Deadmau5 (pronounced "dead mouse"), whose real name is Joel Zimmerman, is a progressive house and electro house producer from Toronto, Canada. His extensive discography includes tracks such as "Arguru" and "Not Exactly", which have been included in compilation albums such as In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza, MixMag's Tech-Trance-Electro-Madness (mixed by Deadmau5 himself), and on Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance radio show. He works alongside numerous other DJs and producers, such as Steve Duda under the BSOD alias. His album, Random Album Title, was released electronically in September 2008 via Ultra Records in the U.S. and Ministry of Sound in the UK and Europe. Physical copies of the album were released in November 2008.[1]

Contents [hide]
1 History
2 Controversies
3 Discography
3.1 Albums
4 Recognitions
4.1 Awards
4.2 Nominations
5 References
6 External links


[edit] History
Joel Zimmerman was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario on January 4, 1981. In 2008, he was the best-selling artist on Beatport with more than 30,000 digital downloads with his singles "Not Exactly," "Faxing Berlin," and "Ghosts N Stuff"[2]

Deadmau5 received two nominations for the Juno Award for Dance Recording of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2008 for a track with Billy Newton-Davis and Melleefresh. He did not win an award for Melleefresh's "After Hours" song, but he won the award for Newton-Davis' "All U Ever Want".[3] He was also named "Producer of 2007" by DJ magazine's 2007 Top 100 winner Armin van Buuren,[4] and by runner up Tiësto. [5] In 2008, he placed number 11 in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll, tying Infected Mushroom (2006) for the highest new entry in the poll's history, showing Zimmerman's fast rise to prominence. On May 1, 2008, Deadmau5 became the most awarded DJ/producer of the Beatport Music Awards. He was named "Greatest house DJ ever" by Beatport.[6] In 2009 he also received the most awards, and won 1st place in both nominations, as well as becoming the "Greatest house DJ ever" two years in a row.

In the United States, Deadmau5's collaboration with Kaskade, "Move for Me," reached number one on Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Airplay chart in its September 6, 2008 issue.[7]. In 2009, he was nominated for Grammy Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical ("The Longest Road" (Deadmau5 Remix) by Morgan Page featuring Lissie).

His scene handle was used for a radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.


[edit] Controversies
In December 2007, Marcus Schossow, Maor Levi and Dj Eco[8] created a project named Deadrat6 as a joke on Deadmau5, claiming his tracks sound alike.[9] A similar faux project was also created under the name of Sinterklaa5.[10]. As a counter-move, Deadmau5 created a track under the artist name "Marcus Fatsow",[11].

The rivalry between Deadmau5 and Schossow escalated at an event in April 2008 in Oslo, where, according to Marcus Schossow, Deadmau5 refused to play at a club if Marcus Schossow was going to play afterwards. This led to Marcus Schossow being refused entry and made the night a Deadmau5 solo event.[12]

In an October 2008 interview with the Irish Daily Star Deadmau5 was quoted as follows:

“It puts me to fucking sleep, to be quite honest; I don’t really see the technical merit in playing two songs at the same speed together and it bores me to fucking tears and hopefully, with all due respect to the DJ type that will fucking go the way of the dinosaur, I'd like them to dis-a-fucking-pear! It's so middle man, they’re like fucking lawyers! You need them, but they’re fucking cunts. God bless them, they’re my number one customer right, so I’m not gonna go dis every fucking DJ. But to say you become this massive, "up on a podium" performer by playing other peoples productions, at the same speed as someone else's productions and fading between the two of them, I don’t get it...”[13]

[edit] Discography
Main article: Deadmau5 discography

[edit] Albums
2005: Get Scra

(Hey, baby ?)
What's crackin' ?
Who ya mackin' ?
Whatcha doin' ?
Who ya screwin' ?
Whatcha drinkin ?
Whatcha thinkin' ?

(Hey, baby !)
Say my name
Play your game
Wanna do me ?
Wanna screw me ?
I'm your pet
Make me wet

(Hey, baby ?)
Don't ya stare
I don't care
Want some fun ?
Make me cum
Keep it goin'
Cause it's snowin'

(Hey, baby ?!)
Tie me up
Pin me down
Flip me over
Upside down
Make me make that fuckin' sound

May 1 10:00 pm Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sat, 2 May 2009
Circus with Yousef Album Launch Party at Nation / North, United Kingdom
Sun, 3 May 2009
Deadmau5 'live' at Victoria Works / North, United Kingdom
Wed, 6 May 2009
Deadmau5 at Electric Ballroom / London, United Kingdom
Fri, 22 May 2009
Deadmau5 at Hollywood Palladium / California, United States of America
Thu, 18 Jun 2009
Sonar By Day - Thursday at CCCB / Barcelona, Spain
Fri, 19 Jun 2009
Sonar By Night - Friday at Fira Gran Via / Barcelona, Spain
Fri, 19 Jun 2009
Sonar By Day - Friday at CCCB / Barcelona, Spain
Sat, 20 Jun 2009
Sonar By Night - Saturday at Fira Gran Via / Barcelona, Spain
Sat, 20 Jun 2009
Sonar By Day - Saturday at CCCB / Barcelona, Spain