Worlds

'Two years ago,' remembers Porter Robinson, 'I only had the inkling of the idea that I wanted to do something different. I needed to do something that was honest and real,' Porter explains. So he turned down countless DJ offers in 2013 to spend the entire year devoting himself to a process of introspection and reinvention. 'I figured that one way to develop a unique identity as an artist would be to combine all my favorite things in music it would result in something that is really personal, a collective expression of my taste and experience. Something nobody else has.'And thus begat Worlds (Astralwerks), a cinematic excursion that commingles Porter's technological prowess with his love of evocative melody. His first studio album, it finds an unlikely common ground for Porter's diverse inspirations: Kanye West's Graduation, Daft Punk's Discovery, The Postal Service, and an array of orchestral movie scores. 'Sea of Voices,' for instance, is just that: gauzy, feather-light vocals that float above an ethereal-shoegaze soundscape. That track trickles into the 'Years of War,' which transfers those levitating vocals onto radiant synth pop propelled by a fuzzy beat. He prolongs that pop euphoria with the anthemic 'Lionhearted,' which pushes-and-pulls between ambient sighs and power chords, further rewarding the listener with the glitched-out 'Fellow Feeling,' an avant centerpiece that swells from violin-driven sentiment to industrial static, before settling into palpitating chords.

Browse Our Catalog.

View More In Dance Pop.

AVICII - TRUE (GATEFOLD) - VINYLShrink-wrapped.

Sparkling 1991 album, recorded with his backing band The New Power Generation! Includes ''Cream'', ''Gett Off'' and ''Money Don't Matter 2 Night''. At...

In the past dozen years, Shaggy has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, had two platinum albums, five No. 1 hits and 11 Top Ten singles around the ...

Based around a core musical duo known simply as J and T who expand to a thrilling seven piece live band, Jungle make mesmeric, modern soul with true g...

This compilation features 10 of Michael Jackson's greatest video hits, including ''Billie Jean,'' ''The Way You Make Me Feel,'' ''Black or White,'' ''...

18 tracks The great iconoclast of techno returns with a smooth, sacred, and exhilarating record. Play's concoction of breakbeat rhythms, ambient mixol...

Vinyl reissue of this 1984 album from the award-winning, multi-platinum selling, trend-setting Pop/Dance diva. Features the hits 'Material Girl', 'Dre...

.

17 Tracks New Age music, ambient electronica, and spiritualized hip-hop received their first major, K-Tel-like treatment in 1996 when Virgin Records a...

''World Be Gone'' is the 17th album from electronic pop pioneers Erasure, and their first album since 2014's acclaimed The Violet Flame (which debuted...