Nietzsche Contra Wagner: Language - Porter Robinson

"The intention pursued by recent music with what is now vigorously, but not at all clearly, called 'infinite melody,' can be clarified by an illustration. One walks into the sea, gradually loses one's secure footing, and finally surrenders oneself to the elements without reservation: one must swim."

In this quote, Nietzsche is describing the sensation of music containing essence 'infinite melody' gives to the body. Unlike older music that has a consistent tempo and rhythm to their melody, music with 'infinite melody' disrupts that stability and challenges its listener outside of their comfort zone. In the electronic dance genre, most songs follow a very predictable tempo pattern, which is comparable to the 'older music'. However, Language by Porter Robinson breaks away from that model to produce within listener the feeling of 'swimming', as they struggle to physically flow with the music, because the artist 'wanted a different kind of movement' that does not adhere to a common guideline.