deadmau5

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 MixMags TechTranceElectroMadness mixed by deadmau5 himself and on Armin van Buurens A State of Trance radio show His debut album Circa 19982004 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 aliasHe is known for often performing in a titular costume head which resembles a mouse head that he originally created while learning to use a 3D programThe socalled Mau5head appears in many different colors and designs and has been shown on the cover of most of deadmau5s albums with the exceptions of At Play and Vexillology   Description above from the Wikipedia article deadmau5 licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia