{"id":24288,"date":"2016-11-20T12:25:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T12:25:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=24288"},"modified":"2016-11-20T12:29:33","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T12:29:33","slug":"deadmau5-launches-pre-sale-for-w2016album-with-let-go-featuring-grabbitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/11\/deadmau5-launches-pre-sale-for-w2016album-with-let-go-featuring-grabbitz\/","title":{"rendered":"deadmau5 LAUNCHES PRE-SALE FOR \u2018W:\/2016ALBUM\/\u2019 WITH \u201cLET GO\u201d FEATURING GRABBITZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

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deadmau5, a leading figure in electronic music, will unleash his sixth studio album W:\/2016ALBUM\/ (pronounced as \u2018w drive 2016 album\u2019) on December 2. The album is his first release as an independent artist via his own label mau5trap. \u00a0The pre-order was officially launchesd on Friday, with the release of ‘Let Go’, featuring Grabbitz.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

‘W:\/2016ALBUM\/’ is a mix of material written over the last few years, with ‘Let Go’, one of the album\u2019s centrepiece\u00a0selections, featuring moody atmospheric vocals from Grabbitz. \u00a0The track was originally released as the instrumental ‘Silent Picture’, after which\u00a0the deadmau5 created a bootleg vocal for the track, and renamed it,\u00a0‘Blood For The Bloodgoat’. \u00a0Today it stands revised as the album-worthy ‘Let Go’.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on ‘W:\/2016ALBUM\/’ is a myriad of deadmau5\u2019s original electronic compositions including ‘Cat Thruster’,\u00a0‘2448’\u00a0(written as the new anthem for Canadian hockey outfit, the Toronto Maple Leafs); the rising techno of the superb ‘Imaginary Friends’, inspired by deadmau5\u2019s own love for gaming, specifically eSports; and the slow-building, ‘No Problem’,\u00a0a song whose quirky intro of bells and synths is reminiscent of Tom Waits\u2019 ‘What\u2019s He Building In There’.<\/p>\n

That the album can go from atmospheric to techno to old-school synths is reflective of where deadmau5 is right now musically.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m starting to appreciate or at least come to grips with that it\u2019s okay to just end the song and then do another one. I\u2019m not a DJ, I\u2019m not up there blending songs together in a harmonious way that aren\u2019t mine, that create this seamless flow,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

You can pre-order ‘W:\/2016ALBUM’ here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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