while(1<2)

Electronic · 2014 · 27 tracks · 4h 30m

while(1<2)

A sprawling double-album odyssey through modular synthesis and cinematic ambient. Less a dance record and more a two-hour meditation on mechanical melancholy.

June 17, 2014 · Virgin Records Ltd.

A cold, mechanical exterior that hides a deeply melancholic and human core.

Tracklist · 27 Tracks · 4h 30m

01

Avaritia

6:43

02

Coelacanth I

2:46

03

Ice Age (deadmau5 remix)

6:51

04

My Pet Coelacanth

8:15

05

Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer

9:36

06

Terrors in My Head

8:38

07

Creep

5:38

08

Somewhere Up Here

5:10

09

Phantoms Can’t Hang

9:16

10

Gula

6:56

11

while(1<2), Part 1

67:12

12

Acedia

6:26

13

Invidia

3:17

14

Errors in My Bread

5:18

15

Survivalism (deadmau5 remix)

3:38

16

Silent Picture

3:38

17

Rlyehs Lament

4:49

18

Superbia

2:14

19

Mercedes

9:38

20

Bleed

4:00

21

Ira

2:38

22

Monday

3:46

23

A Moment to Myself

3:28

24

Pets

7:31

25

Coelacanth II

2:36

26

Seeya

6:40

27

while(1<2), Part 2

63:41

Moments Worth Listening For

The sudden transition from the glitchy tension of Gula into the sprawling seventy minute continuous mix of Part 1.

The way the Nine Inch Nails remix of Survivalism strips the original of its grit and replaces it with a cold, mechanical pulse.

The delicate, isolated piano melody of Bleed that feels like a fragile ghost inside a massive machine.

Reviews

AllMusic

Where This Album Departs

How does while(1<2) sound next to the rest of deadmau5's catalogue?

Existential+1.8σ

The writing leans notably further into existential than the rest of the catalogue.

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