*which he should always keep on because he resembles every skinny, pockmarked, cap wearing dude I ever bought e from.
― errant flynn, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
He's done quite a few pop/rock crossover attempts over the years, in the vein of Planet Funk's "Who Said (Stuck in the UK)".
Jewish connection --> Israelis be liking their trance?
― Tim F, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Psy only, brah!
― errant flynn, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
last year I ran Dr Pepper's FB page for a few months. during that time the page rolled over 1 million fans, and to celebrate we ran this contest where fans could upload photos and the one who got the most votes would win a trip to Coachella w/ VIP access, resort accommodations, a limo ride from LAX to Palm Springs, all kinds of shit. the winner (by a HUGE margin) was this diehard Dead Mau Five fan whose entry picture showed him DJing in a replica mouse head. when I got in touch with him to let him know that he'd won and what we needed from him to get all the prizing sorted out, we spent a few minutes bullshitting about music; I remember urging him to catch 2 Many DJs' set but he was like FUCK NO, THAT'S WHEN DEADMAU5 GOES ON. in that instant I became old.
/coolstorybro
― http://soundcloud.com/dubstep/dubstep-believe-it (jamescobo), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
He has a mouse head with LED lights in it.― errant flynn, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 23:30 (22 minutes ago) Bookmark
― errant flynn, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 23:30 (22 minutes ago) Bookmark
Actual real talk.
― Death To False Camp (Doran), Wednesday, 10 August 2011 22:55 (twelve years ago) link
Note: Deadmau5 avatar has been reserved for the actual deadmau5. So instead, may we present our awesome monkey couple.
^^^^ turntable.fm
― dmr, Wednesday, 10 August 2011 23:02 (twelve years ago) link
i've only heard a few of his own tracks and thought they were ok-ish but the people i know who are into this guy are WAYYYYYY into this guy
― rameau: first blood (donna rouge), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:06 (twelve years ago) link
totally "competent as fuck" progtrance. destroy, save for "sometimes things get, whatever"
― like a musical album. made by a band. (fucking in the streets), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:11 (twelve years ago) link
He has a song called "bored of canada".
― lol is not enough (blank), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:12 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah I dled one of his albums to see what the fuss was about and it mostly washed over me; didn't remind me of a banging club, rather being back at someone's house after a banging club when reality is seeping back in and the light is coming in through the curtains and you realise you should probably try and go to sleep soon. Soporific. It's not bad music by any means, but it doesn't have its desired effect on me at all.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:17 (twelve years ago) link
My favourite tune connected to him is a remix of I Remember by Kaspar, of all people.
― Inevitable stupid samba mix (chap), Thursday, 11 August 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
Note: Deadmau5 avatar has been reserved for the actual deadmau5. So instead, may we present our awesome monkey couple.^^^^ turntable.fm― dmr, Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― dmr, Wednesday, August 10, 2011 11:02 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
i have no idea what any of this means but it's fucking awesome.
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 11 August 2011 05:37 (twelve years ago) link
he's a huge modular synth nerd, which makes sense in light of him being an excellent sound engineer rather than an excellent producer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D26U26fFojw
― I DIED, Thursday, 11 August 2011 06:13 (twelve years ago) link
Quite like his stuff (esp. the "I Remember" remix ref'd by chap). Regarding his huge popularity, I think "competent as fuck" progtrance is important and he's got a way with the melancholy nature of this that's a level up from most of his contemporaries. The mousehead image and related stuff is also a very strong visual hook and I've no doubt that this def. has helped to connect him with that young fanbase. Watching the trailer for his Earl's Court show on the homepage of his YT channel it does look like the gigs are a shitload of fun.
― that mustardless plate (Bill A), Thursday, 11 August 2011 07:21 (twelve years ago) link
i saw some kid walking around downtown princeton in a one of these mouse heads the other day.
― based grandpa (noz), Thursday, 11 August 2011 08:06 (twelve years ago) link
He has a mouse head with LED lights in it.
This is basically why he's impossible to dislike. It's an awesome gimmick. NB - never really listened to his music, I kind of assume it's like less objectionable Guettahouse?
http://www.livelovebrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/200Deadmau5mask-1.jpg
Will probably kill him one day, but it looks cool.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 August 2011 11:00 (twelve years ago) link
No it's just progtrance.
― Tim F, Thursday, 11 August 2011 11:43 (twelve years ago) link
Progtrance is one of those things that, read literally, seems like it should be absolutely amazing. Bitterly disappointed to hear what it actually involves.
That said, that mask, in action, is propertly amazing and you hate fun if you disagree.
― Aphex Twin … in my vagina? (Karen D. Tregaskin), Thursday, 11 August 2011 11:46 (twelve years ago) link
also many bonus points for having a variety of maus heads with different fex, afaik
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:22 (twelve years ago) link
Nothing gives you a profile in dance music like obscuring a face or identity that no one would care about otherwise.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:28 (twelve years ago) link
Redshape and Deadmau5 - they almost sound the same?!?! COULD IT BE?
