Worlds

Most people who champion the talents of Porter Robinson, do so on the basis of his hit single 'Language' from 2012;a grass-roots-come-modern feeling electro-experience with lots of loops and reverbs added for good measure with a meaningful female vocal.The video had a clever use of CGI story telling also.In my opinion, I think it was quite a shrewd move not include 'Language' on his 'Worlds' album-firstly because I think the listener would have become over familiar with the single, particularly in the age of the down-load and secondly,it steers you away from the mind-set of an album living or dying by a bench-mark release from it.After the first listen of 'Worlds' you are immediately struck by the fact that not only are we dealing with a hugely successful American DJ/producer here,but also an actual accomplished musician. Being completely self-taught, I felt he may even have completed his piano grades, if some of his carefully crafted compositions are anything to go on. Tracks 'Divinity' and 'Years of war' have real story-telling qualities with the production subtle enough to compliment. 'Sea of voices' even has echoes of Moby's quieter moments too.This long-player will appeal to a wider electronica based-audience I feel and its also worth remembering that the young man in question is only 22 years of age, so if he is capable of this level of musical maturity now, who knows what the future holds.

Porter Robinson first came to my attention through his collaboration with Mat Zo, with the excellent 'Easy'. Following Arty's remix of Lionhearted from this very album, I had to take the plunge and order this!Firstly, I do think it's a very good album, but it's different to what I expected. 'Easy' and Arty's remix, as you might expect from the productions of both Mat Zo and Arty, are more big room style anthems with a progressive feel. So when I first listened to this, I was expecting that kind of sound, but it's clear that Porter Robinson's sound, on his own, is more unique. There aren't many artists I can compare him too, so it's a bit difficult to convey this! It's a bit more down tempo and the closest sound I can think of is maybe some of Russ Chimes' earlier work on the excellent Midnight Club EP. Even then, that's probably a bit of a stretch.Most of the album is very good, there were a couple of songs that weren't to my taste hence 4 stars, but overall if you've heard some of his material before and are thinking about getting this, I'd definitely recommend it.

Possibly one of the best albums I have owned - almost certainly peerless in the world of electronic music. Porter Robinson has a unique style of music which is both refreshing and quite simply a pleasure to behold - it is so musically brilliant that I can see it appealing to a wide spectrum of listeners (even my parents liked it!). It has been on repeat from the minute it fell through my letterbox, and I have loved every second that I have spent listening to it. Each track is capable of rousing all kinds of emotions when listened to on its own, but this album's true quality shows when it is heard in it's incredible entirety. A real one off piece of work and not to be missed by any music fan - I can think of no better reward for my hard earned tenner.

Worlds really is a fantastic album. Initially hearing Porter Robinson was releasing an album, I was excited as his tracks were always so energetic and full of melodies. Then Sad Machine dropped and I really enjoyed it but felt it was slower than his usually electro anthems making me a bit skepitical for release with the direction he was taking. I was very wrong as this album is a masterpiece of ideas that are full to the bring with beautiful melodies, punchy synths and drums and concept tracks that can span multiple genres! (Fellow Feeling delves in to ambient, soundtrack territory, techno and progressive house in the 6 minute plus span). Even more amazing when it's performed live! A tough debut to follow up!

I bought this on spec as I liked 'spitfire'. This is a gem, it's one of those albums you'll be playing in 10 years time as a classic of an era! Robinson melds power beats with lush synths and mercurial vocals in a unique and very modern EDM/dubstep kind of way. I love it, it's a remarkable album.

I was really looking forward to this album but for me, it didn't quite live up to expectation. I would recommend listening to all the tracks on-line before buying as many of them were not to my taste, even though I've loved so much of his previous stuff! I expect his next album will be better.

Best choice of album I've bought in my life. I personally only disliked Flicker, but that changes when you listen to it about five times, then you actually start to enjoy it. All the songs are simply amazing, my favourite being Years of War, absolutely golden track that is!

Not the Porter Robinson you might expect. Some interesting tracks, especially 'Fresh Static Snow', otherwise more pop than club. For genius, try Mat Zo (with whom Porter Robinson worked on 'Easy').