replacer
Replacer - Cerulean Blue
updated
Almost off the bat, we agreed on aiming for something disco-y featuring Izzy Moonbow. I dusted off one of my rough demos and we shared production roughly equally. We discussed splitting lyrical duties but in the end Koa took care of business.
Album here: poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/blossom
Mumble & koa's channel: @MumbleEtc
Koa's twitters: twitter.com/KoaPony
Credits:
Music/production: replacer & koa
Lyrics: koa
Vocals: replacer & koa
Artwork: replacer & koa
Video: replacer
Lyrics:
[Verse 1]
Hi friend!
I hope you don’t mind me stoppin’ by
Just thought
You looked a little misty in the eyes
If it’s okay
I’d like to help you out today
What do you say?
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Let’s suss out this rusty-dusty mess
Seems like you got a block up in your head
(It’s true I’m just a little blue
Stuck in a rut, don’t know what to do)
I can think of a couple things
To bring back the bling, if you know what I mean
(I’m really not sure that I do)
Well, let Izzy walk you through:
[Chorus]
Oh – fluff out the feathers
Get in the flow – shake out the glitter
Lettin’ it go – splashin’ the color
We’re gonna break that cycle
Ooh – stitch in the sequins
It’s up to you – craft out your feelin’s
Doodly doo – a new kind of healin’
Get in the u-ni-cycle
Groove
[Post Chorus]
Get in the groove
Show me ya moves
Get in the u-ni-cycle
Groove
Get in the groove
Show me ya moves
Get in the unicycle groove
[Verse 2]
(Hey, so
Not that I don’t appreciate it, but
I’m not
The most experienced with all this stuff
What if what I make
Amounts to nothing more than a mistake?
What if it breaks?!)
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Well, then
We’ll pick up the pieces, work together
To make something new, ‘cause it’s whatever
You don’t need to fret, it’s good to make
To make for just creation’s sake
(I only wish that I could trust
That I’m not gonna mess it up!)
There’s nothing wrong at all, my friend
With happy little accidents!
[Chorus + Post Chorus]
- Who's that pony?
It's Star Sapphire! She's a character of mine. If you know my music then you already met her, here and there. She was a bit nonplussed about Happy giving her a nickname.
- Is this going to be a thing?
It might be! I've got a setting/AU in mind for these chars (ancient Equestria) which could be nice to spend more time in.
- Is this song about an artist called Saphy?
Nope, it's just a funny coincidence, but shout out regardless saphypone.carrd.co
So I wanted to push myself a bit on this and arrange the song with a bit more of an edge than I might have done in the past with a composition like this. There's a lot for me to learn about electronic production, but I think I made it work.
Lyrics:
hey Saphy, don't you know that sound?
this world is gonna spin around
hey Saphy, don't you know that sound?
this world is gonna spin around
and when you're lyin' on the ground
it's gonna turn around with you
and one day you'll be cyan
next you'll be flyin'
in the blue
hey Saphy, don't you know that sound?
this world is gonna spin you round
hey Saphy, don't you know that sound?
this world is gonna bring you down
and when you've hit the ground
I'm coming back around for you
and when I see you cryin'
I'll take you flyin'
in the blue
hey Saphy, don't you know that sound?
this world is gonna spin around
and when you've hit the ground
I'm coming back around for you
'cause you won't know the answer
and then you'll be cryin'
and you're gonna lose
until you're tired of tryin'
and then you'll laugh
and I'll take you flyin'
in the blue
as usual an updated mix, which you can grab at replacer.bandcamp.com/track/pink-lemonade-v11 if you like! sometimes you just have to pinkie pie
I've made a few adjustments and tightened up the mix a little. Hope you enjoy!
originally released here: balloonparty.bandcamp.com/album/everfree-park-after-hours
balloonparty.bandcamp.com/album/woodland-guide-2
Lyrics:
should you stray from the path
whisper the stars
where blue flowers softly glow
and the trees dare not grow
wait silently here
enchanting and clear
try not to fear
the old world drawing near
the ancient well of seers
under moonlight so much older
magic so much colder
that the scars still remain
alicornic and arcane
shadows play on the hill
music holding you still
you'll take your fill
from the cracks they spill
reflections of the will
This is a revised mix which you can hear at replacer.bandcamp.com/track/rainbow-lemonade and on spotify 🙂
From my submission to P@D: Zenith in May 2022. This track was a bit of an exploratory thing I guess, looking for ways to improve and develop. At the time I was interested in keeping drums to a minimum, which made the arrangement kind of floaty and surreal.
The title is a callback to 'Just A Dream' on my Birdhorse EP, so I decided to make the artwork similar too.
Lyrics:
you know there might be trouble
looking over my head
don't like the struggle
i'll pick another instead
you're so hard to follow
i don't really know what i'm breathing
there's something hollow
over the edge of my wing
i see a new thing
you're telling me all of it's allowed
you have to blunder through somehow
let me help you show yourself around
with all these colours that you found
don't you think it's hard to know what's wrong
when you're still not playing where you belong
it's something in the harmony
leading me round to another adventure sound
my heart keeps running away with me
now we're a little fire
a little further astray
could be a little higher
why do you pull me away
you're gonna see me one day
i'm telling you all of it's allowed
you have to blunder through somehow
that you may continue to astound
with all these planets that you've found
don't you think it's hard to know what's wrong
when you still don't see the place you belong
it's something in the harmony
leading me round to another adventure sound
From november 2021; at the time I was really pleased with this song's chord progression and stately pace. I used a little bit of vocal synthesis to add some subtle harmonies under the vocal melody, and did my best to imitate the sound of a theremin. I enjoyed painting this twily to go with it also, and I don't mind the result too much, feels like I've got a chance to progress a lot more from here
Lyrics:
step by step by step uncertainly
you have to make it all go perfectly
prick your ears and peer internally
beneath the fading light so tenderly
it sparkles around you like you've never known it
what can you see now waiting down below it
who might you hear then, daring you to show it
things that you were always meant to show
that may not seem inviting till you go
and then you'll grow to see the reason for your love
you were always meant to glow
you were always meant to know
spell by spell there's no denying it
because of you the earth has light in it
you anxious hero of the sciences
who works too hard and sulks defiantly
as voices about you call for concentration
instruments lost in your imagination
magic requires your full participation
seeing how all the threads are meant to flow
they may not seem exciting till you go
and then you'll grow to see the reason for your love
you were always meant to glow
you were always meant to know
Another song from a while back. Chords and bits of melody written by me; lyrics and most of the production by Oricorn; famitracker stuff by me. I made this animation by shoving the song through an x/y oscilloscope and then faffing with geometry nodes in blender
Lyrics:
lets go out
grab a pasta dinner for two
talk about you and I
it's do or die
feelin something deep, tell me what do I do
[wanna be the one for you]
i was healing in my sleep, i was cut into two
[question the things that i knew]
i wanna tell you why you mean the world to me
[think about all the things that i like about you (yes i do)]
so I think about your love
(and i really want)
[more more more ma-more]
i just want more give me more
[ma-ma-ma-ma-more]
i just want more give me more
[more more more ma-more]
i just want more give me more
[more more more more more more more more more!]
like the way you take control
like the way you always know
just what to say
keep the bad thoughts away
[make me take it slow]
but that's not the way that i'm wired
you just suck all the o2 out of my fire
[it's a new dawn it's a new day and I]
(and I really want)
[more more more ma-more]
i just want more give me more
[ma-ma-ma-ma-more]
i just want more give me more
[more more more ma-more]
i just want more give me more
[more more more more more more more more more!]
feeling so warm and so lost and it's nice sometimes
pulling me all into pieces and makin em better
and i'm so alive with the wind in my hair
no idea where we're going now
and i know that i can't keep playing much longer
i'm shaking and there's only one word i can say anymore
more more more more more
i just want more more more more more
[i just want more i just want more i just want more]
i just really want more
i want more give me more
i want more give me more
i want more give me more
i just really want more
i just want more give me more
i just want more give me more
i just want more give me more
i just want more give me more
yeah i just want more give me more
Download this version at replacer.bandcamp.com/track/someday-v11
My track from Ponies at Dawn: Oceansong (2021), but it's newly mixed with some small tweaks and additions. Artwork drawn by me in clip studio paint
Oh dear lots of catching up to do here. To make up for the hiatus, here's an animation to go with this song, which you may have heard on A State of Sugar last year. The song itself has also been given a fresh coat of paint by my collaborator oricorn, aka juice box
ASoS Biscuit: astateofsugar.bandcamp.com/album/biscuit
oricorn/juice box: soundcloud.com/juiceboxedm
Produced by replacer and oricorn
Mixed by oricorn
Lyrics by replacer and oricorn
Animated cube texture by oricorn, using Max4live
Cube choreography and mirror maze by replacer using blender and an rtx card
Lyrics:
take a look, what do you see?
it's a little late to say good night (little late to say goodnight)
never goad your friends from such a height (make sure that they're alright)
did we to go to sleep or go to war? (what did we do again?)
looks like we split the difference completely,
and woke up on the floor
so now, it's getting hard to look away
who's in the looking glass today?
is there somebody you should know
that you'd like to meet some rainy autumn day?
when you're alive, it can be lonely (...)
everyone's tired when you look closely (take a closer look)
do what you can, say what you need to (do it by the book)
and if you want, we will believe you ('cause i got faith)
so now, it's getting hard to look away
who's in the looking glass today?
is there somebody you should know
that you'd like to meet some rainy autumn day?
replacer.bandcamp.com/album/a-sorceress-girl-sgap-cover
Lyrics:
many a waltz spun awkwardly out of the rain
she was an anxious refrain
taking your time with the imperceptible
beautiful myths of becoming-animal
wasp to orchid, orchid to the winter
regress to move towards lesser difference
memories of a sorceress girl
endless fascination with the secrets of the world
dreams of the youth, those cute little movements
darling, emit and combine particles - signs that transform
a body into flame
so tell me that this love is all we are
this simple story, this carousel we're on
a little magic, a different kind of spark
our glassy essence just floating in the dark
it's how you taught us to conjure up
a little kindness to take inside our hearts
our will to power, together not apart
trace of the Other - a truly modern art!
all that you are and all that you'll be
is harmony
darling, walk with me
a kind voice, a gentle face
a friend who vanished without a trace
a blue body, an illusionist on stage
twitcha-twitcha, can you stop a moment?
what does Hegel mean by Absolute Spirit?
so much love, you are!
this is the place for us, the place for us
make this the place we love
or learn to love
to join our separate lines, to seize and multiply
endless assembly line extracting from you
comb your hair, smooth your dress, tidy up
smile for us
clear your throat, take a breath, giddy up
smile for us
Virgo, go on and on
a herdsman and the hunting dogs
Leo, Andromeda
Equuleus and Pegasus
memories of a sorceress girl
endless fascination with the secrets of the world
this one's a chemist
this one's a friend of mine
this one's an actress
this one's named Pinkie Pie
this one's for kindness
this one can really fly
this one's my favourite
closing upon our mutual love
it's
this song is out on poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/eclipse
artwork is by me
LYRICS
i've been watching you
i think i've seen your soul before
it was not in tune and the sound was not delightful
and we were lying on the cellar floor
nothing easy to describe
but we took things another way
inside the tide
seems as if something's not turning out
it's hard to know what you never recorded
look in the mirror ready for nothing
do you see something under the water
would you go slowly
if you go faster
ready or not you better take notice
be understanding
go when the weather's dry
we'll get high
and dry
in the sky
i've been doing more
was there something i was digging for
how do i stop the fire
you may be thinking i'm a liar
but it's possible i'm just in time
and nobody would believe
that there's another way
that we can be entwined
on astateofsugar.bandcamp.com/album/chocolate now :)
artwork by me: deviantart.com/replacer808/art/swim-854318166
instrumental: mediafire.com/file/1ou46w7egc0i5tx/swim_%2528instrumental%2529.mp3/file
art by sterfler.tumblr.com
album mastering by osoch.bandcamp.com
did you talk to me? i always had trouble with speech. i guess i don't mind you hovering...always hovering somewhere, just out of reach, on some other side...on some other side? chasing butterflies under pearlescent skies, gazing through me with glowing blue eyes fixed on episode three, season infinity, darkening all you can see - always a puzzle to me. or were you singing? (i know that we're bound to descend) i bet you'll be good at it soon, or maybe you could start to pretend! pull against the tide...pull against the tide? strap in for the ride, seldom demoralised. oh, i could accompany you, if you can hear the sound. claiming your section of the frequency spectrum with a robot like me...it's a reasonable fantasy. but no one and nothing is free. chances are, it'll be just fine, to be.
on 30.5.2020 at 6PM UTC !
get both versions here: replacer.bandcamp.com/album/passing-by
original video: youtube.com/watch?v=8b7rHvG2hcA
simple little idea that ended up being kind of complicated to execute. sent it in a little while ago to the ponies at dawn album which came out last week c: been a little busy so it's taken me longer than normal to upload here. if you're reading this, thanks for being here!
Artwork: deviantart.com/replacer808/art/days-of-silence-841506176
LYRICS:
don't
awaken me
there's no hurry
nowhere to go
let me stay here
here in this room
full of secrets
where i can play
i'd be approving
if i can stay
by the window
and be in harmony
with myself
that would be nice
very peaceful
i like the view
why should there be
somewhere to be
so early
i don't agree
with this notion
stay in my house
i don't quite
remember
way out above the house beyond the hill there was a pegasus boy
who used to sing of the absurdity of his mind
and so reluctant to be confined to something serious
and he would laugh and venture down to sit inside the gallery hall
stay by the wall and try to paint what he couldn't see
and accidentally conjured me by some coincidence
and how I was alive and how my soul came crashing out of the void
I didn't question it, I thought it would be unkind
it's just the way that I was designed, that's why I went with it
don't awaken me
we're still flying
and all the creatures there below us
may be dying
don't say a word
i won't listen
down in the atrium
that pegasus is trying
to slip away
does this all the time
i know i'll see him
when his business is concluded
happy to wait here
that will be fine
and when it's over
there will come a sudden moment
when i will gather all the
poetry and painting
and all the waters will go quiet
and remarkably clear
that's how i know that i can stay
unreservedly undefined, forever far away
oh the days of silence
a still and soft defiance
is still in here within me
hills and plains so windy
the salt and shape of seabirds
another shade of blue
another playful moment
that i don't quite remember
remember
This album is also available on CD with beautiful artwork by Holivi :)
Lyrics:
bring it up, bring it up as you do
takin your time to wake up
work out a time to make up
is nothing dragging on you
you were in school for real
didn't you know the deal
don't you lose your head
lyin in your bed
thinkin pony is dead
don't you lose your smile
let the code compile
make it worth your while
giddy up racehorse number five
wing by those sunset skies for ever
you better do something clever
'bout dreamin' on
oh, old faded blue you've got to get it together
cause you can see yourself and you're so badly drawn
don't be in your head
bake a cake instead
be a quadruped
break into your song
do the whole thing wrong
be a place to belong
some trace still lingers in the air
and speaking softly you can hear
the wonder in your lonely voice
you are presented with a choice
a dash of colour in your eye
flash of magenta in the sky
tells you as words fall off your pen
your time will come along again
reality is coming all undone
but maybe you can save someone
if you learn how to have some fun
in your own world and raise the sun
so pegasus, keep singing that old song
a splash of colour and it's gone
but not for you and not for long
don't you lose your head
lyin in your bed
thinkin pony is dead
break into your song
do the whole thing wrong
be a place to belong
you know it's gone
but not for long
so long
as you remember the magic
there’s something that never ends
there’s life
it doesn’t have to be perfect
as long as you have your friends
and take good care of you
as you go on your adventures
and don’t be afraid to smile
your time will come along again
come along again
Download: poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/skyward
This was completed prior to my (surprisingly recent) previous upload, and was a bit of a palate reset for me after the big weird project that Soul turned out to be. Chancing a look backwards as we wander into a world of unknowns...
Lyrics:
There's someone that we knew
Before we all grew older
And never far from you
She's resting on your shoulder
She taught us how to fly
And to paint the world in colour
And to look them in the eye
And be good to one another
If ever you're in need of help
Look up into the sky
The magic travels on and on
And light will never die
You don't need her to save you now
As you remember why
The elements of shadow pass you by
She doesn't want to go
Though times are ever changing
But she will have you know
Her colours are not fading
And she always will be there
Look up into the sky
And if ever you're in need of help
The light will never die
CHORUS
(The light)
Don't lose your light
The moon is bright
May it light up your night
And make you feel alright
Don't lose the light
Don't be afraid to just be you
And don't believe the lies
And do the things you do
Don't lose the light
(on and on and on..)
