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Will Porter Robinson Tour Worlds Again

2014 studio anthology by Porter Robinson

Worlds
Porter Robinson - Worlds.jpg
Studio album past

Porter Robinson

Released August 12, 2014
Recorded 2013–14
Genre
  • Synth-popular[1]
  • chillwave
  • dream pop
  • electropop[ii]
  • ambience
Length 57:49
Characterization
  • Astralwerks
  • Virgin EMI
Producer Porter Robinson
Porter Robinson chronology
Spitfire
(2011)
Worlds
(2014)
Worlds Remixed
(2015)
Singles from Worlds
  1. "Body of water of Voices"
    Released: March 3, 2014
  2. "Sad Machine"
    Released: May thirteen, 2014
  3. "Lionhearted"
    Released: June 17, 2014
  4. "Flicker"
    Released: July 29, 2014

Worlds is the debut studio album by the American electronic music producer Porter Robinson, released on Baronial 12, 2014 past Astralwerks in the United States and past Virgin EMI Records internationally. The anthology exhibits a shift in Robinson's music style from the heavy, bass-fueled complextro of his previous work to a more alternative course of electronic music.[three]

Background [edit]

During 2012 and 2013, while touring extensively on his Language tour, the so 19-year-sometime producer began to abound increasingly tired of the current commercial EDM scene, feeling that information technology was inhibiting his creativity past being too formulaic, with the product procedure being centered around making "DJ friendly" tracks.[3] [four] [5] [6] He decided instead to create an album that was true to himself and that channeled his own feelings of nostalgia:[v] particularly his interest in Japanese culture such equally video games, anime and Vocaloids.[3] [four] [7]

He remained tranquillity nearly the anthology'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 rails from the album, "Sea of Voices", which was available on SoundCloud and emerged into a worldwide trend on Twitter.[4] [8] [9] This was the outset runway to exhibit his drastic change in style from his previous material, showing off an ambience style. He feared a backlash from long time fans, however the unmarried was generally well received.[4] This vocal is too featured in the soundtrack of NHL 15 on PlayStation four and Xbox One.

On May 5, 2014, he announced the 2d single to be released from the album, "Sad Machine", to be released on May thirteen, 2014. This runway was again a shift in style from "Sea of Voices", showing off a more typical EDM style, just used General MIDI sounds, similar to that heard in classic video games. The track utilized a Vocaloid, a heavily modified version of Avanna, modified by Robinson himself, for the vocals combined with his ain vocals in a duet. Along with the release of the single, he also revealed the album would be released on August 12, 2014.

On June 3, 2014, he announced the third single from the album would be "Lionhearted", to be released on June 17, 2014 in the United States and later on in the United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland by August 3, 2014.[five] [10] This runway again shifted styles to a more synth-popular style, aided by the vocals of indietronica ring Urban Cone. A music video, directed past Jodeb was also released for the track.[eleven] It features Robinson and a grouping of Japanese women walking around with weapons that plough objects into glitchy, retro effects.[eleven] [12]

On July 29, 2014, the album's fourth single, "Flicker", was released along with a music video. The video is seen from a train window as glitchy furnishings akin to the "Lionhearted" music video have place on the passing landscape.

On September two, 2015, Porter Robinson announced a remix album of Worlds to exist released on Oct two, 2015. Information technology contains one remix of each song by different artists including Slumberjack, San Holo, and Odesza.

Singles [edit]

The album's lead single, "Sea of Voices", was released on March 3, 2014 for digital download. The song entered the Dance/Electronic Songs chart at number 28.[13] The second unmarried, "Sad Auto", was released on May thirteen, 2014 and features a duet between Robinson and a Vocaloid. It entered the Trip the light fantastic/Electronic Songs chart at number 29.[13] The album's third single, "Lionhearted" features vocals from Urban Cone and was released on June 17, 2014. The song premiered as Zane Lowe'due south Hottest Record in the Earth on BBC Radio 1. The quaternary single from the album, "Flicker", was released on July 29, 2014. The song premiered during Robinson's Essential Mix for Radio 1.[14] Robinson has described it as a "hip-hop vanquish and a vocal that's Japanese and actually high-pitched".[14] He used a chopped up sample from translation software.[3]

Tour and performances [edit]

Robinson has stated that he does non wish to perform DJ sets at festivals whatever more as he does not want to amerce his fans and misfile them.[v] He instead planned to create a live bear witness, using live instruments and sampling.[5] [7] He premiered his live show in Vancouver on the Worlds N American Tour, which he announced on fifteen May 2014. The tour started on 28 Baronial 2014 and concluded on xviii October 2014. Robinson besides visited Australia as a part of the tour, playing a series of dates around the country as a office of the Stereosonic tour.

