Porter Robinson

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Porter Robinson (2014)
Porter Robinson (2014)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Worlds
  UK 86 08/23/2014 (1 week)
  US 18th 08/30/2014 (2 weeks)
Singles
Language
  UK 9 08/25/2012 (9 weeks)
Easy (with Mat Zo )
  UK 28 04/27/2013 (3 weeks)

Porter Robinson (born July 15, 1992 in Chapel Hill , North Carolina ), also known as Virtual Self , is an American music producer and DJ . He is mainly active in the areas of Electro House , Moombahton and Dubstep . In the course of his “Shelter Tour” with Madeon in 2016, he went into the future-bass field for the first time .

biography

Robinson was born on July 15, 1992 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. When he was twelve, his brother brought home the Japanese video game Dance Dance Revolution and showed it to him. He thought the sounds from the game were great, so his parents bought him a mini keyboard and a digital audio workstation . From then on he began to play the melodies from Dance Dance Revolution . Later he produced as Ekowraith with FL Studio music in the direction of Hands up . He currently lives in his hometown.

Musical career

After he released his first single "Booming Track" as Ekowraith with YAWA Recordings , he switched to the labels Glamara Records and Big Fish Recordings and produced music under his real name. His first release on these labels was "Say My Name", which reached number one in the Beatport Electric House charts. In 2011 he signed a contract with Skrillex 'record label OWSLA . His first EP Spitfire was then released , on which he said he worked for five to six months. It could reach number one on the iTunes dance charts and number one on the Beatport charts.

After six singles released in 2010 that were not commercially successful, his seventh, " Language ", appeared in 2012 on the Ministry Of Sound and Big Beat Records labels . In addition to number one on the Beatport and iTunes dance charts, it also reached number nine in the British charts and number three in the British dance charts, making it Robinson's first top 10 hit.

In 2016 he announced that he would be going on tour with his DJ colleague and friend Madeon . This is called the "Shelter Tour". Shelter is also the title of their first single together. Shelter can be classified as part of the future bass, which was very popular at the time . In 2016, a short film on the song was published in cooperation with the Japanese animation studio A-1 Pictures and the streaming provider Crunchyroll .

He produced remixes for Yolanda Be Cools and DCUP's “ We No Speak Americano ”, Avicii's “ Seek Bromance ” and Lady Gaga's “ The Edge of Glory ”. In 2016, Porter Robinson published a short film for his song Shelter (with Madeon) on YouTube in cooperation with A-1 Pictures & Crunchyroll .

Discography

Robinson logo

Albums

  • Worlds

EPs

  • Spitfire
  • Spitfire (Bonus Remixes)
  • Virtual Self (as Virtual Self)

Singles

  • Booming track
  • Leaving
  • Get brain
  • Say my name
  • I'm on fire
  • Hello (with Lazy Rich & Sue Cho)
  • The Wildcat
  • Language
  • Easy (with Mat Zo)
  • Sea of ​​Voices
  • Sad machine
  • Lionhearted (with Urban Cone)
  • Flicker
  • Goodbye To A World
  • Shelter (with Madeon , US:goldgold)
  • Eon Break (as Virtual Self)
  • Ghost Voices (as Virtual Self)
  • Get your wish
  • Something comforting

Remixes

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  1. ↑ a b Chart sources: UK US
  2. ↑ Music Sales Awards: US
  3. ↑ Kerri Mason: Porter Robinson: 21 Under 21 (2012). In: Billboard . Rovi Corporation , September 17, 2012, accessed October 13, 2012.
  4. ↑ LED exclusive interview with Porter Robinson. LED, June 17, 2011, accessed October 14, 2012 .
  5. ↑ Jim Fusilli: A Powerhouse, And He's Not Yet 20 ( English ) In: The Wall Street Journal . July 4, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
  6. ↑ Ekowraith. ( Memento of the original from March 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Yawa-recordings.de, accessed on October 14, 2012. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.yawa-recordings.de
  7. ↑ LESS GO !. Lessthan3.com, December 4, 2010, accessed October 14, 2012.
  8. ^ Underager Rager: An Interview with Porter Robinson. (No longer available online.) Grooveeffect, archived from the original on January 6, 2013 ; accessed on October 13, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.grooveeffect.com
  9. ↑ PORTER ROBINSON. Official Charts Company , accessed October 14, 2012.
  10. ↑ SHELTER. Retrieved February 11, 2017 (English / Japanese).
  11. ↑ Porter Robinson: Porter Robinson & Madeon - Shelter (Official Video) (Short Film with A-1 Pictures & Crunchyroll). Retrieved January 9, 2019 .

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personal data
SURNAME Robinson, porter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Virtual Self
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American music producer and DJ
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Chapel Hill , North Carolina