The Veldt (song)
song by deadmau5
"The Veldt" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer deadmau5 and features vocals from American musician Chris James. The song is featured on deadmau5's sixth studio album Album Title Goes Here.
| "The Veldt" | ||||
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| Song by deadmau5 featuring Chris James | ||||
| from the album Album Title Goes Here | ||||
| Released | 8 May 2012 | |||
| Genre | Progressive house, ambient house | |||
| Length | 11:40 (Original) 8:40 (8 minute edit) 2:50 (Radio Edit) | |||
| Label | mau5trap Ultra Records (US/Canada) EMI (Rest of world) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Joel Zimmerman, Chris James | |||
| Producer(s) | deadmau5 | |||
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The song was inspired by the 1950 short story by Ray Bradbury. The song was created during a 22-hour live stream. Chris James was found on Twitter by deadmau5 when James created his own vocal rendition of the song. deadmau5 liked his James" rendition so much that he included it in the official release of the song.[1]
The music video is based on "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury and is loosely based around the 2010 video game, Limbo.
The song was ranked at #48 on Rolling Stone' list of the 50 best songs of 2012.[2]
References
change- ↑ "DEADMAU5 'THE VELDT'". Mixmag. Archived from the original on 2012-05-18. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
- ↑ "50 Best Songs of 2012: Deadmau5, 'The Veldt'". Rolling Stone. 5 December 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-12-07. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