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
AnyDecentMusic? 6.4/ten[15]
Metacritic 63/100[16]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [17]
Alternative Press [eighteen]
Result of Audio C[xix]
Las Vegas Weekly [20]
Pitchfork 6.9/ten[21]
Q [22]
Rolling Stone [23]
Spin eight/ten[24]
Uncut 6/x[25]
Wondering Sound [26]

Worlds has been met with generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 63, based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews."[16]

Lucas Villa of AXS awarded Worlds with iv out of five stars, writing, "[Robinson] taps into inspirations from video games and Japanese culture to deliver beautiful soundscapes full of emotional depth and electronic grandeur."[27]

Larry Fitzmaurice of Pitchfork gave the anthology a 6.9 out of 10, stating "Finding a middle ground betwixt the synthetic surge of large-tent dance music and the tart melodic tendencies of Passion Pit, Robinson's debut anthology drives home the reality that mainstream electronic music carries a certain sensitivity constitute in chart-topping smashes, zeitgeist-capturing Ultra Fest main-stagers, and sneakily successful soft-beat auteurs alike." He praised the tracks "Hear the Bells" and "Sea of Voices." noting that "Together, 'Hear the Bells' and 'Sea of Voices' make for two of the most transportive electro-popular singles of this twelvemonth, a pair of unabashedly huge songs that, when caught in the correct low-cal, comport the potential to strike a personal chord for anyone who's ever felt alive while looking at a city skyline at dark."[21]

Elissa Stolman of Rolling Stone gave the album a iii.5 out of five stars, stating "Although it doesn't sound quite similar EDM, Worlds manages to retain the thrilling rush of emotions that the best raves inspire."[23]

A more mixed review came of Consequence of Sound 's Derek Staples, who commented on the album past saying "The thought of a new EDM renaissance is noble, but Robinson's execution is frail."[19]

Accolades [edit]

The album was ranked as the ninety-seventh greatest album of the 2010s[28] and the fifteenth-greatest trip the light fantastic album of the 2010s[29] by Billboard staff in November 2019.

Track listing [edit]

All tracks are written by Porter Robinson, with additional writers listed beneath.

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Divinity" (featuring Amy Millan) 6:08
2. "Sad Auto" v:50
3. "Years of War" (featuring Breanne Düren and Sean Caskey)
  • Breanne Düren
  • Sean Caskey
3:56
iv. "Flicker" 4:39
5. "Fresh Static Snowfall" 5:58
6. "Polygon Dust" (featuring Lemaitre)
  • Ketil Jansen
  • Ulrik Denizou Lund
iii:29
7. "Hear the Bells" (featuring Imaginary Cities)
  • Marti Sarbit
  • Rusty Matyas
4:46
8. "Natural Calorie-free" 2:21
9. "Lionhearted" (featuring Urban Cone)
  • Benjamin Swardlick
  • Andrew Coenen
  • Eric Luttrell
  • Emil Gustafsson
  • Rasmus Flyckt
4:24
10. "Body of water of Voices" Breanne Düren 4:59
11. "Boyfriend Feeling" 5:49
12. "Goodbye to a Earth" 5:28
Full length: 57:49
Limited edition box set: Remix CD
No. Championship Length
1. "Bounding main of Voices (RAC Mix)" 6:08
ii. "Sad Machine (Anamanaguchi Remix)" 4:29
3. "Lionhearted (Arty Remix)" (featuring Urban Cone) 5:17
iv. "Lionhearted (The Alexanders Remix)" (featuring Urban Cone) 5:56
5. "Lionhearted (Giraffage Remix)" (featuring Urban Cone) 3:59
6. "Lionhearted (Urban Cone Remix)" (featuring Urban Cone) 3:26
Full length: 29:15
Limited edition box gear up: "Lionhearted" 7" single
No. Title Length
ane. "Lionhearted" (featuring Urban Cone) iv:26
2. "Shepherdess" 7:16
Total length: eleven:42
Notes
  • "Sea of Voices" features uncredited vocals from Breanne Düren.[30]
  • "Sad Machine", "Fresh Static Snow", and "Adieu to a World" feature vocals from Avanna, a Vocaloid voice.[31]
  • "Flicker" contains samples from Ano Natsu de Matteru, produced by Natsumachi Product Committee.
  • "Hear the Bells" contains samples from "Bells of Cologne" by Imaginary Cities.
  • "Fellow Feeling" features uncredited vocals from Amanda Lee.[32]

Nautical chart positions [edit]

References [edit]

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