While (1 Is Less Than 2)

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While (1 less than 2) (stylized as while (1<2)) is the seventh studio album by Canadian house producer deadmau5 (his fifth mainstream album). It was released on June 17, 2014 by Ultra Records.

Background[change | change source]

In January 2014, deadmau5 announced on Twitter that his upcoming seventh album was completed. He also announced that it was a double-disc album containing a continuous mix for each disc and that the album as a whole, minus the mixes, would contain 25 tracks.

On May 10, 2014, Deadmau5 announced through his subscription service live.deadmau5.com that his upcoming album will be titled While(1<2) and will be released on June 17, 2014.[1] The name of the album is a programming language reference, as well as a reflection of the two-disc nature of the album.

Singles[change | change source]

The song, "Avaritia", was made available for download on May 20 when pre-ordering from iTunes.

Track listing[change | change source]

Disc 1
No. Title Length
1. "Avaritia"   6:42
2. "Coelacanth I"   2:46
3. "Ice Age (deadmau5 Remix)" (How to Destroy Angels feat. deadmau5) 6:51
4. "My Coelacanth"   8:15
5. "Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer"   9:36
6. "Terrors In My Head"   8:37
7. "Creep"   5:37
8. "Somewhere Up Here"   5:10
9. "Phantoms Can't Hang"   9:15
10. "Gula"   6:56
11. "while (1<2) [Continuous Mix] [Part 1]"   1:17:12
Total length:
2:16:57
Disc 2
No. Title Length
1. "Acedia"   6:25
2. "Invidia"   3:16
3. "Professional Griefers (Radio Edit)"   6:51
4. "Survivalism (deadmau5 Remix)" (Nine Inch Nails feat. deadmau5) 3:37
5. "Silent Picture"   3:38
6. "Rlyehs Lament"   4:48
7. "Superbia"   2:14
8. "Mercedes"   9:38
9. "Bleed"   4:00
10. "Ira"   2:38
11. "Monday"   3:45
12. "A Moment To Myself"   3:28
13. "Pets"   7:31
14. "Coelacanth II"   2:36
15. "Seeya" (feat. Colleen D'Agostino) 6:40
16. "while (1<2) [Continuous Mix] [Part 2]"   1:13:12
Total length:
1:49:02

Release history[change | change source]

Region Date Label
Worldwide June 17, 2014 mau5trap, EMI Music Publishing

References[change | change source]

  1. "Deadmau5 Announces Album Title and Release Date". 11 May 2014.