awesome. I think that DJ Gestap is here to stay!
Sonic Rainboom – All of It | Psytrance
Get ready, because this is an eight minute epic. Sonic Rainboom delivers a good array of sounds, melodies, all for the rebellious Queen Chrysalis. Almost apt enough for a BGM for an actual action game. Check it out for awesome sounds of battle!
Neon Lights – The Dark Queen (feat. Lunar Dance) | Hard Trancestep
I’ve been a fan of Lunar Dance for a long time, and I recently came across Neon Lights. They are both absolutely amazing, and this Nightmare Moon-themed collab combines both of their best talents in a unique, clever mishmash of sound. The pumping, four-on-the-floor beat is classic but strong, while the arpeggio’d synth in the drop is deliciously inventive.
NightCrow – Path of the Warrior | Trance
Great trance track from another less-know artist – NightCrow. The track is pretty awesome and the elements of it, including the vocals on it are well performed, at the point. I simply love it, it’s uplifting and cheerful and it make me happy and it will make you happy if you listen. Inspiring and emotional track, you should really check out!
ertrii – Supremacy | Uplifting Trance
Uplifting Trance, woohoo! I’m a huge fan of trance, and I’ve been eager to review some since I got here.
And what a piece of trance it is. ertrii’s music is always amazing (seriously, he’s so underrated, check him out), but to hear this much talent lovingly applied to trance? That is something beautiful. Incredibly rich sound is enhanced by clever selection of effects. The bassline, too, is powerful and almost hypnotic. ertrii takes us far away, to that magical world of talking ponies and friendship we all love.
A State of Sugar – Lollipop | Compilation Album | Multi-Genre
The team behind the trancey chill pony themed promo channel A State of Sugar have came together around 6 months ago to organise the collaborative’s first album. Now the album is finally ready, featuring both some of the regulars to the channel and a few new artists to the scene too! In total this one reaches 21 tracks, so if you’re still overwhelmed by the size of the Ponies At Dawn albums, this is something a little more digestible but still completely fresh for you to try out.
Lollipop is available to download from A State of Sugar’s Bandcamp page, and keep an eye out for some of the songs from it here on the site.
[P@D] John Kenza – Nightmare | Trance
John Kenza (formerly known as Kadenza) has unleashed a really awesome sounding nightmare upon us! A long 7 minute epic trance song that’s sure to keep you raving on through the night! Good design, chord work, literally everything! Especially the piano, sounding pretty heavenly as always in the hooves of John Kenza himself. It’s really amazing to hear some more trance on Ponies at Dawn, especially since it reminds Ice Bear of the good old trance back around a decade ago. Yes, it is truly reminiscent to Ice Bear at points throughout and Ice Bear likes each and every second of this track. All in all, it’s a good nightmare to think about when you’re sound asleep in the starry night time, or stay up and rave until the break of dawn!
BlueBrony – Ultraviolet | Progressive House
BlueBrony’s lovely progressive track alternates between soft and gritty, switching effortlessly to compliment the mood. All throughout, the song maintains a consistent theme, calling back to previous sounds and offering hints of what’s to come. The dual nature of the song mirrors Celestia and Daybreaker’s dynamic, with both sides getting their turn to shine.
Modern Bard – Blue Angel | Industrial Trance
Musical experiments like these are always so great to see! Borrowing elements from Industrial music, Modern Bard delivers Blue Angel, a Trance-empowered track of much beauty. Encompassing the power of the Night and her winged harbinger, the track takes us through a heavy exploration of Trance and metallic sounds, not without a magnificent break where echo-y piano and choruses are giving to our beloved Princess of the Night the tribute she deserves.
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