Joel Thomas Zimmerman received notice under the pseudonym Deadmau5. He is a DJ, music composer and producer. The guy works in house style. He also brings elements of psychedelic, trance, electro and other trends into his work. His musical activity began in 1998, developing to the present.
Childhood and youth of the future musician Deadmaus
Joel Thomas Zimmerman was born on January 5, 1981. His family lived in the city of Niagara in Canada. From childhood, the boy became interested in computers and music. To combine both of his hobbies, as a teenager he decided to become a DJ.
He tried to actively develop in this direction. From a young age, Joel worked part-time on the radio. He quickly became an assistant producer on the party revolution program. Here he met his friend and partner Steve Duda.
Joel Zimmerman has decided to move to Toronto. This is a big city that promised an expansion of development opportunities. The young man did not interrupt the development in the musical field. The guy got a job at the Play Digital label.
It is with the advent of Joel Zimmerman associated with the rapid development of the company. The young man created music that famous DJs willingly played. Currently, Deadmau5 actively cooperates with Group twentyfour, and also promotes his own labels Xfer records, mau5trap.
Deadmau5's first steps to success and the origin of the pseudonym
In 2006, Joel created the BSOD group. On behalf of this team, he released his first release. It was the song "This Is The Hook", co-written with Steve Duda. On the Beatport chart, this composition unexpectedly reached the top. The artist did not continue to be active due to lack of funding. The band soon disbanded and Joel began working under the pseudonym Deadmau5.
While promoting his work, Joel Zimmerman led an active life in various thematic conversations. Once he told in one of these dialogues that he had found a dead mouse. This happened when he decided to replace the video card on his computer. Users quickly seized on this story. The nickname “that dead mouse guy” stuck to the guy, which soon shortened to dead Mouse. Later, the guy himself came up with a pseudonym for himself based on this: deadmau5.
The beginning of an independent musical career of Deadmaus
In 2007, Deadmau5 recorded his first solo track "Faxing Berlin". Pete Tong drew attention to the composition. He contributed to the appearance of this track on the air of BBC Radio 1. Thanks to this, the song became popular. They started talking about the rising musician.
Between 2006 and 2007, Deadmau5 worked in a duet with singer Mellefresh. Together they recorded several interesting songs that won the love of listeners. In 2008, Deadmau5 collaborated with Kaskade's Haley. They released a couple of hits, one of which reached the top of Billboard's Dance Airplay chart.
The appearance of the first solo albums and further creativity
In autumn 2008, Deadmau5 released his debut album Get Scraped. At the end of the year, the artist received 3 awards at the Beatport Music Awards. Plus one nomination remained without a victory. A year later, Deadmau5 released the next studio album, Random Album Title. And he received 2 awards according to the results of the year.
In 2010, the artist recorded another new disc "4 × 4 = 12". After that, he began to release albums with an interval of 2 years. In 2018, Deadmau5 recorded 2 parts of the records from the new project at once, and a year later added to the trilogy.
Maintaining the popularity of Deadmouth
In addition to studio activities, Deadmau5 is actively touring. Each of his performances is accompanied by an unforgettable show performance. This ensures the maintenance of his image and makes the artist memorable and unique. Recently, Deadmau5 has been paying more and more attention to the development of his own labels. The DJ also experiments with music and strives for creative development.
Judgment Deadmau5 with Disney
In 2014, The Walt Disney Company filed a lawsuit against Deadmau5. The essence of the requirements was the similarity of the DJ's pseudonym and image with their famous cartoon character. The artist has previously acknowledged this. True, in a response statement, he pointed out the use of his music in one of the new cartoon series without his permission.
A year later, Deadmau5 supported the Dota 2 "The International" championship. After the competition, he provided a set of his music for the participants in the competition. The artist admitted that he himself is not against the game, often in this way he spends his free time.
Artist Achievements
In addition to his debut breakthrough at the Beatport Music Awards in 2008, the artist was awarded here in 2009, as well as in 2010. Deadmau5 became the best DJ and the best artist at the International Dance Music Awards 2010. He was included in the DJ Magazine Top DJs ranking. In 2008, in the Top 100 DJs, he took 11th place, in 2009, 6th place, and in 2010 climbed to 4th position.
New works of the DJ
In 2020, Deadmau5 recorded the single "Pomegranate". This song was co-written by hip hop producers The Neptunes. The new work has an original sound. Deadmau5 goes into the "future funk" style here. This is a tribute to the desire to experiment and develop.
Deadmau5 hobbies
Deadmau5 has 2 pets that he pays a lot of attention to. This is a cat and a cat. The artist called them Professor Meowingtons and Miss Nyancat. The reverent attitude towards animals emphasizes the subtle spiritual organization of the DJ and producer, who has received recognition from a wide audience.
