Porter Robinson
EDM.com’s Best of 2021: Performances & DJ Sets
EDM.com proudly publishes four installments of annual year-end coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers, and Songs. To honor their creativity and seminal influences on the live music industry, we’ve recognized 10 of the year’s best performances and DJ sets from around the electronic dance music sphere. Swardy Secret Sky Back in April, of the scene’s most under-appreciated artists was given a chance to showcase his inimitable performance capabilities to a massive audience in a prime-time slot on Porter Robinson’s virtual festival, Secret Sky. Swardy’s performance at the fest was one of sheer originality and imagination. He blew the lid off of what fans could expect from virtual performances with nearly 35 minutes of virtuosic l...
North Coast Music Festival to Host Armin van Buuren, ILLENIUM, Porter Robinson, More In 2022
Playing on its core tenet of “Celebrate Our Differences,” Illinois’ North Coast Music Festival has announced a massive first wave lineup for its 2022 edition. It comes complete with representation of all the major EDM genres as well as a slew of local artists. Lineup highlights include a handful of stages curated by industry-leading labels, including FISHER‘s Catch & Release, Diplo‘s Higher Ground, and Seven Lions‘ Ophelia Records, as well as headlining performances by Armin van Buuren, ILLENIUM, Porter Robinson and Kaytranada. Alive Coverage The Midwest staple, now in its 12th edition, will return to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview after a successful debut last year. The 2021 event drew 78,000 attendees across three days and saw the implementat...
Porter Robinson, REZZ, Alison Wonderland, More to Play BUKU Music + Art Project 2022
After taking two years off, BUKU Music + Art Project is back with a bang for their 10-anniversary event. Since being forced to cancel two consecutive years due to the impact of COVID-19, organizers have finally revealed the lineup for the first BUKU since 2019. Headlining each night of the event are the international superstars Tyler, The Creator and Tame Impala. Joining them are electronic favorites Porter Robinson, Alison Wonderland, REZZ, Liquid Stranger, TroyBoi, SVDDEN DEATH, Amelie Lens, Sullivan King, and more. Outside of the dance music world, attendees will get to catch sets from Glass Animals, Kali Uchis, 100 Gecs, $uicideboy$, Taking Back Sunday, Vince Staples, Trippie Redd, and Baby Keem, among others. With an eclectic lineup , BUKU 2022 will serve fans of c...
GRiZ, Disclosure, Porter Robinson, More to Headline Electric Forest 2022: See the Full Lineup
The organizers of Electric Forest have announced the fan-favorite electronic music festival’s 2022 lineup, including headliners Disclosure, GRiZ, Sylvan Esso, Porter Robinson, SLANDER, Fisher, Louis The Child, and Big Gigantic. After having to cancel its 2020 event and postpone its 2021 gathering due to the impact of COVID-19, fans will finally be able to get down in the beloved Sherwood Forest from June 23rd to 26th, 2022 for four days of nonstop music. FifthLegend/Wikimedia Commons The 2022 edition of the Rothbury, Michigan festival will boast a plethora of electronic and jam artists. The wildly popular fest will return with its traditional three sets by hosts The String Cheese Incident, as well as performances from CloZee, Duke Dumont, Subtronics, TOKiMONSTA, Deathpact, Toro y Moi...
Porter Robinson Brought “Nurture” to Life at Los Angeles State Historic Park
After completing a spectacular second annual Second Sky festival in the Bay Area just a few weeks ago, Porter Robinson touched down at Los Angeles State Historic Park for two shows as part of his “Nurture Live” North American tour. Amid lush greenery and park bridges, the location proved to be the perfect spot for the eclectic variety of music Robinson brought to the stage. The event showcased his second studio album released in April, Nurture, and clearly exemplified his vision and sound like never before. Porter Robinson performs at Los Angeles State Historic Park on October 1st, 2021. Andrew Gomez Robinson’s electric passion and dedication to his album’s themes were felt in droves. Imagery tied to gaming culture, anime, and nature permeated the sta...
Porter Robinson, REZZ, GRiZ to Headline Okeechobee 2022
Okeechobee is celebrating its 5th birthday with more than 125 artists across a staggering number of genres. To the delight of music fans in Florida and beyond, Insomniac announced the lineup for the next chapter in the Okeechobee Music & Arts Festival saga. Pulling no punches, headlining the event are Tame Impala, Porter Robinson, Megan Thee Stallion, REZZ, and GRiZ. Joining the all-star headliners are performers representing a substantial number of genres both in and out of the electronic sphere. Festival-goers are gearing up for sets from TroyBoi, Flying Lotus, Four Tet, The Glitch Mob, Eprom, Of The Trees, Chee, Elderbrook, CloZee, Caribou, and many more. It’s also been revealed that the event will showcase a “superstar mashup featuring special guests,” b...
