Toronto – Deadmau5 is a Toronto based DJ known for house music. What is house music..and why is it called house music? I don’t know. Anyways, he’s been on the scene for a few years now but only recently have I listened to his tracks, now that I’ve read something about the guy, it definitely appeals to my geek factor:
‘Deadmau5′, Zimmermans’ DJ name comes from an incident where a mouse crawled into his computer. ‘Dead Mouse’ was too long for an IRC login name, so he abbreviated it to be the “leet speak” spelling “Deadmau5″[3] Comfortable with computers at an early age Zimmerman started making music with with modtrackers and DOS-programming for the demoscene.
I think he played a show with Late of the Pier and the Whip earlier this year, a show that I SHOULD have gone to, but did not, probably due to laziness. His latest album For Lack of a Better Name is out this Tuesday and after an initial listen of it, I can say that this album is kickin it and definitely something you can put on for a Friday Night Dance Party. Who else has a song named after a meme website?
