The first five years of Porter Robinson’s career had more twists and turns than many of his DJ peers experience in decades behind the decks.
The Chapel Hill, North Carolina, resident released his first singles, including “Say My Name,” in 2010, when he was just 18 years old—some six years after the precocious young producer had first begun frequenting the tech forums that helped him hone his chops for jagged, high-energy EDM.