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Just when I thought it couldn't get any better!

Hello again fillies and gentlecolts! This week we have another classic rip on the cards, this time a classic rave tune from back in the heydays of late '92.

And boy, was there a lot of buzz back in Tuft Lane Studios back in those days, with Cloudsdale House still remaining popular and the lunar rave movement in Canterlot quickly becoming a cultural phenomenon, we simply couldn't release tunes fast enough.

It was a good time. We'd often have ponies all over the various recording rooms and whatever desk space they could grab, setting up their Amigas, Atari STs, hoofboards, samplers and whatever else have you, all carving out a little space where they could work on their tunes with everypony else. On any given day, the main studio would have half a dozen ponies coming and going, huddled in their corners with their setup, and the floor would rapidly become a death trap of tangled patch cables and empty soda bottles.

Sure, they could have just stayed home and worked in their bedrooms like so many ponies did, but sharing the space, working together and generally keeping each other company was all part of our culture at EqH. Everypony could come in an have a go, and we'd all share our equipment. All very much in the Equestrian custom of sharing and caring! As such, there was plenty of natter and gossip. Catching the ear of intrepid newcomer and multi-genre producer Nostalgia Sound was EqH regular Dj Pon-3's story of how she met and fell in love with her wife, Octavia, and he decided he just had to do a tune about it.

And we're glad he did! Wanting to try his hoof at the new fangled lunar rave sound, but being of a rather more gentler disposition than you're typical hoofcore producer or lunar raver, the resulting track came out more tuneful and euphoric than what the canterlot massiv' were usually bouncing their horns to, something a bit more like the house tunes we'd normally do in Cloudsdale. And as such, some ponies pinpoint this as one of the first "Celestial Rave" tracks, which took the sound and the culture along with it in a more mellow and friendly direction. Some ponies were just sick of all the rawcus and wanted to prove that having a good time and enjoying good dance tunes didn't mean you had to be so irresponsible and "more hardcore than thou". I always did approve of this change, myself. It felt a lot more Equestiran, and their motto of "Love and Tolerance" really sums up what I feel our nation should be about.

Whatever it fits into, this is a capital tune that sold copies on both the celestial and lunar side of things, thanks to the darker, less tuneful dub version of the b-side keeping things harder for the die hard lunars.

Enjoy the tunes, everypony~!

Production/Mix: Nostalgia Sound
Remix/Mastering: Mallard Puddleduck
CAT: EQU-066 

OOC: I decided to start this tune to make a tribute to CoffeeGrunt's magnificent fanfic 'Allegrezza'. I only really got stuff done however when I came into contact with Mallard Puddleduck and his label 'Equestrian Hype'. I decided to make this tune for the label, and voila! It was soon complete! 

Oh, and by the way, 'Nostalgia Sound' is the name I've decided to adopt for my ponysona. It's probably gonna be the name I'll be credited with for this fine label. Thanks to Equestria Daily for featuring this and extra thanks to Mallard for writing the marvellous description above!

Bonus info: I actually think this tune sounds better if you slow it down by 10%. Just saying ;)

Nostalgia Sound - The Element of Joy (Original Mix)

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