THE OTHER NIGHT HE PLAYED VIRTUAL SELF IN A NURTURE SHOW WITH NEW IDS AND A NEW VERSION OF GOD RAYS!!! update: the version of GOD RAYS he played was a demo, but hey, after some listening, the final version is way better.
@Gilgamesh Just search for Lione on RUclips, he does have a channel, and did a bunch of collaborations. And he's also on Spotify. But like I said, he still has very few unique tracks, anything else you find are more or less remixes. Proximity channel has collected most of his best hits. Revive is probably Lione's most famous track, and you can start from there.
I'm glad even with porters new album around the corner people are still talking about Virtual Self, I still come back to listen to that amazing EP every single day.
It's only a matter of time before humanity creates a fully immersive virtual simulation real enough to simulate what we currently perceive as "reality", which sets the stage for creating a digital utopia. Now is already history.
Wouldn't describe myself as an anime fan more broadly, but my heart has always been sci-fi, and Lain was something that has captivated me since childhood and proven prescient about the evolution of digital culture and eventually virtuality. This video was great, thank you!
Wow Phia. This video is so good and mysterious. I hope we get more clues and additional things of Virtual Self soon. I really like Porter's creativity over the music and concept of his sideproject Virtual Self and I hope we get God Rays soon 😃😃😃
Virtual Self is my all time favorite alias from porter. I love the DDR nostalgic to the core. I really hope more virtual Self will come out soon. And the cryptic messages makes me want more of the backstory
Idk of you can tell through my name and profile image but Virtual Self was such a massive influence on me. I'm actually Technic_AIngel in VRchat and my freelance art name is Technic Game Art. Was fortunate to see Virtual Self at EDC and it's been my favorite set of all time, my second favorite having been Porter at EDC the year prior.
Little critique and I hope it's constructive. Angel Voices is by Technic. At EDC during Technic's half of the set they come on and say that they have created a remix of the song the Ghost Voices. Then there's Pathselector and Technic's genders. At one point you say she but I thought Porter at one point said something along the lines of their genders being meant to be ambiguous? I always got big non-binary energy from both Pathselector and Technic. Regardless their genders have never really been specified.
it's fun seeing ARG's and art projects I've been around to witness covered in modern years! Also think it's the first time I've seen the irl you You look just as adorable as your avatar!
As someone who loves the music but has not delved in to the details and lore, this was perfect. Thank you for great explanation that kept my attention.
I've enjoyed/loved pretty much everything Porter has released (Shelter especially helped me through 2016, caught a show on that tour too). But Virtual Self is probably my favorite, despite there being so little of it comparatively, I've gone back to listen to these songs more than anything else. Thanks for making this video, never knew much about the project beyond the music. I imagine seeing Porter now would be a pretty awesome mix of his eras, including some VS (iirc the secret sky show had a little bit in it).
Whoah whoah woah. I was listening to porter at this time and remeber when all these songs came out. I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS A WHOLE THING LIKE THIS. Like seriously how did I miss all of this
I have strong memories of winding up at one of the virtual self shows by chance and i wish i had known all of this beforehand. T_____T wow. beautiful job Phia
When i first got into EDM in 2018 I didn't really like Porter, I even saw him do a DJ set at Haunted Fest but it was underwhelming. But late 2019 early 2020 I got into virtual self. It's such a nostalgic early 2000's sound, it really sounds like japanese arcade games and dance pop tunes of my childhood playing as I rode in the backseat of my mom's car, illuminated by fleeting highway lights. Virtual Self got me into Lain, GITS, and reignited my passion for cyberpunk art. Damn I really miss anime convention raves now
I actually found your channel initially because of the porter collaboration you did. Long before, I remember growing up with the old web as it were, the forum posts, the old windows interface, dial up... and then in 2015, I found Lain. I found porter in 2016, and then I attended UtopiA SysteM Chicago in 2018, where I lost all of my senses temporarily, and my hearing permanently. To date, the only artist of whom I officially own the entire discography. I'm so glad to have experienced this small pocket of time, and to have found this channel. Ps. if you recognize my pfp, youre a weeb!
