I've never heard anything quite like this beautiful medley of sounds in my entire life, and I certainly was not expecting it from him. As I was getting completely submerged in this track, tears started uncontrollably streaming down my face. It only had 60-something views on YouTube at the time because it had JUST gotten released, and I was driving while listening for the very first time. I totally don't mean to pull a "back in the day" moment here, but I vividly remember when I first heard "Sea Of Voices." But Porter didn't listen he did this change entirely for himself, and guess what? It has only worked to his benefit.Īfter taking a brief hiatus in order to discover his new sound, Porter has shown us his new voice with the first track release off of his Worlds album, "Sea Of Voices" in 2014.
At the time, he received a lot of negativity from fans and artists, saying that "he shouldn't change his sound" and that he wouldn't be able to pull it off- that this move would be "suicide" for his career. His future was clear to him, and he decided to make one of the riskiest, most difficult moves that any artist and producer could ever have possibly made. Porter had established this hard-hitting, bass-heavy sound, paving himself into the EDM world and producing banger after banger however, that was until he shocked the dance music community by announcing the complete and total reinvention of his sound, and began making music that was more "him."
Fast forward to 2011, where he r eleased his iconic 11-track Spitfire album, following the release of his 2010 hit single "Say My Name" and later in 2012 Language " was born. And regardless of at what point throughout his career we found him at, there is one thing that's for sure- that he has changed our lives.Ī young kid fresh out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Porter began producing at the age of 13, and devoted his life to perfecting his craft. Whether you've been following him since you first heard "Spitfire," when he had only 1,000 followers on Soundcloud, or if you fell in love with him during his Worlds live set, Porter Robinson has been able to make dance music history and touch our hearts in ways that we didn't think were possible.