Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as deadmau5 (pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. He mainly produces progressive house and electro house music, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. Zimmerman has received six Grammy Award nominations for his work.
He has worked with other DJs and producers, such as Kaskade, Wolfgang Gartner, Rob Swire, and Chris Lake. He has also collaborated with Steve Duda under the group name BSOD (Better Sounding On Drugs) and was part of the group named WTF? with Duda, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero. In 2007, he founded his own record label, Mau5trap. Deadmau5 is currently one of the highest-paid electronic music producers in the world, and is a masked music artist similar to Marshmello and Daft Punk.
In 2000, an early 12" single produced on vinyl titled "I Don't Want No Other" was released by Zimmerman and Derek Caesar, under the group name Dred and Karma. A 2006 compilation album titled Deadmau5 Circa 1998–2002 was self-released under the alias Halcyon441. His debut studio album, Get Scraped, was released in 2005, with follow-up Vexillology in 2006. His breakthrough, Random Album Title, was released in 2008 and was certified gold in Canada, and silver in the United Kingdom. The album includes seminal release "Faxing Berlin", "Not Exactly", and moderate chart hit "I Remember" (with Kaskade). In 2009, his fourth studio album For Lack of a Better Name was released to critical acclaim, featuring Rob Swire collaboration "Ghosts 'n' Stuff", "Hi Friend", and the critically acclaimed "Strobe". His fifth studio album, 4×4=12, released in late 2010, supported by singles "Some Chords", "Animal Rights", "Sofi Needs a Ladder", and "Raise Your Weapon".
In 2012, Zimmerman released singles "The Veldt" and "Professional Griefers" (featuring Gerard Way) to commercial success. These singles were featured on his sixth studio album, Album Title Goes Here. Following his departure from long-time label Ultra Records, Zimmerman released his seventh studio album, While(1
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I don't think you understand what Radio Paradise is.
Hazy_arc wrote:
Not my first choice in music. But when you gaze across a sea of people, and they are all throbbing to the beat, I totally get it. I don't think you get that same level of audience cohesion at a typical rock show.
Crank it up and enjoy the drop!
Because disco sucks. The song is two years old (and I've rated it a '1'), yet it still plays every single day.
It's because I rated it a 10. You're welcome.
Eclecticism -it's not just for breakfast anymore.
Personally, I take comments like this to mean that it actually does belong on a playlist here. Because if people are getting confused and uncomfortable with what's being played, then RP is doing a good job of pushing us outside of our comfort zone.
I know the feeling !
67 here, and I agree! My kid has tuned me in to many groups the last 25 years that none of my peers are even remotely familiar with, and that's on them.....
Just wishing there was a repeat button.
There isn't much point in listening to a radio station that describes its mix as eclectic and then moaning when you don't like one of the songs.
Thanks Bill for sending us elsewhere, sometimes this made my day.