Ive always loved porter robinson and shelter hit me like a brick in a time when i really needed it but i never knew virtual self was so deep and had so much going on around it so it was great to learn about it. Thanks Phia :D
Wow, I really love this! The lore of VS, explanation with Lain ( a series of difficult questions seems accurate) The cutesie stuff, much love KUDOS! Those club extended system sets were the best things for me to experience
Absolutely spiritual. I'm speechless. Phia, you got me to really engage with Porter's work, and only about about a year ago could i even begin to comprehend how this emerging [cyberpsychology] shapes the reality I and many others live in, transdimensionally. Your words have great power, and you've harnessed them in a way that speaks to my core.
And when the songs of nurture began releasing with mirror, I realized he was speaking of a character many of us house within; some call it the "higher self", but i like porter's more ubiquitous use of "inner voice". That inner voice and its compatriots were the reason I dove into studies of spirituality and religion in 2019, and why I held onto the status of immortal. And these days I just live a normal life of working, but I get to engage with people who can understand me now that i understand myself better. You seem like one of them, and thats why I'm not just a fan. I'm a hopeful future colaborator just waiting to build my . . . V I R T U A L S E L F
I saw bits of Lain when I was in college, it was broadcast on a channel instead of streamed and I couldn’t get into it because I found it in the middle of the season. I regret not following up on it back then
You did an amazing job on this video I loved it virtual self is one heck of a group and I love their music I hope to see many more like this keep up the good work. 💙💙💛💛💜💜❤️❤️♥️♥️🤍🤍🧡🧡
I think it's kinda based on the discovering of the internet as a whole pack of realizations, specially for us Gen Y and Z who know it in early ages and become significant for us and this was a nice ode to the kind of feelings it gives and the implications it can have on our psyche (Btw discovered you yesterday on grimecraft's twitch 💜💜)
I know Angel Voices from Beat Saber and I absolutely love the song. Thanks for making this video. I’ve also seen Series Experience: Lain, the most whacky anime I’ve seen so far. 💖✨🌸
I can tell he played DDR MAX2. As Ghost (vincent de moore remix), So Deep ~Perfect Sphere remix~, and also other DDR songs such as Look at the sky (True Color remix), Quasar from Beatmania was listed in his virtual self set. As a music game nerd I knew all the Bemani songs he played.
Ngl your voice legit sounds like the samples Porter uses in some of songs 🤔 also VS seems to be officially back now with Porter doing surprise sets lately, even updating God Rays, hopefully we get a full length and maybe more (affordable) merch 🙏😅
Lol I remember days past of MS Chat 2d or text only I made friends all over the world and I spent hours in one room Red Eye Saloon, and I end up as the Barman serving beer and spend hours just talking and laugh
Hi Phia!! I recently got into VR/VRCHAT and your channel is really helping me out! Thank you so much!! There is something I'm very interested I but I never found good quality explanations videos. I was hoping you could introduce me a bit more to the topic: World/Avatar particles in VRchat I find it so fascinating (it reminds me of Element-Bending like I've seen in Avatar: The last Airbender. Maybe you'd be interested in making a video! FLOPPIII is the one person I found on YT who seems to be quiet good at particles, I'm sure ud be able to reach out to him!! Thank you for reading this; have a good one! 💕
In the beginning of the video, you say that Pathselector was behind Angel Voices, but if I'm not mistaken Angel Voices is meant to be a technic.Angel remix of Ghost Voices hence the song title. Also, Angel Voices prominently displays technic.Angel on the cover art of the single and throughout the music video.
so its music videos that are a story thats cool its like that one daftpunk album and a few others i cant think of 9:06 WAIWAIWAIWIAT they made good bye to a world?! That song is very sad but beautiful song
this is just an excuse for phia to flex all her chloma x virtual self merch on us lmao
jokes aside this is a cool explanation about the whole project
Sooo expensive lmao
REALLY hoping he returns to virtual self after Nurture. It is amazing and im still wanting the offical release of GOD RAYS.
THE OTHER NIGHT HE PLAYED VIRTUAL SELF IN A NURTURE SHOW WITH NEW IDS AND A NEW VERSION OF GOD RAYS!!!
update: the version of GOD RAYS he played was a demo, but hey, after some listening, the final version is way better.
