Worlds

Porter Robinson was a teenage Beatport chart-topper -- one of the youngest and fastest-rising EDM producers. In 2012, after a few singles, he issued "Language," his first song to dent Billboard's Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart in the U.S. Just after his 20th birthday, it went into the Top Ten of the U.K. pop chart. The North Carolina native made a greater impact in his country when he teamed with Mat Zo for "Easy," one of 2013's most memorable commercial dance singles. Meanwhile, Robinson -- worn down by whirlwind success and EDM's strictures -- was edging toward a retreat from his genre and even expressed opposition to it. While the producer still wanted to appeal to a large audience, he sought to make his music more substantive, with a purpose greater than moving bodies. Worlds, his first proper studio album, was preceded by the release of four of its songs as singles. "Sea of Voices" was seemingly chosen first for being the most radical departure from Robinson's previous output. F