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Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), better known by his stage name deadmau5 (pronounced "dead mouse"), is a Canadian electro-house music producer, DJ, and performer based in Toronto. Deadmau5 produces a variety of styles with the house genre, or other forms of electronic dance music. His tracks have been included in compilation albums such as In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza, MixMag's Tech-Trance-Electro-Madness (mixed by Zimmerman), and on Armin van Buuren's A State of Trance radio show. His debut album, Get Scraped, was released in 2005, followed by others in the next few years. As well as his own solo releases, deadmau5 has worked alongside other DJs and producers, such as Kaskade, MC Flipside, Rob Swire of Pendulum, Skrillex, Bighorse and Steve Duda under the BSOD alias.[3] He is known for performing in an iconic headdress, or mau5head, which resembles a mouse head that he originally created while learning to use a 3D program.[4] The costume mouse head Zimmerman wears at concerts, called the "mau5head" appears in many different colors and designs, and has been shown on the cover of most of Zimmerman's albums, with the exceptions of At Play and Vexillology.

All You Need To Know Mostly

The man behind the mask is Joel Thomas Zimmerman, born January 5, 1981.

In 2009, Deadmau5 was the best-selling artist on online music store Beatport with more than 30 000 digital downloads.

His record label, mau5trap, released Skrillex’s second EP, Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.

He has been nominated for 3 awards (Best Dance Recording, Best Dance/Electronica Album, Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical) in the 54th edition of the Grammy Awards. Deadmau5 is a playable avatar in the video game DJ Hero 2.

He has guest starred in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.

Zimmerman was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

The song ‘Sofi Needs a Ladder’, off of 4×4=12, is featured on the soundtrack of The Hangover Part 2.

He performed at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.