I fell in love with Porter’s music as soon as I listened to Look At The Sky. Madeon and Porter will forever be my favourite music artists.
You would probably also enjoy Lione, too bad his library is still extremely limited.
Same, sad I didn't find them earlier
@Gilgamesh Just search for Lione on RUclips, he does have a channel, and did a bunch of collaborations. And he's also on Spotify. But like I said, he still has very few unique tracks, anything else you find are more or less remixes. Proximity channel has collected most of his best hits. Revive is probably Lione's most famous track, and you can start from there.
8:16 that lain cosplay without any necessity :)
Phia looks so badass in this.
Have to admit, I've never listened to this album. I will now, though.
Its not an album
she looks like an anime villain ngl
I'm glad even with porters new album around the corner people are still talking about Virtual Self, I still come back to listen to that amazing EP every single day.
Phia cosplaying as Lain is officially the most adorable thing I've seen all day.
It's only a matter of time before humanity creates a fully immersive virtual simulation real enough to simulate what we currently perceive as "reality", which sets the stage for creating a digital utopia. Now is already history.
Wouldn't describe myself as an anime fan more broadly, but my heart has always been sci-fi, and Lain was something that has captivated me since childhood and proven prescient about the evolution of digital culture and eventually virtuality. This video was great, thank you!
Hi Phia love ur vids. I didn’t really know about these things but I gotta say, it seems really cool. Hope you can upload soon!
Wow Phia. This video is so good and mysterious. I hope we get more clues and additional things of Virtual Self soon. I really like Porter's creativity over the music and concept of his sideproject Virtual Self and I hope we get God Rays soon 😃😃😃
Virtual Self is my all time favorite alias from porter. I love the DDR nostalgic to the core. I really hope more virtual Self will come out soon. And the cryptic messages makes me want more of the backstory
i'm glad people are still talking about Lain!
that anime changed my pov of life
i'd recommend it, it's worth your time
Idk of you can tell through my name and profile image but Virtual Self was such a massive influence on me. I'm actually Technic_AIngel in VRchat and my freelance art name is Technic Game Art. Was fortunate to see Virtual Self at EDC and it's been my favorite set of all time, my second favorite having been Porter at EDC the year prior.
Little critique and I hope it's constructive. Angel Voices is by Technic. At EDC during Technic's half of the set they come on and say that they have created a remix of the song the Ghost Voices. Then there's Pathselector and Technic's genders. At one point you say she but I thought Porter at one point said something along the lines of their genders being meant to be ambiguous? I always got big non-binary energy from both Pathselector and Technic. Regardless their genders have never really been specified.
it's fun seeing ARG's and art projects I've been around to witness covered in modern years!
Also think it's the first time I've seen the irl you
You look just as adorable as your avatar!
why is it every time phie talks, i wanna cry? she sounds so sad, even when happy
As someone who loves the music but has not delved in to the details and lore, this was perfect. Thank you for great explanation that kept my attention.
*FINALLY!!!.* I've been waiting for someone explaining the lore. Thanks
I've enjoyed/loved pretty much everything Porter has released (Shelter especially helped me through 2016, caught a show on that tour too). But Virtual Self is probably my favorite, despite there being so little of it comparatively, I've gone back to listen to these songs more than anything else.
Thanks for making this video, never knew much about the project beyond the music.
I imagine seeing Porter now would be a pretty awesome mix of his eras, including some VS (iirc the secret sky show had a little bit in it).
PHIA is the best at understanding the full depth of vr. The variety is always nice and it's really well done!
Best beat saber level!!
Whoah whoah woah. I was listening to porter at this time and remeber when all these songs came out. I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS A WHOLE THING LIKE THIS. Like seriously how did I miss all of this
I have strong memories of winding up at one of the virtual self shows by chance and i wish i had known all of this beforehand. T_____T wow. beautiful job Phia
When i first got into EDM in 2018 I didn't really like Porter, I even saw him do a DJ set at Haunted Fest but it was underwhelming. But late 2019 early 2020 I got into virtual self. It's such a nostalgic early 2000's sound, it really sounds like japanese arcade games and dance pop tunes of my childhood playing as I rode in the backseat of my mom's car, illuminated by fleeting highway lights. Virtual Self got me into Lain, GITS, and reignited my passion for cyberpunk art.
