That's so great - I guess there's a lot of people who know of DDR just because it was really present in popular culture. I think there's a whole generation of kids, maybe, who first heard dance music, or europop, or that kind of techno construction on Dance Dance Revolution. On the week of the release of Worlds (Remixed) I spoke to Robinson from his home in Chapel Hill, NC about his collaboration with Aguado, finding inspiration on Tumblr and other virtual communities, and the pros and cons of being your own art director.įirst off, having also been a former DDR-head, I really enjoyed Worlds, and I thought it was so interesting how much nostalgia there is for that particular sound. It helps, of course, that Robinson has been singularly obsessive when it comes to the look and feel of all things Worlds - as he describes the process of designing his acclaimed live show and all the album art, it starts to sound less like an album and more like a big-budget film or video game. But Aguado's work came to be the dominant inspiration for the album - as well as its cover art. Robinson, a confessed Tumblr enthusiast, originally found Aguado's work on the social sharing platform, and brought him on as one of many artists that built the look for Robinson's lush, anime-inspired compositions. So it's remarkable, then, that they have created such a cohesive visual universe for Robinson's 2014 album Worlds and all its subsequent permutations. "It's okay, I searched already," I say, but he can't hear me.Īrtists collaborating long-distance is far from a new phenomenon, but distance and a language barrier have separated Robinson and Aguado even further - they've never even spoken on the phone.
I had casually asked where he lived and where he went to school, and Robinson instantly went to Google That For Me. The 23-year-old producer and I have been talking about David Aguado, the Spanish illustrator that he has worked with closely during the visual development of his recent tour and remix album.
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