• Hear Deadmau5' '5 Years Of Mau5' Guatemala Live Set [LISTEN]

    We have been very lucky in these past few months because normally, deadmau5 live sets released onto the web are exceedingly rare. Some intrepid soul recorded his entire set with Eric Prydz at Hard Day of The Dead and then his set from The Knockdown Center in Queens, New York City was live streamed as part of the Honda Summer concert series to promote his 5 Years Of Mau5 compilation. Joel Zimmerman continues the touring in support of the two-disc remix compilation as he spent the New Year in Central and South America playing shows in Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia and Guatemala. His set in Guatemala was recorded and has been made available for fans on the internet.

  • Deadmau5 Announces Remix Contest For Dillon Francis's Remix Of 'Some Chords' From '5 Years Of Mau5'

    This one is a little meta, but bear with us -- it is deadmau5 and Dillon Francis, so anything is possible. Deadmau5's label, mau5trap is inviting producers to remix Dillon Francis's remix of deadmau5's classic 2010 track "Some Chords." The grand prize winner will take home a large pile of loot that includes a large stack of modular synth modules, some software, an official mau5trap release and other goodies. The remix contest ends on Jan. 19, 2015, so get your DAW open ASAP and get working on this remix for the chance to impress deadmau5 and his team.

  • deadmau5 Trolls Camera Wielding Fan In Uruguay On Twitter

    As Azealia Banks is to twitter beef in hip-hop, deadmau5 is to twitter tolling (and sometimes beefs) in dance music. Life is much more interesting with them around, not to mention the quality music they have released. The "Strobe" producer is slated to play a gig tonight in Uruguay and as he was sitting down to some dinner, a fan in the same establishment decided to take a photo and post it to social media. Always aware of what his fans are tweeting about him, deadmau5 saw the picture and was a little unnerved by the picture, in turn taking a picture of the fan eating dinner

  • The Prodigy Tease New Single 'Nasty' Release Date From Upcoming Album

    U.K. electronic band The Prodigy appear to be breaking their studio silence at last and are ready to release some new music very soon. Very little information has emerged about the new album except that Liam Howlett was busy writing and recording, but sometime in the spring of 2015 the album was tentatively scheduled for release. Now they have provided more details about possible new music by teasing the cover art of their new single "Nasty Nasty" on Instagram. The song will apparently come out, according to the caption, sometime in January, though they will not reveal the exact date.

  • Deadmau5, Armin van Buuren and Knife Party Announced for Guvernment Closing Parties

    It is always a sad day when the last beat, chord and lyric is cried out at a legendary music venue before it shutters its doors. That is the fate facing longstanding Toronto venue Guvernment after an announcement in May that the 18-year-old venue would hold its last show this January. The venue has announced who will be playing the final week of shows, including a fitting send-off for the venue. Longtime New York City DJ Danny Tenaglia will headline Saturday, Jan. 10, Cosmic Gate will headline Saturday, Jan. 17, and Armin van Buuren and Knife Party will headline back-to back weekends Friday, Jan. 23, and Saturday, Jan. 24. As reported by Dancing Astronaut, the send-off party Jan. 31 will fittingly feature Toronto native deadmau5. He has promised to leave the final hour of Guvernment to its longtime resident Matt Oliver, but until that point, the "Strobe" producer will command the last night for the Toronto venue.The venue has seen just about every big name in dance music, rock and pop come through its doors, and has been a staple of the Toronto dance music scene and nightlife and pivotal to Canadian electronic music. Just a few of the electronic acts to grace the decks at Guvernment have been Avicii, Armin van Buuren, deadmau5, Tiësto, Deep Dish, David Guetta, Hardwell, Steve Angello and more.

  • deadmau5 Returns To Soundcloud With '432' [LISTEN]

    There was been a lively debate among producers and engineers on social media and forums over the different between 440 Hz and 432 Hz sound waves. Does one sound better over another? For the vast majority of the population, this is largely irrelevant and could not be farther out of their scope of understanding. However, Joel Zimmerman, known professionally as deadmau5, the technologist and skilled producer and internet troll knows the insides and outsides of the debate and decided to make light of the whole debate with a joking experiment of his own that he uploaded to his soundcloud.

  • deadmau5 Returns Disposable Camera Sent By Fan With Amazing Pictures

    Deadmau5 can be a bit of a Grinch sometimes, but when it comes to his fans he is always Santa Claus. In strange turn of events a fan decided to do something creative and bold and send deadmau5 a disposable camera to see what would happen. Deadmau5 posted the new address for his compound outside of Toronto a little while back and has probably been receiving loads of fan mail, but this was an opportunity he could not pass up on.

  • Deadmau5 Offers '> album title goes here <' For Free On Cyber Monday

    Cyber Monday is nearly over, but that does not mean your shopping has to be finished. Joel Zimmerman, better known to the world as Deadmau5, has offered up his Grammy-nominated album> album title goes here < on Google Play for the monstrous price tag of $0. The 2012 album featured a wide variety of collaborations for deadmau5, including with My Chemical Romance frontman, Gerard Way, Imogen Heap and a change in direction on the track together with Cypress Hill titled "Failbait".

  • Deadmau5 Releases '5 Years Of Mau5' EP Featuring Eric Prydz, Dillon Francis & Others [REVIEW]

    The 5 Years Of Mau5 compilation was ambitious. It took the best deadmau5 tracks from the past five years, put them on one CD and then added a second CD remixing those tracks. He tabs some of the most promising producers in the field of dance like Madeon, Eric Prydz, Dillon Francis, Botnek and others. The compilation features some previously remixed deadmau5 tracks that had caught his ear in the past, but it is primarily comprised of new music.

  • Unreleased Deadmau5 Song Surfaces on Internet

    It is always a good day when you hear some new deadmau5. It is even more special when that track is unreleased and may never see the light of day. Before he opened the doors on his new suckscription — subscription — service, he used to host live Ustream events where he would show how he was making music, interact with fans and sometimes play new material. This track is one of those to emerge from those many late-night Ustream sessions driven by cigarettes and Coca-Cola.Reminiscent of his new tune "Pets" from his latest studio album "while 1<2," deadmau5 creates a soothing, ambient soundscape that reminds us why we love the Canadian producer's music. It is speculated that this track could be an early version of "Pets" or could have become redundant once the time came to finalize the tracklist for the album.Deadmau5 shared the song on his Twitter, acknowledging the unreleased track and giving his fans the opportunity to listen, via "In the Mix." There have been plenty of other unreleased tracks teased by deadmau5 via his Ustream sessions and his subscription service, like "Bleed" and "HR Cephai."Do not expect that trend to change, as he is back home for the remainder of 2014 and gearing up for a massive Entropy world tour in 2015.
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