RollingStone followed Deadmau5 as he traveled to different festivals in Europe and the Mau5 offered up his opinions on multiple issues in the electronic dance music industry. Never one to back down or shy away from being controversial (or troll DJ PaulyD), Zimmerman calls out the dj’s that show up and just press play, while also getting what’s hopefully the final shot at Madonna.
Here are some highlights from the article:
David Guetta has two iPods and a mixer and he just plays tracks – like, ‘Here’s one with Akon, check it out!
(Skrillex) has a laptop and a MIDI recorder, and he’s just playing his shit … People are, thank God, smartening up about who does what – but there’s still button-pushers getting paid half a million. And not to say I’m not a button-pusher. I’m just pushing a lot more buttons.
If you’re gonna come into my world, at least do it with a little more dignity. I understand she has millions more fans, and is way more successful than I’ll ever be. But it’s like talking about slavery at a fucking blues concert. It’s inappropriate.
Zimmerman routinely refuses to contribute to pop records, and he dismisses most dance music as formulaic – “Just 120 bpm with a fucking kick drum on every quarter note” – but he’s been trying to get Dave Grohl to remix one of his own songs. “Because fuck dance music, you know?”
We should expect more from ‘The World’s Greatest DJ’ so thanks a lot DJ Mag for making us all look like idiots. While the controversy over dj’s who actually mix tracks live continues, it will be interesting to see how the community reacts. Do you think they champion for Deadmau5 or tell Joel that it’s time to shut up.
The special summer edition of RollingStone hits shelves this Friday, June 22.
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