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while(1<2)
Electronic · 2014 · 27 tracks · 4h 30m

while(1<2)

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

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It's like a two-hour sci-fi movie for your ears that actually makes you productive.

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

while(1<2) · vs · deadmau5
Existential+1.8σ

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

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 Waiting 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.
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