There's someone that we knew
Before we all grew older
And never far from you
She's resting on your shoulder
And she always will be there
Look up into the sky
And if ever you're in need of help
The light will never die
CHORUS
Look up into the sky
The light can never die
Download: replacer.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-done
(I have turned off payment for this song. If you like the song and want to tip, please give to http://www.alsa.org instead!)
Lyrics:
everything is one, look at me
all those days are gone, hopefully
fade into the blue, seems to be
everything is fine, don't you see
always there in time, eventually
even something new, luckily
do it all over again
even taller and faster
and wider till
everything is done
(oh how you'll go on)
hope that you have fun
and smile when you
think of me running
on the seashore
and sleeping in the sun
until everything is done
every day is new, watch for me
so much more to do, seems to be
glowing all around, hopefully
everything is fine, suitably
waking up in time, don't you see
all the stuff I found, wants you to
live it all over again
even taller and faster
and wider till
everything is pure
(like never before)
and maybe find the cure
I think that those
gentle waves that I feel around me
are rolling up the shore
and it's just a moment more
So I'm excited to finally present something I've been tinkering with for some time, in fact this was begun immediately after Still No Words with the intention of following reasonably close on its heels but I got stuck trying to figure out how to turn the idea into a full song in a satisfying way, so it ended up on the backburner for a while. Eventually I was able to figure out some kind of shape for the whole thing, which turned out to be kind of huge. I was even considering making it into some kind of EP release, but settled on just having it be one big song. Please do let me know what you think! I hope it takes you on an adventure as fun as the one I had trying to get it done.
LYRICS:
Do you feel the endless motion
Far beneath the earth while you are sleeping
Dream if you want to
Let your eyes grow dull and heavy
You may peer into the darkness
Gaze into the endless motion
There is something in the moonlight
High above your head and all around you
Sing if you want to
Time will call you back and back again
Are you sure you know the melody
Stay in everlasting motion
Enrobed in light and full of splendour
A further course now shall you take
You may venture into darker atmospheres
And you will know us when you wake
But you have to play your role
It’s understood the things that you’ll do
Cannot be foretold
But nonetheless a great many things
Are in our control
And if we were to show you them all
It could make you whole
If only you’d give us your soul
Inside a dusky palace courtyard
She tries to find a melody
She tends to think she’s all alone there
And wishes somebody could see
The heat is wearing down the piano keys
The strings are rusting as the sand comes in
It’s like a dream how fast the music changed
The story can’t be heard above the wind
But something’s there behind her eyelids
A sense of darkness in the air
And voices singing deep inside her head
Too late to help but not to share
The regent asks too many questions
The servants drink and talk of bills to pay
And in the courtyard there is happiness
For she has lived to dream another day
Used to be so cold
And now the measure of the secrets you know
Is something to behold
Do you wonder how the life that was hers
looks so dim and old
you only need to do one more thing
To let it all unfold
You just have to give us your soul
We thank you for your contribution
It’s very luminous and warm
You’ll be prepared for more instructions
And bring the rest into the swarm
Trying a few things out here. Thinking about surf rock and that slightly spaghetti western vibe (which I've dabbled in a little bit before) but just blending it with a post-apocalyptic wasteland type of ambience...Thinking of doing more of this cause I did enjoy the process. Also drew my pone in a vault suit just cause. Thanks for listening, stay excellent 💙
Say hello to the commander in your life today!
Lyrics:
hello, commander
can you hear me
i'm reading you loud and clear
it's been a long time
you've got to get yourself in gear
oh hello
i know that you missed me
but i haven't been feeling well
i'm sorry
i'll have to be strong
do you still look up to me
we'll have to see
only time will tell
keep on turning, don't know if we're learning
anything at all but I think that we will be alright
it's a trial, been waiting for a while
just to hear from you but I think that we will be alright
i'll be like you
we'll be good friends whatever we do
hello, commander
reading you loud and clear
hello, commander
there's no need to live in fear
hello, commander
it's a nice day
it's really safe to go outside
we could get together
we won't know till we've tried
oh hello
i wish i could see you now
if only to wish you well
it's funny
this feels so much better
it's been an honour you know
where shall i go
only time will tell
oh well, commander
maybe next time
poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/rebirth
Had a blast working with P1K on this, I think we worked really well together and came up with something neither of us would have done working separately. I wanted to do something bluesy and he came up with 'sky blues' in reference to the fact both of our characters are blue and we went from there :P
Thanks again to the P@D crew for putting together a great album as usual and taking me along for the ride ^^
P1K's channel: youtube.com/channel/UCqavW_e7ekO6Cvloma_shmw
Lyrics:
the night falls hard on sunken dreams
the sorry splendor rots and gleams
patrons bark and angels jeer
the band plays loud and they don't hear
all they love is black and white
don't see the color of the light
lost their spirit and bled their souls
with crimson shovels digging holes
oh you know I don't really wanna live in this strange world
I need somebody beside me to live in this strange land
I need somebody to hide me away from these cruel times
don't tell me to hold out for a miracle
I've been here for so long
somebody just come and take me where the skies are blue
when you just want to fly away it's the sky blues
men and horses line the street
corrupted lives left incomplete
afraid of shadows on the wall
cast by the fingers of the tall
suits of power, white and black
bring velvet ruin on their backs
and through the laughter and the moans
it’s just the thieves that feel at home
oh you know I don't really wanna live in this strange world
I need somebody beside me to live in this strange land
I need somebody to hide me away from these cruel times
don't tell me to hold out for a miracle
I've been here for so long
somebody just come and take me where the skies are blue
when you just want to fly away it's the sky blues
I need to get higher
high above and far away
keep the clouds so dark and grey
below me
I need to get farther
and find a place to start again
to laugh at jokes and play pretend
I wonder where you are
I'm empty
and floating like I'm deep in space
away from every kind of place
come find me
but sadly
the feeling ends, I'm falling now
I'm fading back into the crowd
I've only come so far
the band is tired, their throats are dry
but still they play, I wonder why
they see those shadows on the wall
the cracks run deep as pieces fall
can we divine a better end
and be a better kind of friend
if not I doubt we shall survive
I just want the truth to come alive
and I sure don’t really wanna live in this strange world
I need somebody beside me to live in this strange land
I need somebody to hide me away from these cruel times
don't tell me to hold out for a miracle
I've been here for so long
somebody just come and take me where the skies are blue
when you just want to fly away it's the sky blues
mp3: http://www.mediafire.com/file/izcc27iwau0s1ut/replacer%20-%20blue%20christmas.mp3
wav: http://www.mediafire.com/file/akpcs47ah258mea/replacer%20-%20blue%20christmas.wav
A forgotten story of many eons ago, when the Elements were still unrefined. Through them a different sort of order was kept in the land of Equestria, but there were some who clung to the truth, however briefly.
