Two years ago, Deadmau5, aka Joel T. Zimmerman of Ontario Canada, announced the following during an interview with the Irish Daily Star:
[In reference to DJ'ing] “It puts me to fucking sleep, to be quite honest; I don’t really see the technical merit in playing two songs at the same speed together and it bores me to fucking tears and hopefully, with all due respect to the DJ type that will fucking go the way of the dinosaur, I'd like them to dis-a-fucking-pear! It's so middle man, they’re like fucking lawyers! You need them, but they’re fucking cunts. God bless them, they’re my number one customer right, so I’m not gonna go dis every fucking DJ. But to say you become this massive, "up on a podium" performer by playing other peoples productions, at the same speed as someone else's productions and fading between the two of them, I don’t get it...”
As one would imagine, music forums were rife with debate; not the greatest promotional piece ever, I'm sure you'll agree.
More recently, during a rockstar moment (or toddlers tantrum... pick one yourself), mid-set at the 2010 Miami Winter Conference back in March, Joel locked horns with electroclash heavyweight Felix da' Housecat after catching the feline thieving his after-show cheese.
Speaking to Mixmag from the Miami hospital, Deadmau5’s manager said “He was just mixing out of 'Faxing Berlin' when Joel looked to the side of the stage and saw Felix tucking into his rider. Joel gets quite funny about having a full cheeseboard ready for when he comes off stage so when he saw Felix with his paws in his brie he went ballistic and threw a can of Heineken at him.”
Not reacting too well to 500ml of Amsterdam's finest flung at him, Felix went straight for the mouse, eventuating in Deadmau5 being sent to hospital.
...bollocks. Think about it boys and girls. Cat... Mouse... Cheese? Oh ha-bloody-ha.
It's a story that deserves a little credit for hilarity; once for the creative involvement of both artists in one press release, and once more for being so poor it becomes amusing.
Now we see the 'mau5 in hospital "again" after passing out due to fatigue during a show at '9:30' Club, Washington DC.
Deadmau5's cancelled tour dates:
August 1 - Osheaga Music & Arts Festival, Canada
August 7 - Summersonic, Osaka
August 8 - Summersonic, Tokyo
August 12 - Cream at Amnesia, Ibiza
August 13 - Cocorico Riccione, Italy
August 14 - Papaya Summer Festival, Croatia
August 15 - Sziget Festival, Hungary
August 17 - Cavo Paradiso, Mykonos
August 18 - Opium Mar, Barcelona
We can't help but think this is Karma working its magic for a shitty PR stunt and a piss poor attack on DJ's... about time too!
Not to sound like a pack of unforgiving rodent hating hillbillies, but feel free to join us in our willing to just kick him lightly in the face, and maybe (just maybe) have him ousted off his high horse, and back down to reality.
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