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Porter Robinson Makes His Vocal Debut on Track "Sad Machine"

May 12, 2014 By Tyler Almodovar

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Porter Robinson has proved time and time again that he is capable of producing some of the most poignant music in the realm of electronica, and with the release of “Sad Machine” it’s clear that the young musician is staying true to his intention of producing music that “focuses on beauty above all else.”

Using Vocaloid, a program that synthesizes the human voice, Robinson created a duet between what he describes as a “lonely robot girl” and a human boy. A sort-of fluke turned creative masterpiece, the male vocals are sung by Robinson himself, who explained he was in a crunch to finish the album and was unable to find another singer in time. What resulted is an otherworldly, bittersweet dialogue between two lovers with a progression of delicate synths as a backdrop. See what Robinson had to say about “Sad Machine” below, and make sure to download the second single from his upcoming album, Worlds, available on iTunes tomorrow.

“I’d used Vocaloid as the vocals for several of the songs on Worlds, and then the idea of a duet between a lonely robot girl and the human boy who encounters her occurred to me. I didn’t have much time before I had to turn in the entire album, so I just sang the male parts. I wanted something that felt distantly sad, a little cute, surreal, hopeful, and maybe somehow evocative of fiction?”