Joel Thomas Zimmerman, known professionally as deadmau5, is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. Zimmerman has received seven Grammy Award nominations for his songs. 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 is well known for wearing custom helmets for performances and appearances, similar to Daft Punk and later inspiring Marshmello.
For Lack of a Better Name is the fourth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released on September 22, 2009 in the United States and Canada by Ultra Records and Mau5trap and internationally on 5 October 2009 by Virgin Records. The album features collaborations with MC Flipside and Rob Swire of Pendulum. The album also contains the critically acclaimed song "Strobe". It was Deadmau5's first album to be released internationally on the Virgin Records label.
"Strobe" is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released as the sixth and final single from his fourth studio album, For Lack of a Better Name, on 3 September 2009. It charted at numbers 128 and 13 on the UK Singles Chart and UK Dance Chart. The track featured on Deadmau5's greatest hits album, 5 Years of Mau5; a live version was featured on the iTunes version of Album Title Goes Here; and an orchestral version was featured on Where's the Drop?.
4×4=12 is the fifth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released on December 7, 2010, by Virgin Records, Ultra Records and Mau5trap. The album's title refers to a miscalculation made by Deadmau5 on his Ustream channel, where he mistakenly said that his live setup of four banks of four "equals 12" instead of 16. The album received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Dance/Electronica Album.
"Faxing Berlin" is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released as Deadmau5's debut single and is from his third studio album Random Album Title. On July 23, 2007, "Faxing Berlin" became the first release on Deadmau5's label Mau5trap. The track was originally known as "Da Outer Limits", but was renamed to "Faxing Berlin" later on, during a phone call with Max Graham, when Graham left "to fax [something] over to Berlin".
Mau5trap is a Canadian independent record label founded in 2007 by electronic music producer Deadmau5. The label was formerly a vanity label, hosting releases through labels such as Ultra Music, Virgin Records, and Astralwerks.
"The Veldt" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, featuring vocals by Chris James. The song ranked number 48 on Rolling Stone's list of the 50 best songs of 2012.
Album Title Goes Here is the sixth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released on September 21, 2012 by Mau5trap and Ultra Records in the United States and Canada and by Parlophone Records in the United Kingdom. The album is considered to be more experimental than Zimmerman's previous albums, and he stated in an interview with Fuse that he had been considering producing music similar to his debut album Get Scraped again. It is the last studio album by Zimmerman to be released by Ultra Records, as well as his only album to be released by Parlophone.
"Professional Griefers" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5 featuring vocals by American singer Gerard Way. The song was released as the third single from his sixth studio album Album Title Goes Here. The song is featured in the game FIFA 13 and its soundtrack. The song used to be featured in the game Asphalt 8: Airborne in the electronica playlist. The song was also featured briefly in season one episode five of the hit TV show Arrow.
"Not Exactly" is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released as the second single from his third studio album, Random Album Title. First released on August 27, 2007, "Not Exactly" became the second release on Deadmau5's label Mau5trap.
While(1<2) is the seventh studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released on June 17, 2014 by Mau5trap, Virgin EMI and Astralwerks, his only album to be released by the latter.
"Avaritia" is an instrumental song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released as the lead single from his seventh studio album While(1<2) on 20 May 2014.
5 Years of Mau5 is a greatest hits and remix album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released on November 24, 2014, in celebration of the five-year anniversary of his label, Mau5trap. Like his previous studio album, While(1<2) the retrospective was released in double disc format. The first disc acts as a greatest hits album encompassing highlights from the past five years of his back catalog, while the second disc serves as a remix album featuring exclusive and new remixes from various artists. The album artwork features a combination of the 'Mau5heads' used in the cover art of his first four studio albums released through the label: Random Album Title, For Lack of a Better Name, 4×4=12 and Album Title Goes Here.
Nicholas Chiari, commonly known by his stage name Grabbitz, is an American electronic music producer, musician, composer, and DJ. He first gained attention in the EDM community with the song "Here with You Now", which was released on Monstercat in July 2014. He has collaborated with a variety of artists, including Savoy, Sullivan King, and Pegboard Nerds.
W:/2016Album/ is the eighth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. The album was released on December 2, 2016, through Deadmau5 's independent record label Mau5trap. The album's title, which was suggested by fans on Twitch, refers to a computer directory on Zimmerman's network-attached storage server used to store the master tracks of the songs on the album. The album features several tracks Zimmerman uploaded to his SoundCloud account, prior to it being compromised. W:/2016Album/ is also his first studio album to be released exclusively by Mau5trap. Two singles from the album have been released: "Snowcone" and "Let Go".
"Let Go" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, featuring vocals from American producer Grabbitz. It was released as the second and final single from his eighth studio album W:/2016Album/. It was released exclusively on his record label Mau5trap on November 18, 2016.
Steve Duda is an American DJ, record producer, audio engineer, manager and software engineer from Menlo Park, California. He is best known for his mid-2000s collaborative electronic music projects with Canadian record producer and DJ Deadmau5 under the names "BSOD" and "WTF?" and owning the record label and digital music software company Xfer Records. He is also known for creating the VST plugin Serum.
"Infra Turbo Pigcart Racer" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released as the third single from his seventh studio album While(1<2) on 3 June 2014.
Where's the Drop? is an orchestral compilation album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. The album comprises re-imagined orchestral arrangements of his previous work, in collaboration with Gregory Reveret. It was released through Mau5trap, initially exclusively on the music streaming service Tidal on March 30, 2018. The album was released on other digital download services and on vinyl on June 29, 2018. A remix album, containing remixes of the tracks by various other artists, entitled Here's the Drop!, was released on October 4, 2019.
Mau5ville: Level 1 is an extended play (EP) and compilation album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5. It was released on July 13, 2018, through his record label Mau5trap. The release features "Monophobia", a collaboration with Australian singer and musician Rob Swire, with remixes, as well as original songs by DJs Getter and GTA. Two follow-up EPs, Mau5ville: Level 2 and Mau5ville: Level 3, were released in November 2018 and February 2019 respectively.
