And now for something a little different from ModernBard’s usual style of music – he’s moved away from electronic into the realm of orchestral and done a great job of it too. Short but sweet, this piece captures the majesty of flying and of soaring high in the sky.
Audios
BassPon3 – Flown Afar | Hands-Up
🙌 DID 🙌 SOMEONE 🙌 SAY 🙌 HANDS 🙌 UP? 🙌
Another genre we don’t see very often, hands-up seems to be Basspon3’s speciality. This track sticks to a relatively simple yet always effective 4-chord pattern with some nice punchy kicks and offbeat bass topped with delightful saw synth melodies.
[P@D] R3CTIFIER – Break the Silence VIP | Dubstep
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 8 March 2018.
The original Break The Silence was a great melodic electro track, but R3CTIFIER’s now re-done it with a much heavier coat of paint. The gorgeous Fluttershy vocal chops build up to the drop, which is focused around some aggressive dubstep sound design, whilst the break has some nice use of piano and lower pitched vocals.
DJT & Rusyd Rosman – Breathing Space (Brohoof Studios Remix) | Hardstyle
It’s pretty cool to hear Brohoof Studios trying out hardstyle again, and it completely transforms Rusyd and DJT’s original house banger into something much heavier, while still maintaining a lot of the melodic elements. Even as someone who’s never really been a fan of hardstyle, I gotta say I’m digging this.
[P@D] Radiarc – Bury Me | Orchestral
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 8 March 2018.
Radiarc’s dark orchestral works continue with this thoroughly captivating piece that carries some heavy weight to it. The track is about Twilight’s struggle with her own immortality, and the effect that the mortality of her friends has on both her and them. There’s some lovely use of guitar and percussion alongside excellent vocal choir sounds and it’s definitely a piece worth listening to.
Vivix – Trrrrixie! | Indie
While it could do with a little polishing up, this is a really neat little indie track from Vivix, bringing back a genre we don’t see very often round here! But anyway, music production is a craft that takes a while to master, and the focus here should instead be on Vivix’s great guitar playing and the lyrics about everyone’s favourite villain redeemed spellcaster.
[P@D] ThatMusicBrony – Let Me Love You | Electropop
One of the best tracks coming from the recent P@D album Rebirth, ThatMusicBrony delight us with some twenty one pilots kinda feeling track with some really cute and romantic lyrics! The instrumental is simply divine, a true treat with amazing synth work and the drums are really well performed. Meanwhile we have the amazing vocals, with TMB’s amazing voice singing his well-written lyrics! Really a treat for Electropop fans, if you are into twenty one pilots, I really suggest give this a listens!
Download Rebirth on bandcamp (you know, that promotional paragraph that I shouldn’t do but I do anyways because the album was awesome and you should grab it) and if you are rich buy it to support the amazing artists!
[P@D] Tridashie feat. IMShadow007 and Brittney Ackerman – Pony Girl (TPressleyJ Remix) | Hybrid Trap
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 5 March 2018.
We’ve had a few remixes of the song from Tridashie’s mega-hit animation ‘Pony Girl’, but this one from the quickly-improving TPressleyJ is probably my favourite so far! It makes excellent use of the vocals in a minimalist atmosphere between the drops, which are full of some pretty awesome heavy hybrid trap sound design.
[P@D] Spectra – Falter (covering Crystal Slave) | Soft Rock
Spectra is back and as good as ever with his beautifully touching contribution to the newest Ponies at Dawn compilation album, Rebirth. A pleasant, acoustic tone with a somber electric guitar lead set the emotion of Falter. Spectra’s singing compliments the song perfectly with passionate desperation, yearning not to be left alone. The reminiscence and emotion in his voice combined with the gorgeous acoustic elements mix intensely to create an incredible, solastalgic track – perfect for a rainy day!
[P@D] Frozen Night – Dragonfire | Epic Orchestral
NB: This was originally posted on Equestria Daily on 7 March 2018.
Frozen Night’s orchestral works are easily some of my favourite in the fandom, and I especially enjoy it when he branches out into interesting directions with it. That’s exactly what’s been done here, with some lovely use of eastern-influenced sounds to create a bit of a different atmosphere to his usual works. The second half of the track is a little more conventional, but is suitably epic as it rises to a fantastic crescendo.
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