Virtual Self has been nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Dance Recording category for the track “Ghost Voices” of his debut Virtual Self EP, which was self-released on November 29th 2017.

Virtual Self is the high-concept side project from electronic musician Porter Robinson. “Ghost Voices” is taken from the 5 track debut EP which combines nostalgic and futuristic sound worlds. The EP and the accompanying visual art were brought to massive stages throughout 2018 as the Virtual Self Utopia live show, a two-part show divided between the two Virtual Self “producers”: First, a techno, 2-step and trance segment from Robinson’s technic-Angel moniker, followed by a mashing of gabber, jungle and hardcore from Pathselector. The immersive performance brought fans into a world of mutated 2001-era warehouse rave complete with custom-built lighting and stage production that looks unlike anything else in electronic music. Fans were quick to appreciate the project’s commitment to a very artful, early-aughts inspired aesthetic, and it’s safe to say that the Virtual Self Utopia tour was the most visionary tour of 2018.

A concept predicated on the influences of his youth, with Virtual Self Robinson taps into an affinity for early 2000’s visual aesthetic, looking to “combine three tropes from the period that didn’t overlap much at the time: digital abstract, arcane magic design, and digital grunge, all into a single early-aughts flavor,” a thematic thread which weaves through both the project’s sonic and visual identities.

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