You can always count on the mau5-masked crusader for insightful and honest commentary. In a candid interview with the editorial director of Billboard, Deadmau5 discusses the state of EDM, DJ Sneak, his mom, Forbes’ highest-paid DJs list, and more. When asked whether he feels protective of the genre he said,
“Scenes don’t evolve. There is no electronic music scene that has just kind of done this and done all that. Otherwise…DJ Sneak would be doing really cool shit right now. [He] came in today, 2o years laters, and says, ‘Yo. Fuck all this shit. This isn’t real house music.’ Yes, we know it was a 909 and a this and an old sample, great. That was a scene and that had a scene but you can’t drag that on and superimpose that onto what’s been moved and changed. What do you go down to a fucking river and beat your clothes on a rock and you’re gonna hate on me because I use a washing machine. Scenes aren’t too important to me.”
Deadmau5 reminds us in this interview that while he may sometimes make inflammatory statements, he usually has a point.
“I have some thoughts on that.” – Deadmau5
Click past the break for part two of the interview.
Nokia has enlisted dance music legend Deadmau5 once again to help promote their cell phone brand. Last year, the two teamed up to bring London a 4D experience to remember, and from the looks of the teaser video, this year will be no different. November 28, 2011 marked the launch of Nokia’s Lumia 800 and the company used London’s Millbank building to project a light show unlike anything ever seen. The 800 windows of the building lit up up London’s sky with a rainbow of neon lazers –all bouncing to the beat of Deadmau5‘ tunes –as the progressive house producer played below. A year later, the two are back to give watchers another experience to remember, and a stream goes live at 3PM EST/12PM PST.
Today is Thanksgiving. It’s a time to give thanks for good health, good friends, good family, and, of course, good music. We thought we’d take the time to pay tribute to our favorite parts of dance music culture on this day of thanks, not only for the guys who slave over turntables while we get to party, but for the dance music scene in general and its constantly expanding fanbase. This one’s for the EDM acts that put their heart and soul into it, the clubs that go all out every night of the week, and the people who live and breathe house music. It’s the least we can do.
Deadmau5‘ SoundCloud has been a treasure trove of sonic goodies lately. After previewing three tracks last week — including a work in progress with Armin van Buuren — he’s back and treating us to what appears to be a full version of “Arcadia.” The melodic, minimal tune has us hoping old school mau5 might be making a comeback. Fingers crossed, but with Joel you can never be too sure. His ability to keep us guessing is just part of the mysterious mau5 appeal.
Best of Instagram is a feature from Dancing Astronaut that showcases our favorite pictures from our favorite DJs on Instragram each week. This week, we’ve got gems from Diry South, Sebastian Ingrosso, Dillon Francis, and more.
Do you want to have your photos included in our Best of Instagram feature? All you have to do to be eligible is use the hashtag “#astrogram” in your photo entry on Instagram. Keep your photos DA or dance music-related, and we’ll choose one user-submitted photo to include each week. Click past the break to see this week’s #astrogram contest winner.
Since a recent public breakup with celebrity tattoo artist, Kat Von D, Deadmau5 has immediately returned to the studio, crafting music to speak his mind. We knew Deadmau5 has been working on a collaboration with Armin Van Buuren after they were both seen tweeting about it a few weeks ago, and it now seems to be in its near-final stages.
The current rendition of the project has been uploaded to Joel’s personal Soundcloud for fans and it seems like this track is an older more, trance inspired side of Deadmau5. Additionally, we get a taste of some “speakstep” which the mau5 has been working on, featuring a mechanized voice and another track of what seems like just a random melody. Always fun to take a peak inside Joel’s studio and get a sense of what is coming next – listen to his work with AvB below, and the other tracks after the break.
Rolling Stone has just announced its list for the Top 25 DJs in the world, and some of the selections may surprise you. For one, LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy came in at number 7 — ranked ahead of Boys Noize, Skrillex, and Daft Punk (who were ranked dead last.) Carl Cox and Deadmau5 joined the French duo deep in the list, sitting comfortably at 22 and 20 respectively while underground newcomer Maya Jane Coles came in at 15 — ahead of arguably the most technically talented DJ in the world, A-Trak.
XS Las Vegas is out with its New Year’s Eve Weekend lineup, and it does not disappoint. We already knew Eric Prydz would be headlining at neighboring Surrender, and XS has only raised the stakes for a dance music lover’s dream weekend in Vegas. In chronological order, XS will be featuring Tiesto, Steve Angello, Deadmau5 over the preceding weekend and finally Avicii on New Year’s Eve. Tickets will undoubtedly go fast, so if you’re debating, go ahead and bite the bullet! Purchase links after the break.
Best of Instagram is a feature from Dancing Astronaut that showcases our favorite pictures from our favorite DJs on Instragram each week. This week, we’ve got gems from Deadmau5, Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso and more.
Do you want to have your photos included in our Best of Instagram feature? All you have to do to be eligible is use the hashtag “#astrogram” in your photo entry on Instagram. Keep your photos DA or dance music-related, and we’ll choose one user-submitted photo to include each week. Click past the break to see this week’s #astrogram contest winner.