LYRICS:
For over thirty years just to keep us living peacefully
They made us all wear the same smile that was never there
Came to one afternoon, discovering my mind was free
That was when she found me, the very first to learn to care
We trust the paper lady and we're giving it hell
But every day there's less of us evading the spell
Chorus:
We heard the paper lady gave you something to do
Guess it means you're gonna be a ladybird too
I need to ask you something, will your answer be true
We don't know what to make of what they said about you
Seems they were hearing something in your voice on the phone
That drew them to the elements for reasons unknown
We're hoping you're remembering it's your job alone
To stop the senators of starlight taking you as their own
We'd tried so many times to get our hooves on the elements,
Six unholy gems born of the alicorns of yesteryear
No one but the paper lady knew where the senators
Were keeping them, she got us in, we took them and we brought them here
Another falls to the senators' peace
The whispers in my head are never going to cease
Sitting looking up at the stars every night
Now I don't quite remember why I wanted to fight
Chorus
I volunteered myself to take the elements home
Turned in the paper lady, did it all on my own
Now I know for sure that things are how they should be,
I can surely say the senators of starlight are we
Well P@D always manages to drag me out of hiatus mode to get new music out. Huge thanks to them as always! So this is just a silly instrumental I started one weekend in a rare fit of desire to test my limited facility with the guitar, after listening to a lot of Esquivel songs. I think it is the closest I've come to making electro swing, and this pleases me greatly.
Pre-order here: poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/guardians
Ponies at Dawn presents our 11th album, Guardians! As usual, all donations go towards the artists who helped to make this album a reality.
This album was thematically based upon ideas of war, peace and standing up for what's important, which we hope is reflected in some of the music available. It's incredible how strongly our community came together for this album, and that shows in the sheer magnitude and quality of the music available.
The pre-order price of $1 will revert to a pay what you want (including free) model much like all our other albums once it has released.
There will be a radio premiere through PonyvilleFM on Friday the 23rd of June starting at 5PM EDT/9PM UTC (this will translate to the 24th of June for some timezones). The album stream will go for around 5 hours, with the album being released towards the end of this period.
You'll be able to tune in here: ponyvillefm.com
We will be periodically uploading a few pre-release tracks in the lead up to the full album release, so make sure to check them out on our partner channel, Cider Party: youtube.com/c/CiderParty
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Album Art by Gianghanz: http://gianghanz.deviantart.com
mp3: http://www.mediafire.com/file/zl5c7tlyr5jb2f9/replacer_-_the_moon_microphones_cover.mp3
wav: http://www.mediafire.com/file/j6mp2h20rmlc21p/replacer_-_the_moon_microphones_cover.wav
Original song by The Microphones and written by Phil Elvrum. I was asked to do a version of this a fair while ago and it took way too long but I'm glad it's done and I'm pretty happy with it. I wasn't familiar with the song before and it's definitely a different kind of music than I would normally attempt
Lyrics:
I drove up to the city at night and found the place where you grew up and then where you stayed and we walked around and stayed up late under city lights. I spent the night next to you in the house where you grew up, next to you, I miraculously woke up. In your parents' house, I laid in bed with you.
I went back to feel alone there. I went back to wipe it clean. I took the lights and radio towers out of my dreams.
We went all the way up to the small town where I'm from with foggy air and the wind and the mountain top. We clung to rocks and we looked off. You held my hand. You almost got to start feeling me. I finally felt like I was breathing free. Under swaying trees we fell asleep and we had the same dream. The stars were bright. We dream the same every night. On my island home I spent some time with you.
I went back to feel alone there. I went back there by myself. I gave up on everything that we'd felt.
We found a precious place in the sand right out in the wind and we laid under a blanket and heard the furious sound of roaring waves, the pounding surf, two bodies on the earth. It was intense just getting to be there next to you. You were trying to get me then, and I was happy to let you in.
I went back and wished I hadn't. I went back and felt regret. I went to the beach and I just stared west.
Every night when the sun went down in the town where we lived the empty streets were lit up by reflected light from a distant sun bouncing off a glowing ball of rock. We just laid on the roof and watched the moon. The moon! The blue light of the moon. We didn't talk and silently we both felt powerful and, like the moon, my chest was full because we both knew we're just floating in space over molten rock and we felt safe and we discovered that our skin is soft. There's nothing left except certain death and that was comforting at night out under the moon.
I went out last night to forget that. I went out and stared it down. But the moon just stared back at me and in its light I saw my two feet on the ground.
