Katie’s Corner: Deadmau5 Album Review

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I felt like I had been waiting forever for the new DeadMau5 to come out. Finally this Tuesday it was in stores and available on iTunes. I downloaded it immediately, got out my notepad, started listening and taking notes.

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As a whole the new ATGH (ā€œAlbum Title Goes Hereā€) is classic DeadMau5 at its best. Hypnotic melodies and addictive dance beats that make it impossible to not move in your seat. The tracks I thought best displayed this classic DeadMau5 house-style that made Joel famous and that weā€™ve grown to love were ā€œMathsā€, which was also the first single off the cd, and ā€œThe Veldtā€ feat. Chris James. Chris has a beautiful voice and the lyrics are catchy and fun to sing along with.

Oddly enough, I dare to say that a few of the tracks reminded me a lot of songs off of Tiestoā€™s ā€œElements of Lifeā€ (2008) . ā€œSuperliminalā€ the very first track on the cd is personally my least favorite, and somewhat dull. Donā€™t get me wrong: the track was in no way bad, but it just didnā€™t impress me and I quickly found myself wanting to advance to the next track.

ā€œChannel 42ā€ is the second track on ATGH and is most reminiscent of Tiestoā€™s ā€œElements of Lifeā€ (off the ā€œElements of Lifeā€ cd, 2008) in its melodies, combined with the traditional DeadMau5 dance beat. I liked this track MUCH more then the first and didnā€™t want to change the song at all.

ā€œFn Pigā€ is the fourth song on the album and again has a more trance-ish or progressive house type feel than the usual DeadMau5. It starts out slow but finally picks up around 2+ minutes and drops around 3:45 into one sick little DeadMau5 jam. This was by far one of my favorite tracks once it got going.

The fifth song on ATGH ā€œProfession Griefersā€ feat. Gerald Way is a venture out for DeadMau5 in my opinion, but a successful one. Itā€™s the hardest track on the album so far and also one of my top picks. In my notes I said it was ā€œwicked sickā€ and that it had ā€œvocals to sing along with.ā€

ā€œThere might be coffeeā€ was released by Joel (DeadMau5) on SoundCloud earlier this summer and has been on my favorites list ever since. It has a little bit of a 80ā€™s brat-pack movie soundtrack kind of feel fused with our good old DeadMau5. Also, one of my favorites on the entire cd.

The eighth song on ATGH ā€œTake care of the Proper Paperworkā€ is an very unexpected hard track and pretty wicked. A definite must listen.

ā€œCloserā€ the ninth track, is like the the very first and somewhat unimpressive. Again, by no means a bad song at all just nothing that really surprised or impressed me. Again branching out into a more progressive house trace like feel with this track I took few notes on it as I literally was dying to get to the next song.

ā€˜ā€™Octoberā€ is #10 on ATGH and is again another example of the classic house DeadMau5 sound weā€™re addicted to, but new and improved. It reminds me of classic rave music ā€“ gorgeous melody and hard back beat.

I think Iā€™ve said this about almost every track on this album but the next two are definitely my favorites. First being #11 ā€œSleeplessā€ which again is a venture out for DeadMau5 but with spotless execution. It has some dope bass guitar licks and is beyond groovy and funky. Itā€™s a more mellow track but something different which is always what I prefer.

The second is ā€œ12 ā€œFailBaitā€ feat. Cyprus Hill. This iis a total hip hop electronic track and is FUCKING SIICKK! A big step for DeadMau5 but like always he killed it!!! I cannot get enough of this song.

ā€œTelecommunications.ā€feat. Imogen Heap is another more trance/progressive house style track that could defiantly be played on pop and top 40 radio stations. Imogenā€™s voice reminds me of Dido and the lyrics are great.

Aside radio edits and a Tommy Trash remix of ā€œThe Veldtā€ the last song on the album is ā€œStrobe (The Live Versionā€ which I would definitely consider and EDM ballad if there is such a thing. Itā€™s a very pretty track, mostly piano, and a great way to wind down after a long night at a show or festival.

All in all the new DeadMau5 is worth the purchase. There were a few disappointments but more often then not I found myself surprised and impressed.

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