Get Scraped

On November 23, 2004, the now-defunct online platform SectionZ launched a remix contest to promote Zimmerman's forthcoming debut album. Contestants were invited to remix tracks he had uploaded to his user page, with the winning entry intended for inclusion on the album.[http://web.archive.org/web/20050106143457/http://www.sectionzrecords.com/news.asp?newsID=3 "deadmau5 - get scraped remix contest!"], SectionZ Records (via Internet Archive), 23 Nov 2004.

The track title "Bored of Canada" presumably refers to Boards of Canada, a Scottish downtempo and IDM act whom Zimmerman has pointed to as one of his influences. The track itself is a short, interlude-like track that is reminiscent of the Boards of Canada signature. The track is followed by nearly one minute of silence, and then a few seconds of the track repeating from the beginning again. This is believed to be an error, since a version without the silence can be found on other releases such as Project 56.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}

The track "Intelstat" contains vocal samples of the song "M01 Chant I – Making of Cyborg" by Kenji Kawai from the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack.{{cite web|title=Get Scraped by deadmau5 - Samples|work=WhoSampled|url=https://www.whosampled.com/album/deadmau5/Get-Scraped/|access-date=17 March 2018}}

The album has a 2005 demo CD release, which Zimmerman claimed to have been limited to "about 100 copies".{{cite web|title=and i still have about 100 unopened copies of this in a drawer here.... hmmmm!!!!!|work=live.deadmau5.com|url=http://live.deadmau5.com/media?kind=image&item=130|access-date=17 March 2018}} Several copies of the demo have since been rediscovered by fans.{{Cite web|title=Original 2005 Demo Get Scraped|work=Reddit|date=21 January 2017 |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/deadmau5/comments/5pddg5/original_2005_demo_get_scraped/|access-date=17 March 2018}} A revised digital download was released on June 12, 2006.{{cite web|title=Product reviews: Deadmau5 - Get Scraped|work=Amazon|url=https://www.amazon.com/Get-Scraped-deadmau5/product-reviews/B000QQXV2C|access-date=17 March 2018}} Two tracks "FlashTV" and "Messages from Nowhere" were omitted from the digital release. However they were digitally re-released in 2006 by Nicholas Da Silva, the owner of Zoolook Records on his since removed album Hitless.{{cite web |url=http://www.amazon.com/Hitless-Nicholas-Da-Silva/dp/B000QQZUA8 |title=Hitless: Nicholas Da Silva |publisher=Amazon |access-date=June 18, 2013 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319040141/http://www.amazon.com/Hitless-Nicholas-Da-Silva/dp/B000QQZUA8 |archive-date=March 19, 2016 }} In March 2017, Zimmerman himself re-released "Messages from Nowhere" on his compilation album Stuff I Used to Do, which also included the tracks "Sometimes I Fail", "Support", "Try Again" and "Unspecial Effects" from the album as well.{{cite magazine|title=Download deadmau5's 'stuff i used to do' Album Via WeTransfer Now|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7702005/deadmau5-stuff-i-used-to-do-download|access-date=17 March 2018}} In 2018, the digital download version of Get Scraped was removed from all major streaming and digital download services for unknown reasons, making the album unavailable to listen to in full.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Get-Scraped-deadmau5/dp/B000QQXV2C |title=Get Scraped on Amazon |website=Amazon |access-date=16 March 2017}} In December 2018, the track FlashTV, later known as "Shift", appeared on the compilation album New Year's Eve 2019.{{cite web |title=New Year's Eve 2019 on Spotify|website=Spotify|url=https://open.spotify.com/album/3lg7guRXSUJENLg1x4GOuJ?si=L_DiSSsnTLOnRaKaetwLOQ |access-date=18 December 2018}} A compilation album hosted by Melleefresh, the current owner of Play Records.

Due to the fact that Zimmerman was unknown outside of the Internet at the time, there are no reviews that date near the album's initial release. However, as Zimmerman gained popularity during the late 2000s, online articles looking back on the album's release have emerged.{{cite web|title="Get Scraped": Understanding deadmau5 Through his First Album|work=Screen Grab|url=https://screengrab.me/2015/01/12/get-scraped-understanding-deadmau5-through-his-first-album/|access-date=17 March 2018}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Get Scraped digital download track listing

| all_writing = J. Zimmerman

| total_length = 66:26

| title1 = The Oshawa Connection

| length1 = 3:55

| title2 = Intelstat

| length2 = 6:50

| title3 = Careless

| length3 = 6:59

| title4 = Unspecial Effects

| length4 = 3:16

| title5 = Waking Up from the American Dream

| length5 = 6:23

| title6 = I Forget

| length6 = 2:41

| title7 = Try Again

| length7 = 3:14

| title8 = 8bit

| length8 = 4:42

| title9 = Overdraft

| length9 = 4:30

| title10 = Bored of Canada

| length10 = 2:53

| title11 = Support

| length11 = 4:13

| title12 = Edit Your Friends

| length12 = 3:40

| title13 = Satisfaction

| length13 = 4:34

| title14 = Sometimes I Fail

| length14 = 3:38

| title15 = Careless

| note15 = Acoustic

| length15 = 4:58

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Demo CD version

|

| title1 = Sometimes I Fail

| length1 = 3:36

| title2 = American Slushie

| length2 = 2:37

| title3 = Feelin Fresh

| length3 = 8:16

| title4 = Shift

| length4 = 4:58

| title5 = Get Scraped

| length5 = 4:30

| title6 = Messages

| length6 = 4:59

| title7 = Bored of Canada

| length7 = 1:47

| title8 = Waking Up

| length8 = 6:18

}}

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• [http://www.discogs.com/Deadmau5-Get-Scraped/release/2276728 Get Scraped] at Discogs
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20120924030714/http://www.allmusic.com/album/get-scraped-mw0000306393 Allmusic entry]

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