It’s finally happening: After an onerous wait, Deadmau5 fans will be thrilled to see that the official tracklist for the Canadian progressive-house mastermind’s upcoming album has at last been announced, with the LP having become available for preorder on iTunes yesterday. Earlier this month, Joel Zimmerman [the man under the Mau5head] revealed the album title to be While(1<2), which, cleverly enough, is programming code for “to loop indefinitely”, in addition to setting the release date for June 17th through a post on his private subscription-based site; live.deadmau5.com.
Being his seventh album to date, While(1<2) is a two-disc, 25-track coalescence of diverse tunes that many avid fans would remember to have been posted as works in progress on Joel’s SoundCloud account, or might even recall hearing on one of his studio livestreams. An amalgamation of tracks produced and revamped over the past three years, such as “Pets”, “Coelacanth”, “Seeya” (featuring the smooth, dulcet vocals of Colleen D’Agostino), and even a collaborative track with esteemed American rock band, Nine Inch Nails, comprise this album. Furthermore, and perhaps most notably, the LP also includes a continuous mix of each part.
However, it appears as though not all fans were entirely pleased by the fact that they had heard many of the tracks before, as they were anticipating an album full of brand new songs. Deadmau5, who has always made the effort to share what he’s been working on in the studio with his fans, responded to these negative comments in a Reddit post:
“Well, there you go. tracklist is out. It’s another culmination of another years worth of work. and i’ve always made a point to share most of my work in progress with my fans and supporters. It is a little disheartening to see negative feedback about the lack of “new” music to the die hard fan who has probably been heard everything on there… but thats just the nature of “oversharing”. I’m still proud to call this body of work a good representative album of my production capabilities, whether youve heard it or not.
the idea i like to keep in mind, is that it might be hard for you to see it, but i think the larger portion of the mau5 world hasnt heard any of this. at all. think about new fans? or people who’d like an introduction to whatever it is i do. its not “for” those people, its not “for” the die hard fans… its kinda for everyone.
id hate to just lock myself in the studio, with no streams, no fan interaction, no song previews, no free releases on live.deadmau5.com then just make an annual appearance once a year with an album full of new stuff… thats just not my style. Albums (for me) arent produced in a single sitting, overnight. They take time… and during that time, i like to keep people posted on my progress and how its moving along, whether its a stream, soundcloud preview, or live.deadmau5.com release…. and if thats something that “COMPLETELY RUINS AN ALBUM” for you… then… well, shit. i dont know what to tell you.
in the end, im proud of this album. And whether you’ve heard some, most or all over the course of the time it took me to do it, i hope you enjoy it as well. :)”
Deadmau5, himself, seems to be pleased with the finished result, having stated that While(1<2) is “the first album that he would even call an album”, it being put together as a much more fluid and unified record than a sporadic collection of songs. The full tracklist can be viewed below, and fans that preorder will also receive “Avaritia” immediately, which they will undoubtedly have on loop until the album’s formal release.
Part 1:
1. Avaritia
2. Coelacanth I
3. Ice Age (feat. deadmau5) [deadmau5 remix] by How to Destroy Angels
4. My Pet Coelacanth
5. Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer
6. Terrors in My Head
7. Creep
8. Somewhere Up Here
9. Phantom’s Can’t Hang
10. Gula
11. while (1<2) [Part 1] continuous mix
Part 2:
1. Acedia
2. Invidia
3. Errors In My Bread
4. Survivalism (feat. deadmau5) [deadmau5 remix] by Nine Inch Nails
5. Silent Picture
6. Rlyehs Lament
7. Superbia
8. Mercedes
9. Bleed
10. Ira
11. Monday
12. A Moment To Myself
13. Pets
14. Coelacanth II
15. Seeya (feat. Colleen D’Agostino)
16. while (1<2) [Part 2] continuous mix
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