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Deadmau5
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Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (pronounced "dead-mouse", and stylized in all lowercase), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. His musical style mostly includes progressive house and electro house genres, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. Zimmerman mostly appears and performs with a custom helmet called the "mau5head". He has received seven Grammy Award nominations and won four Juno Awards for his songs.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Book_title_goes_here : 25 Years Deadmauhb
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Film & TV
Acting · Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), better known by his stage name deadmau5 (pronounced "dead mouse"), is a Canadian progressive house and electro house producer based in Toronto. His tracks have been included in compilation albums such as In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza, MixMag's Tech-Trance-Electro-Madness (mixed by deadmau5 himself), and on Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance radio…
Known for
- The Muppets Mayhem — deadmau52023
- History 101 — Self (archive footage)2020
- Lights Out with David Spade — Self2019
- Deadmau5 - Live at Ultra Music Festival 2016 — himself2016
- I Dream of Wires — Self2014
- Deadmau5 - Live at iTunes Festival 2014 — Deadmau52014
- Runner Runner — DJ2013
- I Dream of Wires: Hardcore Edition — Self2013
- deadmau5: Meowingtons Hax 2k11 Toronto — Deadmau52012
- Deadmau5 Live at iTunes Festival 2012 — Deadmau52012
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Canada
- Active from
- 1981
Discography
- Try Again2014
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,158,350
- Total plays
- 81,117,453
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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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/deadmau5">R
Key facts
- Musical artist.name
- Deadmau5
- Musical artist.image
- Deadmau5 Belknap Park 2023 (cropped).jpg
- Musical artist.alt
- A man wearing a black mouse head-shaped helmet, a black T-shirt, and black pants, performing live
- Musical artist.caption
- Deadmau5 performing at Belknap Park of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 2023
- Musical artist.birth_name
- Joel Thomas Zimmerman
- Musical artist.birth_place
- Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
- Musical artist.works
- Discography
- Musical artist.instrument
- Synthesizer, Digital audio workstation
- Musical artist.years_active
- 1998–present
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- deadmau5.com
- Image
- Deadmau5 live unmasked (cropped).jpg
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- Commons category
- Deadmau5
- date of birth
- 1981-01-05
- birth name
- Joel Thomas Zimmerman
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- pseudonym
- Karma K
- social media followers
- 1900000
- stylized name
- deadmau5
Sources (8)
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Article
24 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Career
- 1998–2006: Career beginnings
- 2006–2008: Breakthrough with ''Random Album Title''
- 2009–2011: ''For Lack of a Better Name'' and ''4×4=12''
- 2012–2014: ''Album Title Goes Here'' and ''While(1<2)''
- 2015–2016: Hiatus and ''W:/2016Album/''
- 2017–2019: ''Where's the Drop?'', ''Polar'' soundtrack, and ''Mau5ville''
- 2020–2024: ''Kx5'' and ''Some EP''
- 2025–present: ''Error5'' and upcoming 2026 album
- Artistry
- Musical style
- Stage design
- Video game appearances
- Personal life
- Controversial remarks
- Legal disputes
- Disney trademark dispute
- Meowingtons trademark dispute
- Discography
- Accolades
- See also
- References
- External links
Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (pronounced "dead-mouse", and stylized in all lowercase), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. His musical style mostly includes progressive house and electro house genres, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. Zimmerman mostly appears and performs with a custom helmet called the "mau5head". He has received seven Grammy Award nominations and won four Juno Awards for his songs.
Zimmerman has collaborated with other artists, such as Wolfgang Gartner, Rob Swire, and Chris Lake. He collaborated with Steve Duda to form the duo BSOD and later joined Tommy Lee, DJ Aero, and Duda in the electronic band WTF?. In 2007, he founded his own record label, Mau5trap. Zimmerman later formed electronic music supergroups such as Kx5 with Kaskade and Rezzmau5 with Rezz.