Porter Robinson and Madeon Mark 10 Years of “Shelter” With Anniversary Vinyl
Porter Robinson and Madeon are reissuing "Shelter" as a 10th anniversary 7" vinyl featuring "Beings (Shelter Live Edit)" as its B-side and a new holographic cover.
Ten years after “Shelter” changed what a dance music collaboration could feel like, Porter Robinson and Madeon are giving it the commemorative pressing it deserves. The duo announced a 10-year anniversary edition 7″ vinyl reissue of the track, backed with a B-side fans have been requesting for the better part of a decade: “Beings (Shelter Live Edit),” the version that soundtracked one of the most emotional stretches of their beloved Shelter Live show.
“Announcing: the 10-year anniversary edition vinyl reissue of Shelter, with our favorite live edit as the B-side: Beings (Shelter Live Edit) and a new holographic highlight cover!” Robinson wrote in the announcement post.
The physical itself sounds like a collector's piece through and through. According to the announcement, the sleeve features new holographic highlight artwork printed on silver board with spot gloss UV, and the record comes pressed in an opaque green blended with translucent blue — a swirled colorway that means no two copies look exactly alike. It's available through Porter Robinson's official store for $16.99.
It's hard to overstate what “Shelter” meant when it arrived in August 2016. The one-off single united two producers who had grown up in parallel as prodigies of the blog-house and complextro eras, and its bittersweet, vocoder-led songwriting became a blueprint for the emotional, melodic wing of dance music that followed. The accompanying animated short film, produced with Crunchyroll and A-1 Pictures, gave the song a narrative life of its own and remains a touchstone for the anime-meets-electronic crossover audience both artists still command. The Shelter Live Tour that followed — a fully hybrid two-man live show — set the stage for everything from Robinson's Secret Sky era to Madeon's Good Faith Live.
The reissue also arrives at a fitting moment for both artists' relationship. After years of fans wondering whether the collaboration was a one-time event, the pair reunited on stage in recent years for celebrated back-to-back moments, and the anniversary pressing reads as an acknowledgment that “Shelter” has outgrown single status — it's a shared piece of dance music history now.
For the generation of fans who found electronic music through that song — and the short film's quietly devastating story of Rin and her father — the B-side is the real headline here. “Beings (Shelter Live Edit)” has circulated only in live recordings and rips since 2016-17, and an official pressing finally puts it on wax.
Given how quickly both artists' physical releases tend to disappear, “Shelter” completists probably shouldn't wait on this one.