Released November 4, 2011 Length 7:30 | Format Digital Download | |
Recorded 2001 (original)2011 (remake) Label mau5trapUltra Records (US/Canada) | ||
"Aural Psynapse" is a single by Canadian house music producer deadmau5.
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Background
The original version of the track was recorded in 2001 and uploaded to SectionZ on June 17, 2002 under the alias "Halcyon441" (Zimmerman's screen name at the time) on the self-released compilation deadmau5 Circa 1998-2002.
Zimmerman previewed a remake in April 2011 through Ustream while it was a work in progress, noting it was originally "a track [he] made [...] ten years ago". The remake even uses a sample from the original 2002 release.
It was first played live in August 2011 during the Meowingtons Hax Tour.
Release
The track was released on November 4, 2011. In December 2011, the song was featured in the tour Hard x Mouth Taped Shut. The song was also featured on the 2014 compilation album 5 years of mau5.
Appearances Games
The song "Aural Psynapse" from the 2001 version of the album Deadmau5 Circa 1998-2002 appears in the Miniclip game "Little Rocketman".
Chart performance
The song peaked on the Billboard Canadian Hot 100 at No. 38.