Deadmau5

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Deadmau5
Background information
Birth name	Joel Zimmerman
Born	January 5, 1981 (1981-01-05) (age 27) Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Electro/Progressive
Occupation(s)	DJ, Producer, Remixer
Years active	2005 - present
Label(s)	Mau5trap Recordings
Associated acts	Chris Lake, BSOD (Steve Duda vs Deadmau5), WTF?
Website	myspace.com/deadmau5
Notable instrument(s)
Nord Lead 2x, Moog Synth, Ableton, Allen & Heath Xone 3d

Deadmau5 (pronounced "Dead mouse" and born Joel Zimmerman in Ontario, Canada) is a Progressive House artist and DJ from Toronto, Canada known for tracks such as "Arguru" and "Not Exactly"; tracks which have been included on compilation albums such as In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza and MixMag's "Tech-Trance-Electro-Madness", mixed by Deadmau5 himself, and on Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance radio show.

Contents 1 History 2 Discography 2.1 Albums 2.2 Singles 2.3 Remixes 2.4 Co-productions 3 References

[edit] History

Joel Zimmerman was called the most notable producer for 2007 by Tiësto and Armin van Buuren in interviews regarding their ranking in DJMAG's top DJs in the world.^[1][2]

Deadmau5 was introduced to the world February 2007 when a copy of "Faxing Berlin" found its way to the hands of the radio show host Pete Tong. Since then Deadmau5 has released online singles, started the record label Mau5trap Recordings, and has been featured on at least 15 dance compilations in 2007. His studio album is awaiting release in September 2008.

The name Deadmau5 comes from an incident where a mouse crawled into Zimmerman's computer. He chose the name Deadmau5 because "dead mouse" comprises too many characters to use as an IRC handle.^[3]

All U Ever Want, a collaboration album with Billy Newton-Davis, won a 2008 Juno Award in the Dance recording category. The Deadmau5 remix of "No Pressure" by One+One has been featured on the Electro-Choc radio station in Grand Theft Auto IV.

Deadmau5 became the "Most influential, forward-thinking and relevant person" according to the Beatport Music Awards in 2008. ^[4] He won; Best Electro/House Artist, Most Influential Person, Best Progressive House Artist, Best Single "Not Exactly", and came Runner Up best remix with; "Community Funk (Deadmau5 Remix)" in the Beatport.com Music Awards 2008.

Joel is also working with Tommy Lee under the name "WTF?" along with DJ Aero and Steve Duda.^[5]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

• "Get Scraped"
• "Vexillology"
• "Full Circle"

[edit] Singles

"Vanishing Point" "Sex, Lies, & Audio-tape" "Full Circle" "Stereo Fidelity" "Tau v1" "Tau v2" "Desynchronized" "Resynchronized" (unreleased) "This Noise" "Jaded" "Faxing Berlin" "We Fail" "Not Exactly" "Arguru"

"The Reward Is Cheese" (featuring Jelo) "Complications" "Everything After" "Everything Before" "Secondary Complications" "Community Nap" "Creep" "Peddler Of Misery" "Fifths" "Alone With You" "Hi-Friend" (unreleased) "I Remember" (featuring Kaskade) (unreleased) "Clockwork" (unreleased) "Move For Me" (with Kaskade) "Duo Cad Sordid" (free release on Beatport)

[edit] Remixes

• "Billy Newton Davis - Outta My Life (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Bodyrox feat. Luciana - What Planet You On (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Burufunk & Carbon Community - Community Funk (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Calvin Harris - Merrymaking At My Place (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Cirez D - Teaser (Deadmau5 Remix Version 1)"
• "Cirez D - Teaser (Deadmau5 Remix Version 2)"
• "Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (Deadmau5 Edit)"
• "Filter Freq - Dirty Sexy Club Music (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Gianluca Motta feat. Molly Bancroft - Not Alone (Deadmau5 Vocal+Dub Remixes)"
• "Hybrid - Finished Symphony (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "James Talk - Remote (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "James Zabiela & Nic Faniculli presents One+One - No Pressure (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Jorgensen vs BSD - I Don't Care (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Kamisshake - Dark Beat (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Lützenkirchen - 3 Tage Wach (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Marco Demark feat. Casey Barnes - Tiny Dancer (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Matt Rock - What U Feel (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Micky Slim vs House of Pain - Jump Around (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Mike Di Scala vs Colin Airey - Space And Time (Deadmau5 Vocal + Dub Remixes)"
• "Morgan Page Feat. Lissie - Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Noir - Super Skunk (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Purple Code - The Rising (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Rachael Starr - To Forever (Deadmau5 Vocal+Dub Remixes)"
• "Sydney Blu - Give It Up For Me (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "The Crystal Method - Cherry Twist (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Tom Neville - Slide (Deadmau5 Remix)"
• "Young Rebels & Francesco Diaz - It's Our Future (Deadmau5 Remix)"

[edit] Co-productions

"Deadmau5 & Steve Duda" (BSOD - stands for Better Sounding On Drugs) Played Out Game Over High Scores Monochrome Pay Here To Click Lollercoaster Echoes Roflcopter Oblique Less Oblique Push it Harder (feat. Marcie) A Bit Sketchy Saws & Squares Bitches Plan B Even More Sketchy Lollercoaster (Outright Hilarious Mix) Lollercoaster (Rather Serious Mix) Lollercoaster (Kinda Funny Mix) This is the Hook This is the Hook Instrumental This is Also the Hook Milton

"Deadmau5 & Mellefresh" Cocktail Queen Sex Slave Whispers Beautiful, Rich & Horny Hey Baby Something Inside Me Afterhours Deadmau5, Tommy Lee & DJ Aero (WTF) Cebae5555 Chicken Redic You Can't Afford This Chris Lake & Deadmau5 I Thought Inside Out "Deadmau5 & Glenn Morrison" later as Glenn Morrison Blue Skies With Linda Contact Circles Hydrology No Sudden Moves

Preceded by n/a	Beatport Music Awards: Best Electro House Artist 2008	Succeeded by n/a
Preceded by n/a	Beatport Music Awards: Best Progressive House Artist 2008	Succeeded by n/a
Preceded by n/a	Beatport Music Awards: Best Single - Not Exactly 2008	Succeeded by n/a

[edit] References