''Get Scraped'' is the debut studio album by Canadian electronic music producer
Deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. He mainly produces progressive house music, though he also produce ...
, released on July 26, 2005, by the
independent record label Zoolook.
Background
The track title "Bored of Canada" presumably refers to
Boards of Canada, a Scottish downtempo and IDM act whom Zimmerman has pointed to as one of his influences. The track itself is a short, interlude-like track that is reminiscent of the Boards of Canada signature. The track is followed by nearly one minute of silence, and then a few seconds of the track repeating from the beginning again. This is believed to be an error, since a version without the silence can be found on other releases such as ''
Project 56''.
The track "Intelstat" contains vocal samples of the song "M01 Chant I – Making of Cyborg" by
Kenji Kawai
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from the
''Ghost in the Shell'' soundtrack.
Release
The album has a 2005
demo
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* ''Demo'' (Behind Crimson Eyes), a 2004 recording by the band Behind Crimson Eyes
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CD release, which Zimmerman claimed to have been limited to "about 100 copies". Several copies of the demo have since been rediscovered by fans. A revised digital download was released on June 12, 2006. Two tracks "FlashTV" and "Messages from Nowhere" were omitted from the digital release. However they were digitally re-released in 2006 by Nicholas Da Silva, the owner of Zoolook Records on his since removed album ''Hitless''. In March 2017, Zimmerman himself re-released "Messages from Nowhere" on his compilation album ''
Stuff I Used to Do'', which also included the tracks "Sometimes I Fail", "Support", "Try Again" and "Unspecial Effects" from the album as well.
In 2018, the digital download version of ''Get Scraped'' was removed from all major streaming and digital download services for unknown reasons, making the album unavailable to listen to in full.
Reception
Due to the fact that Zimmerman was unknown outside of the Internet at the time, there are no reviews that date near the album's initial release. However, as Zimmerman gained popularity during the late 2000s, online articles looking back on the album's release have emerged.
Track listing
Digital download
CD
References
External links
''Get Scraped''at
Discogs
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Allmusic entry
Deadmau5 albums
2005 debut albums
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