ELECTRO: Porter Robinson - Lionhearted (Giraffage Remix)

Huge electro remix from Porter's forthcoming album. Get 'Lionhearted' here: http://po.st/LionheartediT Buy the album 'Worlds' here: http://po.st/iTWorlds More exclusives at http://wwwmixmag.net Watch the video here: VIDEO: http://po.st/Lionhearted Porter Robinson isn't your average 21-year-old. In fact he's the young adult who's leaving a unique stamp on American dance music culture and starting an auditory revolution in the process. The producer from Chapel Hill, North Carolina has always impressed with a sound that's wholly his own, but more importantly it's a sound that's evolved and matured since he's been in the limelight. His first offerings to the world came in the form of 'Say My Name', the raucous and heavy-armed electro track and, more recognisably, 'Spitfire', which arrived via Skrillex's OWSLA imprint and though that's just as wild, it showed a slightly more crisp and well-rounded sound. Through years of releasing well-received tracks, while discovering his own way and sound, it appears that Porter has now found the niche that will come to define 2014 as a musical year and him as an artist. His debut album 'Worlds' is like Porter 2.0: a more mature approach to songwriting that combines washed out electro-pop with emotive melodies and, at times, some super psychedelic tendencies. Imagine M83-style synths mixed with Skrillex-esque flicks, a slowed-down 90bpm take on massive drops and euphoric crescendos. In terms of popular, main stage dance music, it's 'out there' to say the least. Of what we've heard so far 'Sad Machine', 'Lionhearted' and 'Sea Of Voices' all prove that the quality of production will be his best yet and also his most brave and daring export. It's pretty much as far away from EDM as you can get and the best bit? Porter doesn't care if people don't get what they're expecting, quite the opposite, he wants intelligent and diverse music to prevail and it looks like it's going to. We caught up with Porter to talk about the album, what he wants it to mean in today's music culture and how the homogenised EDM scene isn't something he wants to be part of. Read the interview here: http://www.mixmag.net/words/features/gold-porter-robinson