''Deadmau5 Circa 1998–2002'' is a self-released

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by Canadian electronic music producer

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, released under the name Halcyon441 on his SectionZ page. The compilation features tracks (or variants of tracks) that were released on his 2005 debut album ''

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''. Zimmerman later re-released the tracks "Screen Door", "Long Walk Off A Short Pier", "Superlover", "Obsidian", and a reworked version of "My Opinion" on his 2017 compilation album '' Stuff I Used to Do''. The compilation's tracks have been uploaded to

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, but most of the songs have approximately five seconds cut from the beginning due to technical error.

Songs

''Deadmau5 Circa 1998–2002'' features the song "

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", which would be remade and re-released in 2011, as well as the track "Feelin' Fresh", which the 2010 track "Cthulhu Sleeps" (from ''

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'') would be loosely based on. In addition, a fragment of the song "Dig This" was used on the track "Bounce" (from the album "Vexillology", in 2006). "Bored of Canada" is assumed to refer to Scottish IDM act

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. This track would later feature on Zimmerman's 2005 album ''

'' and his 2008 compilation '' Project 56''.

Track listing

References

External links

* Deadmau5 albums 2006 albums {{2000s-house-album-stub