Original by LutariFan! youtube.com/watch?v=ojTfFgHPwOo
Artwork by LupisVulpes! youtube.com/user/LupisVulpes
Took a little longer than usual to get this uploaded, but better late than never I guess? Thanks to LutariFan for providing the beautiful melody for me to twist out of shape lol
Thanks also to the P@D crew for this remix project, it was really great to be a part of and great to see my own stuff getting reworked too - there's this cover of Handbag by Plum Creek Rhythm Section which can be heard at youtube.com/watch?v=imc02-4EjHc as well as when you download the new album - and this sweet remix by Progressive Element soundcloud.com/progressive-element/sets/ponies-at-dawn-amity both really awesome and different.
Onward!
This was a fun little song to make, trying out a few different things.
Lyrics:
I'm just a girl
I'm just a boy
I'm just a handbag
I'm just a toy
Tell me why
do ya let me fall
am I just a number
that you like to call
I'm just a choirboy
I'm just a knight
I'm just a melody on a keyboard
panned to the right
I was just a pawn
When I took your queen
Really just some blue thing
Tucked in to the back of a magazine
I'm just a mouse
I'm just a weed
I'm just a rainbow
I feel happy but I
don't know what else I need
I'm just a trumpet
That's the way it seems
I'm just a birdhorse
Learning how to play when I'm
living inside a dream
I'm just a girl
I'm just a boy
I'm just a handbag
I'm just a toy
Tell me why
are you onto me
cause I'm just some blue thing
I'm not ready and I
don't know what else I need
Bandcamp: http://replacer.bandcamp.com
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~Selling dorks and dork accessories~
It's just an ordinary pencil, I can
write it all down when I
come across whatever on my
travels down town, gonna
try to wake up early and I'm
gonna brush my hair then I'm
heading over west and I've no
doubt that you'll be there, let me
put you in my car and we'll
drive real slow and I'll
take you to a movie unless
you don't want to go I've got
two tickets to a
political rally cause I can
feel a change coming and we're
right on the beat oh yeah
don't you know
don't you know
don't you know
don't you know
don't you know
don't you know
no no no
I've got some dumb ideas
and my very best clothes, someone
else's horoscope and some
directions on my phone and
whatever doesn't work I'll take and
put it somewhere else because the
only thing I have to fear is
melody itself and when I
put you in my house and we
jive real slow there's a
whole stack of papers sitting
on my gramophone I've got
two tickets to a
political rally I see the
message in the movement building
under my feet oh yeah
don't you know
don't you know
don't you know
don't you know
don't you know
don't you know
no no no
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http://poniesatdawn.bandcamp.com/album/starlit-flames
I'm pleased to present my contribution to the latest Ponies@Dawn album. I really liked how this song came together and I think it reflects the title of the album fairly well. For the first time I also tried making an actual moving animation in After Effects, nothing too amazing but better than a still image (or blackness like how some of my older songs ended up :p ). The P@D assets proved useful on that front. More to come!
LYRICS:
I don't feel silent any more
I know where I'm supposed to be
crushed my enemies long ago
the last one left to go was me
but you were cold enough to burn
I kept my feelings out of view
you held my head against the flame
and made me give my crown to you
lead of spirit but lucky all the same
sweet taste of empires crumbling in the gloom
napkin men with metal hearts surround us
drawing nearer, bodies fill the room
ah, talking heads parade their faces every day
showing us the way to think and feel
helping us to understand the rich man's point of view
they said it on the news and now it's real
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Hey I'm back with new material at last. The new album from Ponies at Dawn just dropped, it's called Celestial Planes and this song is on it! Thanks for picking me!
LYRICS:
we're out of time
and out of money
what made me think this was
the land of milk and honey
it's time to go
and no more dreaming
walk in the rain under streetlight
pavement gleaming
I'm kind of blue
but I'll be okay
I wasn't looking for a
fairy tale anyway
"hello my name is Happy,
let me sing to you
and maybe we can be friends?"
the peace and laughter
came to such a savage end
but that's alright
that's alright
it's alright
it's not for her
she was taken with
a strong disinclination
she's in your head
you wrote her resume
she's gonna find herself
another occupation
take out a loan
enrol in classes
you're working nights
and now you can't afford
new glasses
"maybe together
we can break it down,
and build something new"
a flash of colour and she's gone
the one you hoped to pursue
you'll never know if all you had to say
was 'I love you'
I love you too
but that's alright
[instrumental]
and when you're done
they say you're pretty
you've got another small
apartment in the city
it's only words
no real story
no eucatastrophe
and no hidden allegory
go for a walk
no destination
stay off the train
there'll be no one at the station
"I'm gonna see you on the other side
I'm counting on you today"
and fearless promises
will only fade away
but that's alright
that's alright
Bandcamp: http://replacer.bandcamp.com
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WAV: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/4s092vuumuwvcd6/Replacer_-_White_Wine_in_the_Sun_(Tim_Minchin_Cover).wav
I wasn't sure what, if anything, I should do for a Christmas song this year, until I remembered this song and so I spent a few days whipping up this cover. Have a safe and happy Christmas, and here's to a great 2015.
Artwork by http://shyshyoctavia.deviantart.com !
'White Wine in the Sun' words and music by Tim Minchin, who donates all proceeds from the sale of the original to the National Autistic Society (NAS) during November, December and January, go so go support :)
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Happy BronyCon! ^^;
Feel like I've been making this forever. Megabyte Brony commissioned me to come up with a tune for some lyrics he'd written and I knew fairly rapidly what I was going to do. Big thanks to him for also supplying almost all the guitars, as well as moral support
Massive thanks to KnifeH for the sweet artwork too. I guess since I'm the one singing, I get to be shipped with Fluttershy. Yup that must be how it works.
CREDITS:
Original Lyrics by Megabyte Brony (youtube.com/user/megabytebrony)
Additional Lyrics by Replacer
Guitars by Megabyte Brony
Vocals by Replacer
Composed, Arranged and Produced by Replacer
Artwork: KnifeH (http://knifeh.deviantart.com)
LYRICS:
Well my girl ain’t nothing but a butterfly
With soft and delicate wings.
