| Virtual Self | |
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| Released | November 29, 2017 |
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| Length | 20:33 |
| Label | Self-released |
| Producer | Porter Robinson |
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Virtual Self is the debut extended play (EP) by the American electronic music producer Porter Robinson under the alias Virtual Self. It was self-released on November 29, 2017. After releasing his debut studio album Worlds (2014), a deviation from his earlier sound, Robinson struggled to create a follow-up; he underwent a period of writer's block that was intensified by depression. He then started planning the Virtual Self alias, using electronic music and Internet webpages from the early 2000s as main sources of inspiration.[a]
Virtual Self is a trance and neotrance EP. Robinson tried to recreate sounds from the early 2000s while incorporating modern song structures. The alias is represented by two characters created by Robinson: Pathselector, with mid-tempo songs, and Technic-Angel, with faster ones. Virtual Self's visuals present cryptic messages and a mysterious atmosphere.
Two singles were released ahead of the EP: "Eon Break" and "Ghost Voices"; the latter was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards in 2019. Robinson toured as Virtual Self in support of the EP beginning in December 2017, and later in 2018 during his Utopia System tour. The EP sold a thousand copies in its first week of release in the United States and charted on Billboard's Dance/Electronic Album Sales and Heatseekers Albums.
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