The Veldt
| The Veldt | |
|---|---|
| Deadmau5 feat. Chris James | |
| publication | May 6, 2012 (single) June 22, 2012 (EP) |
| length | 2:50 minutes (radio edit) 8:39 minutes |
| Genre (s) | Dance , electro house |
| text | Joel Zimmerman , Chris James |
| music | Deadmau5 |
| album | Album Title Goes Here |
The Veldt is a song by the Canadian electro house producer Deadmau5 in collaboration with Chris James . It was first published on May 6, 2012 in Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States, Austria and Switzerland on iTunes . An EP was also released on June 22, 2012. In addition to the song, this contains remixes by Freeform Five and Tommy Trash and Failbait by Deadmau5 feat. Cypress Hill . The Tommy Trash remix was nominated for a Grammy in December 2012 .
backgrounds
The song, which is named after a short story of the same name by the author Ray Bradbury , who died in June 2012 , was originally recorded by Deadmau5 during a live session in the studio on March 18, 2012. Chris James released a version on SoundCloud in which he sang his vocals to the instrumental. He informed Deadmau5 of this via Twitter , whereupon the latter visibly enthused with “@ChrisJOffical DUDE ... YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME ???? god DAMN! ”responded. James recorded the other stanzas and sent them to Deadmau5, after which he announced that he had received the recordings.
On April 20, 2012 the title was released simultaneously on the channel of Deadmau5 and that of Ultra Records on YouTube. The radio edit was released on May 7th, 2012. On May 17th the remix of Tommy Trash was uploaded, on May 30th the remix of Freeform Five was uploaded. After Ray Bradbury's death on June 5 of the same year, Deadmau5 tweeted that Bradbury had touched many people with his work - and some who he probably did not expect, who only found out about him through the song.
Music video
The official music video was first released on June 25, 2012 on Deadmau5's YouTube channel and Ultra Records' YouTube channel. The music video retells Ray Bradbury's story. In the video, the two children Peter and Wendy move through the steppes of Africa in a virtual reality. The video, produced by Warren Green at Qudos Animations and directed by Manroop Takhar, is Deadmau5's first music video since Ghosts 'n' Stuff 2009. According to Deadmau5, it is designed as Limbos .
reception
Charts
The Veldt was able to place itself in the Swiss Top 75 at number 68, which is his second place, previously he co-produced Happiness with Alexis Jordan in 2011 and reached number 44 there. In addition, the song was also number 24 in the Canadian charts and number 68 in the reach UK charts.
criticism
Daily Star's John Earls thinks the song would be atmospheric, but a bit sluggish at nine minutes. He awarded six out of ten possible points. Tina Karkinen of Owl Mag reviewed the EP and said that given deadmau5's ingenuity and ability to produce new electronic music, it would be no wonder his head was so big.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Veldt - single. iTunes, May 6, 2012; archived from the original on July 2, 2012 ; Retrieved on August 23, 2012 (German, Germany).
- ^ The Veldt - single. iTunes, May 6, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 (English, United Kingdom).
- ↑ The Veldt (feat. Chris James) - single. iTunes, May 6, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 (English, United States).
- ^ The Veldt - single. iTunes, May 6, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 (German, Austria).
- ^ The Veldt - single. iTunes, May 6, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 (French / German, Switzerland).
- ^ The Veldt EP. (No longer available online.) ITunes, June 22, 2012, formerly original ; Retrieved August 23, 2012 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ Tommy Trash, Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl nominated for Grammys. (No longer available online.) Inthemix, archived from the original on December 8, 2012 ; accessed on December 8, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EP premiere: Deadmau5, 'The Veldt'. Rolling Stone , June 20, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Chris James: Deadmau5-TheVeldt (Vocal Mix). SoundCloud, accessed on August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ To @ -reply becomes a collaboration with Deadmau5. (No longer available online.) Dev.twitter.com, archived from the original on July 27, 2012 ; accessed on August 23, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Deadmau5: March 20th at 6:05 pm. Facebook, March 20, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ UltraRecords: deadmau5 feat. Chris James - The Veldt. YouTube, April 20, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Deadmau5: deadmau5 feat. Chris James - The Veldt. YouTube, April 20, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ UltraRecords: deadmau5 ft. Chris James - The Veldt (Radio Edit). YouTube, May 7, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Deadmau5: deadmau5 feat. Chris James - The Veldt (Tommy Trash Remix). YouTube, May 17, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Deadmau5: deadmau5 feat. Chris James - The Veldt (Freeform Five Remix). YouTube, May 30, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Deadmau5: 7:45 AM - 6 Jun 12 via web. Twitter, June 6, 2012, accessed on August 23, 2012 (English): "RIP Ray Bradbury :( you've touched many lives with your work, and even a few more recently you might not have expected! Sleep well dude!"
- ↑ UltraRecords: deadmau5 feat. Chris James - The Veldt (Official Video). YouTube, June 25, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Deadmau5: deadmau5 feat. Chris James - The Veldt (Music Video). YouTube, June 25, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Jeff Giles: DEADMAU5 RELEASES NEW 'THE VELDT' VIDEO. diffuser.fm, June 30, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Jenny Prucnal: Deadmau5 Releases New Video For “The Veldt”. A ONCE FUTURISTIC STORY NOW APPLIES. MTV Iggy, June 25, 2012, accessed August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Deadmau5: deadmau5 - The Veldt. Dailymotion , accessed on August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Johnny Firecloud: Watch: Deadmau5's Ray Bradbury-Inspired "The Veldt" Video. (No longer available online.) Crave Online, June 25, 2012, archived from the original on July 15, 2012 ; accessed on August 23, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ ALEXIS JORDAN - HAPPINESS. hitparade.ch, accessed on August 23, 2012 (German).
- ↑ DEADMAU5 FEAT. CHRIS JAMES - THE VELDT. hitparade.ch, accessed on August 23, 2012 (German).
- ↑ Deadmau5 - The Veldt. αCharts.us, accessed on August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ Deadmau5 - The Veldt. Chart Archive, accessed on August 23, 2012 .
- ↑ John Earls: DEADMAU5: THE VELDT - SINGLE REVIEW. (No longer available online.) Daily Star, June 25, 2012, formerly the original ; retrieved on August 23, 2012 (English): "A NEW tune in honor of the mouse's favorite author Ray Bradbury, it's atmospheric, cinematic ... and a bit dull at nine minutes."
- ↑ Tina Karkinen: ALBUM REVIEW: “The Veldt EP” by Deadmau5. Owl Mag, June 24, 2012, accessed on August 23, 2012 (English): "With his sense of ingenuity and aptitude for reinventing electronic music it's no wonder Deadmau5 has such a big head."
