deadmau5 Artist Bio

Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), better known as deadmau5, is a Canadian progressive house, electro house and techno producer from Niagara Falls, Ontario. He is regarded as one of the world’s most respected electronic music producers of modern times. In pop culture, he is known for wearing a large “mau5head” while performing at live events.

The deadmau5 discography is currently comprised of eight studio albums, eight compilation albums, six mix albums, one soundtrack album, two remix albums, two video albums, seven extended plays, 55 singles, and 22 music videos.

Zimmerman’s career in music began in 1999, releasing the vinyl pressed single “I Don’t Want No Other” under Dred And Karma. Six years later, deadmau5 released his debut studio album album, Get Scraped on July 26, 2005, which featured more experimental genres different from his future sound. Within the following year, Zimmerman finished three compilation albums, Project 56, deadmau5 Circa 1998–2002, and A Little Oblique, which were released on his (now retired) SectionZ page.

On November 6, 2006, he released his second studio album Vexillology, which marked the beginning of the signature deadmau5 sound. In 2007, Zimmerman founded his own record label, mau5trap, which released his third studio album Random Album Title on September 2, 2008. This was his first album to garner mainstream success, coining his unique style of progressive house and featuring the singles “Faxing Berlin”, “Not Exactly” and “I Remember” (with Kaskade).

During 2008, Zimmerman left Play Records. However, due to his contract agreement, Play Records was able to claim ownership of tracks he made during the time he was signed to the label. This led to the creation of the At Play series, which consisted of six mix albums released periodically from 2008 to 2015.

On September 22, 2009, deadmau5 released his fourth studio album For Lack of a Better Name . In contrast of his previous album, For Lack of a Better Name is based around tech house. Despite this switch in style, the album contains two of Zimmerman’s greatest hits to date: “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff” and “Strobe”. He expanded his EDM sound further with his fifth studio album, 4×4=12 which was released on December 6, 2010, and consisted of techno, electro house and the progressive house/dubstep mashup “Raise Your Weapon”. In 2011, deadmau5 released two non-album singles: “Aural Psynapse” and “HR 8938 Cephei”, with the former being a modern remake of an old song Zimmerman made under the alias Halcyon441.

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