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HACKD

BLAME THE CODERS, Artwork by CalWeirArt
Other names hackdSounds
zaglopone
Skull Butt
RKIT, formerly Bandit
Active since Aug 2012 - Aug 2020
Known as Musician
Animator
Artist
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HACKD is the pseudonym of an American musician from California who is known for their hardcore MyLittlePony fan music ranging from IDM (Indie Dance Music) to French/Breakcore. They have also helped to run the pony music channel called Cider Party and Horse Music Herald for new music releases in the fandom. They describe their music as simple "pony rave music".

They were a common staple for Pinkamena Party submitting 11 tracks which included their first release for both album project and the artist. They also participated in Balloon Party (II, One Last Shot) with one track after being rejected for the main album (II, Rainbow & Rooted) with their crossbreed-genre submission called 'Vendetta'. They took part in various Pony Music Compos also known as Toastbread.

HACKD's MyLittlePony character is a purple earth pony with piercings who uses a zaglo motif which is a malign chaotic entity that can manifest in text to give a frightening, corrupted or glitchy asethetic. A side effect of Zaglo, The Nightbringer (C'tan of death, destruction, and oblivion) is that the victim has their eyes are drained and bleed extensively as a result, a quality which the zaglopone shares hence the name. This contrasts well with their style of music which can be described as Terrorcore at times. Their cutiemark is a music note merged with a skull at the bottom.

Animation[]

In September 2015, HACKD posted their first animation called honestly darling featuring the Mane 6 characters, Rarity & Fluttershy as well as the original music, Sugar & Spice by RKIT (HACKD). In a continuation of this series, a second animation called honestly darling 2 was released starring the characters, Celestia, Nightmare Moon and Twilight on January 2016. A possible 'honestly darling 3' was mentioned on Youtube in July 2017 but this was either never made or hasn't been released.

Discography[]

Note: Titles highlighted in bold are Pinkamena Party submissions, all links function as of October 2024.

Album Releases

Tracks

Unfinished Works[]

During the period between 2014 and Summer 2015, Ten tracks which were only intended to supplement DJ sets were either abandoned due to lack of interest in finishing them or succumb to project file loss. In July 2017, a pack "free to download" was released through Youtube but the download links no longer function. In the winter of 2015 and most of 2016 for, HACKD was occupied by their management of Horse Music Herald and Cider Party as well as their Illustrative works as they had experienced a "Disillusionment with the pony DJ scene".

  • All Day Everyday (2015)
  • Back Alley Bootleg (2015)
  • Bottoms Up! (2015)
  • Fealty To The Night "VIP" (2015)
  • Hard Cider "VIP" (2015)
  • Kill Em Wit Da Hype "VIP" (2015)
  • Maverick "Rework" (2015) HACKD vs RKIT
  • Lights Out! (2015) Originally by RKIT, HACKD Remix
  • Sugar & Spice (2015) as RKIT
  • It's A Rock (2015) Originally by Seventh Element, HACKD Remix

Apart from these tracks, there was going to be two albums. They're quoted as potentially being:

  • Command Error In Pony "which would basically be more of what I've been known for in the past and will mostly be former Pinkamena Party submissions (All I Want, The End Is Neigh, etc) plus a couple new tracks in the same nature."
  • Spit Yo Bit! (naming similar to the previous, Bust Yo Flank!) "which would feature a small selection of choice crossbreed tracks that I've been stockpiling over the last couple years. The tracks were originally going to be Project Horizon tunes", but they've since lost interest in this and would have rather casted them as episode responses, they likened it to "a whole EP of Vendettas".

Notes[]

  • HACKD enjoys reading MLP fanfiction, especially themes of romantic adventure, sci-fi, social ecology, and revolutionary political struggles. They even written their own short story starring Twilight and Luna called, To Dream Again.
  • They performed at Midwest Bronyfest 2016 & Crystal Mountain Ponycon 2016, Running of the Leaves (RotLCon) 2013 & 2015 and BUCK (BronyUKConvention) 2014 on the Cadance Stage (footage and set recordings avaliable via hyperlinks).
  • In the run up to their BUCK 2014 performance, HACKD embarked on a 3 week journey of the United Kingdom starting in London, meeting and collaborating with brony musicians such as Spott (General Mumble), davhors! (Speedcore Dave), Haxy (FreckleShark) & others eventually ending in Manchester, the convention venue location.
  • Participant of the Remix Wars (7 & 8), run by MyLittleRemix.
  • RKIT (formerly, Bandit) is the alias HACKD uses when playing around in ghettotech, trap, gabber & hip hop genres. The submission 'Hard Cider' can be found under the Joint Release album as Bandit.
  • HACKD is a big fan of fighting video games such as Them Fightin' Herds (formerly, Fighting is Magic) as well as the 2012 game, Skullgirls. The latter inspiring their cutiemark as well as generally being a suitable symbol for a musical zalgopone.
  • They also drew art under the Tumblr/DeviantArt handle, hackdArt.
  • The track 'Dead Pony Club' is a reference to Brewdog's pale ale beverage of the same name.
  • The remix of Appleshake was used for the intro of 'Jack Reacts' a fandom reaction Youtube series by JackTHerbert.
  • They are part of the Gak Attack Records & Swaffelcore Records labels and the alternative electronic collective Shiba Crew created by Vladnuke.
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