Worlds (album)
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| Studio album by Porter Robinson | ||||
| Released | August 12, 2014 | |||
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| Length | 57:49 | |||
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| Producer | Porter Robinson | |||
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| Metacritic | 63/100 |
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| Consequence of Sound | C |
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| Pitchfork | 6.9/10 |
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| Spin | 8/10 |
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Worlds is the debut studio album by the American electronic music producer Porter Robinson, released on August 12, 2014 by Astralwerks in the United States and by Virgin EMI Records internationally. The album exhibits a shift in Robinson's music style from the heavy, bass-fueled complextro of his previous work to a more alternative form of electronic music.
During 2012 and 2013, while touring extensively on his Language tour, the then 19-year-old producer began to grow increasingly tired of the current commercial EDM scene, feeling that it was inhibiting his creativity by being too formulaic, with the production process being centered around making "DJ friendly" tracks. He decided instead to create an album that was true to himself and that channeled his own feelings of nostalgia and particularly his interest in Japanese culture such as video games, anime and vocaloids.
He remained quiet about the album's production for a long time throughout 2013 and the beginning of 2014, performing DJ sets at festivals through the summer. On March 3, 2014, during the Oscars, he unexpectedly released the first track from the album, "Sea of Voices", which was available on SoundCloud and emerged into a worldwide trend on Twitter. This was the first track to exhibit his drastic change in style from his previous material, showing off an ambient style. He feared a backlash from long time fans, however the single was generally well received. This song is also featured in the soundtrack of NHL 15 On PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
On May 5, 2014, he announced the second single to be released from the album, "Sad Machine", to be released on May 13, 2014. This track was again a shift in style from "Sea of Voices", showing off a more typical EDM style, but used General MIDI sounds, similar to that heard in classic video games. The track utilized a vocaloid, AVANNA, for the vocals combined with his own vocals in a duet. Along with the release of the single he also revealed the album would be released on August 12, 2014.
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