And every now and then she will flutter by
And turn the jokers into kings.
My world ain’t nothing is she gonna cry?
Don’t act like it’s for separate things
Maybe you should wake up to the truth
And not just the beauty she brings.
She floats through the air like a lullaby
Like a cradle in full swing
The weather shines through and i'm cold inside
And she turns winter into spring
So for deep and loving for all the while
Never let me have its sting
Maybe you should wake up to the truth
Not just the beauty that she brings.
Well maybe all I really need is just a little bit more time
To find my way back home, to the one I love, my Fluttershy
Well maybe all I really need is just a little bit more time
Until I find my way back home, to the one I love
To the one I love, my Fluttershy
Protecting how she feels behind her smile
She knows I do just the same
Together we pretend that it’s worth our while
And in the end we share the blame
She thinks I don’t feel and I’m full of guile
Wants to make me bear the shame
I would go so far as put my love on trial
If she would kiss me once again
Well maybe all I really need is just a little bit more time
To find my way back home, to the one I love, my Fluttershy
Well maybe all I really need is just a little bit more time
Until I find my way back home, to the one I love
To the one I love, my Fluttershy
Take my hand, I’ll take you anywhere
So trust in me, I’ve got so much to share with you
I’ve got so much to share with you
Well maybe all I really need is just a little bit more time
To find my way back home, to the one I love, my Fluttershy
Well maybe all I really need is just a little bit more time
Until I find my way back home, to the one I love
To the one I love, my Fluttershy
Check out my two EP releases here:
replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on
http://replacer.bandcamp.com/album/birdhorse-ep
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/hiatus
This is a collaboration with a talented musician by the name of Howard Herrick and it's been in the works for a pretty long time. I'm very thankful I got the chance to work on it; I haven't done anything quite like it before and I would love to do more of the same kind of thing. I hope you like it too ^^
CREDITS:
Original Composition by Howard Herrick (http://www.howardherrick.com)
Lyrics by Howard Herrick
Additional Composition and Lyrics by Replacer
Arrangement by Howard Herrick and Replacer
Vocals by Replacer
Mixed and Produced by Replacer
Artwork by Feather (http://feather-ponyart.deviantart.com)
LYRICS:
Wishing for something to wake my soul
And excite my senses
Beautiful pictures fill up my brain and explode
Squirrels run tiptoe atop these old
White picket fences
Amid the croaking of self-satisfied toads
Ride pony ride
The world is a canvas
your mind is a painter
imagination will colour the spaces between
whatever it needs to be
it's up to you, you see
show off your masterpiece in places unseen
Fishermen fish on long lonely piers
In burning sunlight
Angling for something that they know they'll never catch
Poor dog lies on the path close to tears
His eyes shine so bright
No one is there to come undo the big latch
Ride pony ride
Mossy old trees with
Arms and with faces
Vines growing up from
The palms of my hands
And seagulls in wind gusts fly
And glorious days go by
The world turns fast enough to change all my plans
Time to go home, and sit by a fire
Leaving all the worries of tomorrow behind
Tuck her to sleep by the rusty fence wire
I smile and hope that tomorrow won't mind
Check out my two EP releases here:
replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on
http://replacer.bandcamp.com/album/birdhorse-ep
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It is with great pleasure that I find myself adding another digit to my sub count :D Thank you ever so much to all 10,000 of you who have clicked 'subscribe,' it is an absolute honour.
Now to celebrate, a bluesy song about Rainbow Dash being a fangirl. Many thanks to my good friends Evdog (http://www.youtube.com/user/EvdogMusic) and Poni1kenobi (http://www.youtube.com/user/dylan1kenobi) for their ideas and input!
CREDITS:
Composed and performed by Replacer
Lyrics by Replacer & Evdog
Lead vocal: Replacer
Backing vocals: Evdog and Poni1kenobi
Artwork: http://shyshyoctavia.deviantart.com
Special thanks: DannyBrony
LYRICS:
Hey Daring
Whatcha gonna do
Daring
Hey Daring
Whatcha gonna do
Daring
Please oh please will you let me follow you
Talk to me Daring
Don't you leave me blue
Daring
Talk to me Daring
Don't you leave me blue
Daring
Oh don't you know I love you
Daring Do
I wanna be loyal like I'm supposed to be
So I don't really mind the way you're driving me crazy
I'll never leave you hangin' even if you mistreat me
Cause I only care about you
Look at me Daring
I'm as daring as you
Daring
Can't you see Daring
I'm as daring as you
Daring
Please oh please take me with you
Daring Do
I have been an element of harmony
And I was one of those who stopped the world going crazy
So take another look before you say you don't need me
Cause I only care about you
Stay with me Daring
Tell me what to do
Daring
Stay with me Daring
Tell me what to do
Daring
I'd be glad to do anything
For you
Can't you see that you and me will be best friends
Cause I know all your stories from beginning to end
Every single chapter that has ever been penned
Cause I only care about you
Hey Daring
Whatcha gonna do
Daring
Hey whatcha gonna do
Daring
hey whatcha gonna do
Daring
Please oh please let me be your friend
Daring Do
Check out my two EP releases here:
replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on
http://replacer.bandcamp.com/album/birdhorse-ep
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Princess Celestia sings her sister to sleep after banishing her to the moon.
ABOUT THE ALBUM:
"Revealed by the light of the moon, through the rolling depths of night comes 'Moonlight Vapours', the second album by Ponies at Dawn. Born from the shadows, Moonlight Vapours features work from many of the greatest brony artists in Australia and worldwide. Created after the success of 'Hold Your Rainbow' with the goal of surpassing it, the album strived to bring together both a higher quality and larger variety of music to the community. With a more organised team, Moonlight Vapours brings the music bronies love at a professional standard you would expect from the mainstream music industry."