Damn I really miss anime convention raves now
PHIA Make A "DJ POTARO: The Complete Lore Explained" Challenge
Holy shit this is awesome
I've watched this three times now, thank you so much for making it.
Thank you for this video. It was wonderful to watch after this time of virtual emptiness.
this was really well made. good job phia!
I thought technic angel made angel voices. In his live sets technic angel announces angel voices is a version of ghost voices
I originally came here from his shout out to Phia. I gotta appreciate the explanation as it makes me come full circle from Phia back to Robinson
I actually found your channel initially because of the porter collaboration you did. Long before, I remember growing up with the old web as it were, the forum posts, the old windows interface, dial up... and then in 2015, I found Lain. I found porter in 2016, and then I attended UtopiA SysteM Chicago in 2018, where I lost all of my senses temporarily, and my hearing permanently. To date, the only artist of whom I officially own the entire discography. I'm so glad to have experienced this small pocket of time, and to have found this channel. Ps. if you recognize my pfp, youre a weeb!
I hear Phia... but I feel like I just watched Disturbed >.> Also, never binge-watch Serial Experiments Lain while tripping on DXM.
I feel like you probably started questioning reality... ;)
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love the video and all the efforts you've put into this
Ive always loved porter robinson and shelter hit me like a brick in a time when i really needed it but i never knew virtual self was so deep and had so much going on around it so it was great to learn about it. Thanks Phia :D
Wow, I really love this!
The lore of VS, explanation with Lain ( a series of difficult questions seems accurate)
The cutesie stuff, much love KUDOS!
Those club extended system sets were the best things for me to experience
This was so good, I've heard they're work before but never got into the deep lore around it. Thank you!
Oh my gosh I've been waiting for this. Only you could do this justice.
Absolutely spiritual. I'm speechless.
Phia, you got me to really engage with Porter's work, and only about about a year ago could i even begin to comprehend how this emerging [cyberpsychology] shapes the reality I and many others live in, transdimensionally.
Your words have great power, and you've harnessed them in a way that speaks to my core.
And when the songs of nurture began releasing with mirror, I realized he was speaking of a character many of us house within; some call it the "higher self", but i like porter's more ubiquitous use of "inner voice".
That inner voice and its compatriots were the reason I dove into studies of spirituality and religion in 2019, and why I held onto the status of immortal. And these days I just live a normal life of working, but I get to engage with people who can understand me now that i understand myself better.
You seem like one of them, and thats why I'm not just a fan. I'm a hopeful future colaborator just waiting to build my . . .
V I R T U A L S E L F
Much respect for the amount of effort you put into this,mixing in the cosplay and merch was ingenious!
I saw bits of Lain when I was in college, it was broadcast on a channel instead of streamed and I couldn’t get into it because I found it in the middle of the season. I regret not following up on it back then
💜please make more videos like this) I got to know so many things from it
You did an amazing job on this video I loved it virtual self is one heck of a group and I love their music I hope to see many more like this keep up the good work. 💙💙💛💛💜💜❤️❤️♥️♥️🤍🤍🧡🧡
Question, wasn't techinc_angel the creator of angel voices?
Amazing video - please make more like this!
You're amazing at what you do PHIA!!
Amazing video. Hope to see you at Second Sky this year!
The snow in Particle Arts reminds me of Ushio from Clannad, walking with her father Tomoyo before she collapsed and died
I think it's kinda based on the discovering of the internet as a whole pack of realizations, specially for us Gen Y and Z who know it in early ages and become significant for us and this was a nice ode to the kind of feelings it gives and the implications it can have on our psyche
(Btw discovered you yesterday on grimecraft's twitch 💜💜)
your clothing style is legit awesome. I'd love something like this for guys
It's a unisex collaboration virtual self x chloma(japanese designer) . Super limited. It's part of the style techwear
you just inspired me to make a virtual self themed avatar omg i have so many ideas
I know Angel Voices from Beat Saber and I absolutely love the song. Thanks for making this video. I’ve also seen Series Experience: Lain, the most whacky anime I’ve seen so far. 💖✨🌸
Also, The id isn't called Draw Your Blades, it's called Dry Your Eyes! Confirmed by porter himself
wow i missed a lot from virtual self thanks for this
this is soo cooolllll !!
