The first 20-30 seconds of any album is a telling time, it’s about as important as the entire release and a fork in the road to giving it a shot or if it quickly becomes a bit of background music.

For Porter Robinson and his debut ‘Worlds’ it’s ultimately a win with opener “Divinity” featuring ethereal Canadian singer Amy Millan a bustling and emotive electronic soundscape and a quaint reminder that it’s not all about big, loud and mostly generic ‘EDM’ sounds.

It was also a pleasant surprise to be treated to something entirely new, a lot of the time the intro or lead single is one of the first things out into the world and can be tired by the time an official release date comes around – certainly not the case with ‘Worlds’.

In saying that we still constantly have “Sad Machine” and “Lionhearted” playing in various forms including some rather unique remixes from Arty, The Alexanders and Giraffage.

Much like the remixes comes an assortment of appropriate collaborators with Breanne Duren and Sean Caskey on “Years of War”, Lemaitre on “Polygon Dust” and Imaginary Cities on “Hear the Bells” all adding their thing while still allowing what still seems like full creative control from Porter.

On a first listen there’s plenty to digest although our favourite track “Fresh Static Snow” feels like an ode to the plush chords and pace of a Daft Punk hummer while “Fellow Feeling” gets us moving sounding similar to an early Aphex Twin original.

If there was ever a “hey, am I listening to M83?” moment it’s actually continually through the release but in an overwhelming complimentary and immersive manner with the same emotions and moods being triggered when listening to ‘Worlds’.

Do we like it? Damn straight… will we like it in a years time? No doubt!

Hats off to Porter for bucking trends and doing it all his own way – must have something to do with his sausage comment on the album making process in a recent exclusive interview with Stoney?

‘Worlds’ is out today in Australia, grab it on iTunes or alternatively that big-ass limited box-set we were raving about the other day.

Porter Robinson – Worlds Tracklisting

1. Divinity (feat. Amy Millan)
2. Sad Machine
3. Years of War (feat. Breanne Duren and Sean Caskey)
4. Flicker
5. Fresh Static Snow
6. Polygon Dust (feat. Lemaitre)
7. Hear the Bells (feat. Imaginary Cities)
8. Natural Light
9.Lionhearted (feat. Urban Cone)
10. Sea Of Voices
11. Fellow Feeling
12. Goodbye To A World