Deadmau5 Circa 1998-2002 is a compilation album self-released by deadmau5 under the alias Halcyon441. It was uploaded to his SectionZ page on April 5th, 2006.[1] As the title suggests, the album is a collection of tracks Zimmerman created between the years 1998 and 2002.
You can download the album here.
Background[]
When the album was uploaded to SectionZ, the downloadable tracks had a glitch where the first 5 seconds would be cut off. The full, uncut versions of these songs were later restored when provided by the founder of SectionZ, Joshua Z Hernandez.
Tracklist[]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Xeogenesis" | 7:16 |
| 2. | "Another Mistake" | 3:46 |
| 3. | "Dig This" | 5:51 |
| 4. | "Drifting Away" | 4:56 |
| 5. | "Reackt (Version 0.5_beta)" | 6:10 |
| 6. | "Section Z!!!" | 7:39 |
| 7. | "Washed" | 2:32 |
| 8. | "Mentasmic" | 5:53 |
| 9. | "Do It Again" | 3:55 |
| 10. | "I Don't Want No Other" | 5:02 |
| 11. | "Good Karma" | 4:42 |
| 12. | "No Title" | 2:56 |
| 13. | "The Big Difference" | 2:42 |
| 14. | "Elephants on the Loose" | 3:05 |
| 15. | "Rubik - Obsidian" (Halcyon441 Remix) | 6:33 |
| 16. | "Mental Image" (Trance Remix) | 7:25 |
| 17. | "Hiatus Fantasy" | 13:27 |
| 18. | "How to Flame" | 5:09 |
| 19. | "Release v288" | 4:13 |
| 20. | "Screen Door" | 4:37 |
| 21. | "Superlover" | 4:38 |
| 22. | "My Opinion" | 5:49 |
| 23. | "Feelin' Fresh" | 8:15 |
| 24. | "Aural Psynapse" | 8:18 |
| 25. | "The Oshawa Connection" | 3:53 |
| 26. | "Milk" | 1:28 |
| 27. | "Intelstat" | 6:48 |
| 28. | "Momu - Audro" (Viscosity Remix) | 6:13 |
| 29. | "Cafe Del Spain" | 4:25 |
| 30. | "Bored of Canada" | 2:51 |
| 31. | "American Slushie" | 2:48 |
| 32. | "Long Walk Off a Short Pier" | 3:42 |
| 33. | "Homeland Security" | 2:17 |
| 34. | "Hello Sugar" | 3:32 |
| 35. | "Uploadin' and Downloadin'" | 0:42 |
| Total length: | 2:53:28 | |
Trivia[]
- "Bored of Canada", "Intelsat", "I Forget", and "The Oshawa Connection" were officially released on Get Scraped.
- Meanwhile, "Screen Door", "Long Walk Off A Short Pier", "Superlover", "Obsidian", and "My Opinion" were released on Stuff I Used To Do.
- Zimmerman would later remake "Aural Psynapse" in 2011 and release it as a single.
- "Cthulhu Sleeps" from 4x4=12 is loosely based off of "Feelin' Fresh".
- A fragment of the song "Dig This" was used on the Vexillology track "Bounce".
- Online rips of the tracks have approximately five seconds cut from the beginning due to a technical error.
- "Hiatus Fantasy" was originally uploaded as "Haitus Fantasy", a typo.
- The track also samples the prelude theme of Final Fantasy by Nobuo Uematsu.
- "No Title" literally did not have a title, as the file name was "JoelZImmerman-03".
- The lyrics of "Screen Door" come from "The Worst Analogies Ever Written By Highschool Students".
- The cover artwork commonly associated with this album is unofficial. The creator of this cover is Mau5traxx.
References[]
- ↑ "Album Player - Circa 1998-2002", SectionZ (via Internet Archive), April 5, 2006.
| Deadmau5 Albums | ||
|---|---|---|
| Studio Albums | Get Scraped • Vexillology • Random Album Title • For Lack of a Better Name • 4x4=12 • > Album Title Goes Here < • While (1<2) • W:/2016ALBUM/ | |
| Compilation Albums | Deadmau5 Circa 1998-2002 • A Little Oblique • Project 56 • It Sounds Like • For Lack Of A Better Album Title • 5 Years of Mau5 • Stuff I Used To Do | |
| Mix Albums | At Play • At Play Vol. 2 • Tech-Trance-Electro Madness • At Play Vol. 3 • At Play Vol. 4 • At Play in the USA, Vol. 1 • At Play Vol. 5 | |
| Remix Albums | The Remixes • The Remixes Deluxe • The Re-Edits • 5 Years of Mau5 • Strobe (Remixes) | |
| Live Albums | Live @ Earl's Court • Meowingtons Hax 2k11 Toronto | |
| Other | Meowingtons Hax Tour Trax | |