You just made VR sound even more epic by explaining this omg.
The future is now, and its on our face. :D
Really well made video! Porter Robinson is my biggest inspiration
BEEN WAITING FOR SOMEONE TO DO THIS FOR YEARS
*GRABS POPCORN*
Thank you for making this! Virtual self wasn't on my radar, but I'm going to check it out. =3
I only can say: thanks for it.
this virtual self music is pretty neat
now I got some music to check out now, LAIN!!!!!!
Now that I notice it. Her voice sounds pretty much like technic_angel
I can tell he played DDR MAX2. As Ghost (vincent de moore remix), So Deep ~Perfect Sphere remix~, and also other DDR songs such as Look at the sky (True Color remix), Quasar from Beatmania was listed in his virtual self set. As a music game nerd I knew all the Bemani songs he played.
Ngl your voice legit sounds like the samples Porter uses in some of songs 🤔 also VS seems to be officially back now with Porter doing surprise sets lately, even updating God Rays, hopefully we get a full length and maybe more (affordable) merch 🙏😅
this video is SOOO GOOD!
This video is a low key flex...and I'm not mad
serial experiment lain has cool opening.. loved it
My dad told me all the nukes were going to launch at midnight on 2000 because of y2k and i cried while everyone else celebrated new years.
thank u!
This is Mua *chef kiss*
I somehow still haven't heard all of it but i feel i have to now. It'll tie me over until tomorrow
. .
*Technic Angel* & *Pathselector*
Goddesses Of The Virtual World.
. .
I love that hair style
Lol I remember days past of MS Chat 2d or text only I made friends all over the world and I spent hours in one room Red Eye Saloon, and I end up as the Barman serving beer and spend hours just talking and laugh
Great video!!!!
Hi Phia!!
I recently got into VR/VRCHAT and your channel is really helping me out! Thank you so much!!
There is something I'm very interested I but I never found good quality explanations videos. I was hoping you could introduce me a bit more to the topic:
World/Avatar particles in VRchat
I find it so fascinating (it reminds me of Element-Bending like I've seen in Avatar: The last Airbender.
Maybe you'd be interested in making a video!
FLOPPIII is the one person I found on YT who seems to be quiet good at particles, I'm sure ud be able to reach out to him!!
Thank you for reading this; have a good one! 💕
In the beginning of the video, you say that Pathselector was behind Angel Voices, but if I'm not mistaken Angel Voices is meant to be a technic.Angel remix of Ghost Voices hence the song title. Also, Angel Voices prominently displays technic.Angel on the cover art of the single and throughout the music video.
Ooh nice
I envy your chloma x virtual self merch A LOT
hey great vid nice job good
so its music videos that are a story thats cool its like that one daftpunk album and a few others i cant think of
9:06 WAIWAIWAIWIAT they made good bye to a world?! That song is very sad but beautiful song
Holy heck
interesting concept
We need Antigon Moore and Ekowraith lore next time...
bruh this is so cool i did not even know it was a thig tbh
Ayo pso! No wonder Porter is my favorite 🖤
Been listening since language
Not gonna lie, that Lain cosplay is quite good
💜Liked and subscribed ! If only there was a love button! A beautiful soul who posted God Rays live footage sent me to this (:
Gud vid
Well Done :)
O no we lost topwaffle😥 I would always say it at the end of the video lol
Are you excited for second sky?
feel like absolute shit i just want virtual self back
actually a solid video. basically a consolidated version of my thoughts on the whole thing. And why nurture is so disappointing to me
wait theres LORE?
I want Shaft to do a new version of Lain.
Past selector like skrillex
Still waiting for new virtual self. =/
she do be drippin tho