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:35 (twelve years ago) link
He's Rex The Dog. And Burial.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:40 (twelve years ago) link
The Dog And Burial sounds like an English pub.
it's not just dance music though. Australian band TISM formed in 1981 and performed for 25 years under a variety of comical masks as a) a general satirical comment on / genuine disinterest in rock stardom, and b) most of them had respectable dayjobs like civil servants or high school teachers, wherein being known for hit singles like Defecate On My Face or All Homeboys Are Dickheads or "I'm on the drug that killed River Phoenix" might impact their career prospects.
They were thus enthusiastically speculated, in successive schoolyards and tabloids, to secretly be other acts of those successive eras who had no reason to conceal their identities in order to perform snarky or off-colour songs. "They're really Painters & Dockers!" "They're really the Doug Anthony Allstars!" At least by the late 90s, this had become the internally logical "They're really the Wiggles!"
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
not that they didn't end up dancier tbh - here's Dumb 'n' Base (including possibly the greatest internal rhyme ever)
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Thursday, 11 August 2011 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, I guess thats why I was surprised to see him headlining Lollapalooze, I'd seen his name here and there but none of the outlets I really pay attention to have given him coverage to the point where I'd know how huge he was. --jon /via/ chi 2.0
There was like a 4 page feature in Rolling Stone
― Erin Go! Bwaaaah!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:17 (twelve years ago) link
Though it does remind me of like freshman year of lollege when everyone was going bonkers for sasha and dickweed and I wad like "wtf where do u ppl even hear this?!?"
― Erin Go! Bwaaaah!!! (Whiney G. Weingarten), Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
sasha and dickweed
always going to be funny
― Johnmau5 (history mayne), Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:34 (twelve years ago) link
glad someone started this thread because lately i have just been walking around feeling old and out of touch whenever i see that sticker
not sure this means anything but i'm currently in central illinois for a few weeks and this dude's business was all over some store in the mall here (presumably some local low-rent hot topic)
― remembrance of schwings past (gbx), Thursday, 11 August 2011 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
huge among teens in san diego too
― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, 11 August 2011 17:30 (twelve years ago) link
theres a big jam band crossover, same thing with disco buscuits, all those n.e. prep school crunchies discovering ecstasy i guess. my brother & his friends love this bro
― max, Thursday, 11 August 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah this doesn't really strike me as any different from s&d and oakenfold and tiesto getting huge here in america for a half-second around 1999/2000. he's just got a good and very 2011 visual branding gimmick. the big difference, i guess, is that as usual it's just got to be a lot easier for kids to hear this stuff and pass it around with youtube and whatever than it was back then, when not even MTV was really touching this stuff. (see: whiney's "where are you even hearing this?")
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 11 August 2011 17:51 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVAYjiwCkWE
― errant flynn, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
Oh gosh, sorry I don't keep up with the always finger on the pulse Rolling Stone!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:32 (twelve years ago) link
Just found out that he has a scissors tattoo on his arm, which kinda sucks because I have a scissors tattoo on my arm and apparently his has a very emo significance ("cut here" lol). I hope that the checkout ladies at target always ask him if he's a barber they way they do with me.
― kkvgz, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
The final night of competition for this season's So You Think You Can Dance aired last night. It has been a good season, but last night's show was disappointing; the final four dancers were overworked, and a lot of the choreography was uninspired. Still, one of the highlights was a number choreographed by Sonya Tayeh to an aggressive, dubsteppy Deadmau5 track, "Raise Your Weapon".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ1hj29bW2I
― Megadeth Monk (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
this guy seems p cool, like hes just about the party or w/e, making cool beats and shit
― buttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbuttbutt (Lamp), Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.pillreports.com/index.php?page=display_pill&id=16293
Your own disco biscuit = legitimacy
― errant flynn, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/83/DiscoBiscuitsSenorBoombox.jpg
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
impossible to dislike?
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3S9MIGeO-yM/TSWF_Y0acAI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/T4xDhCw3z34/s1600/696_2e2a7da6252f6de472e6010fff9ff73e_original.jpg
that mask looks dumb as hell idgi
― a lagoon par la mer (psychgawsple), Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:32 (twelve years ago) link
Did you see the part where the mask is outfitted with crazy led lights?
― kkvgz, Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
― generous loller at dollies (sic), Thursday, August 11, 2011 6:22 AM (6 hours ago) Bookmark
http://www.talenthouse.com/deadmau5-design-the-next-mau5head
"This project reached 15,623,889 people..."
― like a musical album. made by a band. (fucking in the streets), Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
Dead Mau Five
lol
― dmr, Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
He's actually Frank Sidebottom with a shaped neon light
― Britain's Obtusest Shepherd (Alan), Thursday, 11 August 2011 19:59 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26jKtELitQE
Based on a Deadmau5 sample, an almost-great pop song ruined by a charisma-free singer.
