Have you ever seen every part you’ve got wished to see earlier than you die?
That is the query Chet Porter posed on his debut album, EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN. At present he continues the story behind the LP with what was initially set to be its last monitor, “Things I Wish I Could Forge,” a dreamlike collaboration with Vancouver Sleep Clinic.
“Things I Wish I Could Forget” is one in all Porter’s extra refined entries. Forgoing the brilliant, vivid manufacturing we heard all through many of the album, he masterfully enthralls us with a swelling, deeply emotive soundscape.
Vancouver Sleep Clinic’s signature falsetto fantastically matches his manufacturing, gently guiding us with mesmerizing lyrics that voice his regrets. “I should have loved you more,” he quavers repeatedly.
“This song is actually really old, probably the oldest one on the album,” Porter tells EDM.com. “Tim [Vancouver Sleep Clinic] had sent me a bunch of ideas to collaborate on and when I heard this one, I just knew it was going to end whatever record I was making. I want to say it’s at least seven years old… It’s so easy to fall out of love with a song after a few months or a year, let alone seven, but I’ve loved this song the entire time, it’s so special to me.”
However Porter’s love for the monitor is not the one factor to make it particular in his world. It was left off the album resulting from pattern clearance points.
“There was a bridge section that featured this synth part from an old Sony video game that I was absolutely in love with, I felt like it took the song to this extra, magical place,” he added. “Like when that part hits, I’d turn into the floating Spongebob wearing headphones meme.”
Not solely did the clearance difficulty power him to take away the track from EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN, however the undertaking was additionally delayed to make sure the monitor would work out. It was all the time meant to be the ultimate track on the album, Porter mentioned.
“The label didn’t want the album to come out without this closing track, because they loved it so much,” he defined. “It was supposed to be the focus track when the album dropped, but the sample still hadn’t been cleared, so they pushed the album for more time to figure it out.”
Whereas the ultimate model could also be lacking the pattern, he nonetheless makes certain to play it out stay.
"things i wish i could forget (feat. vancouver sleep clinic)" is out now
added to the top of the album, the place it was alleged to be all alongside. it's one in all my favorite songs ever, i hope you take pleasure in it pic.twitter.com/4u5ILgtzG8
— chet porter (@chetporter) Could 24, 2024
Though the state of affairs was irritating, it allowed him to hold out the imaginative and prescient for EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN in a deeper capability.
“The delay meant that I got to finish and add ‘Deep Water’ with EVAN GIIA to the tracklist, and spend a little more time mixing and changing a bunch of things that no one is ever going to notice except for me,” Porter provides.
With these added modifications, his message behind the album is showcased masterfully. The LP is a proposed self-reflection, asking listeners to embark on a journey that takes them to new locations—some they’ve by no means seen nor heard earlier than and a few they could rethink after experiencing a brand new outlook.
It is a message that serves as a possibility to achieve a perspective on the world round us in addition to improve the the one cultivated by his music.
“EVERYTHING YOU’VE EVER SEEN as a title, is very literal,” Porter explains. “What have you seen? Have you seen everything you want to see before you die? No? Okay, go see more.”
“Volcanoes, dolphins deep in the ocean, lush green jungles… it’s insane that we have that shit,” he gushes. “Like, think about what a volcano is for a second. A giant, hollow mountain with a hole in the top, filled with lava? And on very rare occasions it will just shoot all of it into the sky? Like what the fuck, that’s insane. When I’m older and retired, I promise you all I’m going to do is travel and see everything I possibly can.”
Every monitor on the album carries out his imaginative and prescient, showcasing cohesiveness with none repetition. In the meantime, its many soundscapes painting completely different points of nature.
“I wanted you to listen to a song, imagine a place, and then when the next one starts, you’re in a completely new place. But still in the same world,” he continues. “Obviously you can decide these things for yourself, but when I was doing all of the visuals/artwork, ‘222† ∂∆ §§§’ is the jungle, ‘Today Tomorrow Forever’ is the volcano, ‘EYES’ is the ocean, ‘Aura’ is a sunset, et cetera. ‘Things I Wish I Could Forget’ is a really misty, foggy beach with big rocks everywhere.”
Porter’s stay set takes the message from his album yet one more step additional. Whereas self-doubt could make him query his personal music, he by no means worries about his stay performances. They’re one thing not like he is ever accomplished earlier than, curating a show of his creativeness infused with unshakable confidence.
“I don’t have heaps of confidence, I often worry that people may think my music sucks, or that I suck, or that I don’t know how to socialize properly or whatever,” he shares. “What I don’t worry about is the show. I’m so confident in the live show, I think I’m punching way above my weight.”
TOUR CONTINUES THIS WEEK
SAN DIEGO 05/15 (TOMORROW)
DENVER 05/16 (THURSDAY)restricted tickets left: https://t.co/LbFFotTcGk pic.twitter.com/P5BeGic4kS
— chet porter (@chetporter) Could 14, 2024
After such a private debut and phenomenal tour, what might probably be subsequent for Porter? “That’s what I’m trying to figure out,” he says.
You’ll find “Things I Wish I Could Forget” on streaming platforms right here.
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