LYRICS:
Sleep little sister of mine
One thousand years out of time
I know that you'll be okay
This will be over some day
Dear little sister of mine
Everything's going to be fine
Already miss you today
How could I send you away
All our days will fade to black
And memory will fade away
That is why I'll need you with me
till the world has finished all it has to say
I'm so sorry for everything
I wish you could stay
Sleep little sister of mine
You're going to live a long time
We'll be together one day
Once we have shown you the way
Check out my two EP releases here:
replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on
http://replacer.bandcamp.com/album/birdhorse-ep
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The 'Tree of Harmony' from episodes 1 and 2 of the new season of MLP seemed to me like something straight out of the flower power era...I could almost imagine a tree radiating tranquillity and good feeling like Avendesora from the Wheel of Time books. This song was the result.
Commissioned by Evine.
Artwork by Feather!
ADDITIONAL DOWNLOADS:
A Cappella: http://www.mediafire.com/download/47i87j8afd7h1hz/Replacer%20-%20Harmony%20Tree%20(a%20cappella).wav
Instrumental: http://www.mediafire.com/listen/kbvb8bxx33a6pps/Replacer%20-%20Harmony%20Tree%20(instrumental).wav
LYRICS:
Won't you come and see
Hey come along with me
And find a piece of shade beneath
The Tree of Harmony
And shelter from the rain
And you can bring your cane
And everybody's singing songs
Of better days still yet to be
So won't you come and see
Hey come along with me
And sit down in the shade beneath
The Tree of Harmony
And shelter from the rain
And put away your pain
And everybody's singing songs
Of better days still yet to be
Although the road was wide
We've had a bumpy ride
So many ventures came to nothing
No matter how we tried
The obstacles were too broad
Yet we are all extraordinary
Creatures and we've made it here
And here we will reside
And I will be your friend
So take some time to mend
And then we'll go and change the world
And the song will never end
And we will be safe and warm
Far away from the stormy weather
It's time for you and me
To let our minds run free
Sitting in the shade beneath
The Tree of Harmony
And shelter from the rain
And don't forget your cane
And everybody's singing songs
Of better days still yet to be
Check out my two EP releases here:
replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on
http://replacer.bandcamp.com/album/birdhorse-ep
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And that's the third and final track on the Birdhorse EP. In this set of slightly abstract and mostly wordless songs, I've tried to bring along everything people have liked about my previous work into new and maybe surprising territory. Huge thanks to everyone who has bought the album!
Birdhorse EP contains 15 minutes of music downloadable from Bandcamp for only $3!
My previous EP, Keep Calm and Canter On, is still available at replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on
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The second song on my three track EP 'Birdhorse.' In this set of slightly abstract and mostly wordless songs, I've tried to bring along everything people have liked about my previous work into new and maybe surprising territory. Thanks to everyone who bought the album so far! :D
Birdhorse EP contains 15 minutes of music downloadable from Bandcamp for only $3!
My previous EP, Keep Calm and Canter On, is still available at replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on
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I'm back! This is the first song from 'Birdhorse,' a three track EP I've been working on. In this set of slightly abstract and mostly wordless songs, I've tried to bring along everything people have liked about my previous work into new and maybe surprising territory. I hope it brings you joy.
Birdhorse EP contains 15 minutes of music downloadable from Bandcamp for only $3!
My previous EP, Keep Calm and Canter On, is of course still available at replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on.
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MP3 - http://www.mediafire.com/download/qqlsfff3rqr7sf3/Replacer_-_Autumn_(Jackle_App_Cover).mp3
WAV - http://www.mediafire.com/download/cxrnmxdmant68n7/Replacer_-_Autumn_(Jackle_App_Cover).wav
Original song by Jackle App: youtube.com/watch?v=HKZ4Lv0kujQ
Artwork by me :D
Wow I've wanted to cover this song for such a long time...Jackle App is such an inspiration. I hope I've done it justice!
Check out my EP at http://replacer.bandcamp.com !
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New song! Nothing too major, though I think I've set myself a new bar for 'chilled' here. Hope you like it.
LYRICS:
When this shade of blue is all I see
I think of what this life could be
If we facilitated something better
This unsatisfactory arrangement
that could lead to our estrangement
Can be rectified
I believe that I can find the will
Although I don't know how to illustrate
how much I want to make you smile and
This is what I chiefly understand
I think we need to form a band
We shouldn't have to hide
In a peaceful moment we may figure out
how best to plan to dig us out
And bring us to a lofty place now
I know we can formulate solutions
And endeavour to articulate
What we will need
All I'd like to say is that I'm filled
with the compulsion to eliminate
the kinds of things that make you cry and
All I'd like to know is that the day
Approaches when we'll have our way
If we can plant a seed
Check out my EP at http://replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on !
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Nice to be uploading something of my own for the first time in a while.
DOWNLOAD: Get it here for free, or more if you feel like supporting me!
http://replacer.bandcamp.com/album/you-know-where-to-find-me-single
(Includes instrumental and a cappella)
LYRICS:
Let the rain fall
Let the sun shine
Let the world turn
What will you find
leave it all behind
Let your mane down
Let your mind see
Let the thunder scream
Let yourself be
What will you find
leave it all behind
Let the birds sing
Let the sky bleed
Let it all burn
What will you see
Far away from me
Let the moon glow
Let the embers blow
Let the light in
Let it all go
Let it all go
Let it all go
Let it all go
Let it all go
And you'll take wing
When you learn to sing
Check out my EP at http://replacer.bandcamp.com/album/keep-calm-and-canter-on !
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