― ha ha ha ha jack my swag (boxedjoy), Thursday, 11 August 2011 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
s: "Not Exactly", "I Remember" (prefer the instrumental though maybe it's just because i fell in love with it months before hearing the vocal version), this gorgeous remix:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQOguDV0YKg
d: just about everything else, his more banging stuff indeed is competent in a very dull way
rate him more for his legacy than his actual output, which is:
- ushering in a new era of super melodic Anjunadeep-style progressive house
- kicking off this new dayglo cut-up dubstep-enhanced electrohouse thing that i'm so into right now
― Mind Taker, Thursday, 11 August 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
t/s deadmau5 vs MOOMBAHTON
― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, 11 August 2011 22:48 (twelve years ago) link
the logo creeps me out tbh
― Gatsby was a success, in the end, wasn't he? (D-40), Thursday, 11 August 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
^^^
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
I don't mind this guy's music tho. As has been said, competent as fuck. I know a few people who are super-into him.
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 00:19 (twelve years ago) link
How does he see out of the mask with all these LEDs in his face to dj?
― The Reverend, Friday, 12 August 2011 00:21 (twelve years ago) link
imo Mr. 5 is hoping that people to notice he's got modulars onstage
― manditory fun. day (Ówen P.), Friday, 29 June 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
to
i was shopping at target today and i see that you can buy a deadmau5 hat at a target. he is one of a couple brands they sell, alongside angry birds hats + domo kun hat
http://www.target.com/p/men-s-deadmau5-hat-black/-/A-14192424#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=Deadmau5
cool deadmau5 hat at target.
― sleepingbag, Tuesday, 16 October 2012 05:03 (eleven years ago) link
i wish they sold cartoon head masks at target
― panther modems (electricsound), Tuesday, 16 October 2012 05:05 (eleven years ago) link
i guess deadmau5 wouldn't talk to radio1, so they supposedly stitched up calvin h re the whole 'just press play' scene.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/nov/22/calvin-harris-bbc
oh, and as for suing .. behave.
its not that f*cking serious ..
― mark e, Thursday, 22 November 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
deadmau5 trying to go at dj sneak is hilarious to me
http://www.mixmag.net/words/news/deadmau5-burn-all-electronic-music-down-i-dont-care
― fauxmarc, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:23 (eleven years ago) link
"The way I see EDM right now, it's a healthy industry for sure. Minimal work for maximum profit, right?"
can we run this guy over with a truck?
― mh, Wednesday, 28 November 2012 21:31 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.clubplanet.com/Articles/10444/The-Most-Costly-Song-Request-Ever
― pfunkboy (Algerian Goalkeeper), Friday, 11 October 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
Haha, how embarrassing and shameful for everyone involved.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 11 October 2013 15:41 (ten years ago) link
after years of being mostly "whatever" about this dude, I've found myself incessantly playing disc 1 of While (1<2)
― Star Gentle Uterus (DJP), Thursday, 3 July 2014 19:23 (nine years ago) link
DEADMAU5 EXPLAINS WHY HE ABHORS JUSTIN BIEBER & HIS FIGHTS ON TWITTER WITH SKRILLEX
http://weraveyou.com/2015/12/13/deadmau5-clears-bieber/
― Adam J Duncan, Tuesday, 15 December 2015 00:16 (eight years ago) link
^ LOL just came here to post this. Is this guy entirely unfamiliar with the concept of pop music and professional singers in general?
― ƒ©˙∆˚¬ (Whitey on the Moon), Wednesday, 16 December 2015 18:00 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/OIIezHv.png
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/iyKJqMw.png
http://i.imgur.com/GWblSr4.jpg
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 20:57 (eight years ago) link
I sat next to a jr high kid once on a plane, we got to talking music. she said she liked EDM, "stuff like Dead Mow 5", and I didn't have the heart to correct her
― Dominique, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
i still say dead mow 5 in my head
― 龜, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:13 (eight years ago) link
Insulting the guy by feminizing him.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:26 (eight years ago) link
So Kanye is butthurt after these tweets?
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/02/entertainment/kanye-west-pirate-bay-feat/index.html
― Cosmic Slop, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 22:27 (eight years ago) link
fuck deadmau5, fuck kanye
― the late great, Wednesday, 2 March 2016 23:21 (eight years ago) link
https://j.gifs.com/2RJ40A.gif
― how's life, Tuesday, 20 December 2016 11:48 (seven years ago) link
I wasn't quite happy with this gif and just realized it's because most times I watch this, my cursor is hovering impatiently over 'Skip Ad' in the lower right-hand corner.
― how's life, Monday, 26 December 2016 17:31 (seven years ago) link
The funny thing about that whole Masterclass trailer is the continual contradiction between what he's saying and what he's doing. Example: "All this stuff can be done correctly on a laptop" *cut to shot of Deadmau5 messing around with a wall sized modular synth*
― let it go let it go let it go (snoball), Monday, 26 December 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link