Watch: Porter Robinson’s “Nurture Live” Set From Second Sky 2021 Can Now Be Streamed In Full
Porter Robinson‘s beloved sophomore album, Nurture, came alive this month at the artist’s hallmark Second Sky music festival. Now, the stunning live set is available to stream in its entirety on YouTube. Uploaded by Robinson himself, the concert video takes fans beyond the classic crowd view with up-close-and-personal camera angles. Meanwhile, scene-setting wide shots come complete with fireworks and larger-than-life visuals—note its light sensitivity and epilepsy warning. The clearly audible audience also adds energy with epic singalong moments and cathartic cheers. Featuring live vocals, piano and synths, the show even transports back to Robinson’s Worlds era with special versions of “Sad Machine,” “Shelter” with Madeon...
Porter Robinson Highlights Anthony Fantano’s Infamous “Worlds” Album Review During Festival Set
If you blinked during Porter Robinson‘s captivating Second Sky festival set over the weekend, you may have just missed the electronic music artist taking a tongue-in-cheek shot at one of Worlds’ biggest critics. Years later, music reviewer Anthony Fantano, theneedledrop on YouTube, is still taking some flak from fans for scoring Robinson’s debut album a contentious 5/10 back in 2014. In that fateful review, Fantano said he wasn’t a fan of Robinon’s stylistic reset at the time, indicating he much preferred the direction of his more EDM-centric prior EP, Spitfire. Fantano has seemingly come around to Robinson’s musical stylings in more recent times, even awarding Nurture an 8/10 earlier this year. However, that didn’t stop Robinson from digging ...
Porter Robinson Is Debuting a New Alias at Second Sky Music Festival: Listen to a Preview
It’s becoming more and more clear that Porter Robinson‘s upcoming Second Sky Music Festival may be one of 2021’s best. Just one week after announcing a special partnership with the designer behind Universal Studios’ The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Robinson sent his fanbase into a frenzy by unveiling a new musical side project. He’s set to debut the alias, dubbed Air to Earth, at Second Sky 2021 and perform two sets. “my new live-only dj sideproject called Air to Earth,” Robinson tweeted alongside a preview of unreleased music. “it’s focused on sample-driven, tranquil proghouse and airy disco. i’ll be opening both days of Second Sky with this project!” The electronic music luminary, who received a 201...
Porter Robinson Hired the Company Behind The Wizarding World of Harry Potter for His Music Festival
Harry Porter is in the building. Ahead of the 2021 edition of his curated Bay Area music festival Second Sky, Porter Robinson has announced a magical partnership to bring the event to life. The electronic music virtuoso has teamed up with Nassal, a renowned developer of themed environments who designed The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios in Orlando. “some more updates on transforming Second Sky – my manager hit up Nassal, the company that delivered the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando,” Robinson wrote in an Instagram post. “when i first heard about it, i really thought there just no way it was possible that we could get them.” “i am insanely hyped to tell you that Nassal will be the one...
The Whimsical Music Video for Porter Robinson’s “do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do” Is Here
Electronic music virtuoso Porter Robinson is no stranger to pretty, aesthetically-pleasing things. From the cover art of his latest album Nurture to the immersive soundscapes of his music, his work is as nuanced and elegant as they come. The latest example of Robinson’s creative savvy is the official music video for “do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-do,” which was featured on Nurture. Released August 18th, it was directed by Chris Muir, who also worked on the videos for Robinson’s “Look at the Sky” and “Get Your Wish.” The new video cut puts us in the passenger seat of a whimsical car ride, complete with blue skies, bright green trees and winding country lanes. These ordinarily mundane views are given new life in the video, which carr...
Watch Madeon’s Full Surprise LA Performance With Guest Appearance by Porter Robinson
This week, Madeon returned to where he first began planting roots in LA with a surprise performance at the Roxy Theater. The performance, targeted towards his “most enthusiastic supporters,” was one that fans surely won’t forget. Madeon delivered an incredible DJ set that spanned music from Daft Punk to Justice and everything in between. Porter Robinson made a special appearance during the performance of “Shelter,” their hit collaboration which spawned a tour all on its own back in 2016. During his appearance, Robinson even joined Madeon for an onstage launchpad performance, a hallmark of the earliest days in Madeon’s career. “I want to point out what a cool, hyper energetic and considerate crowd this was,” Madeon tweeted. “E...
