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4×4=12
''4×4=12'' (pronounced "four times four equals twelve") is the fifth studio album by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released on December 6, 2010 by Virgin Records, Ultra Records and Mau5trap. The album's title refers to a miscalculation made by Deadmau5 on his Ustream channel, where he mistakenly said that his live setup of four banks of four "equals 12" instead of 16. The album received a nomination at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Dance/Electronica Album. Promotion Deadmau5 was the house DJ at the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards show hosted by Chelsea Handler in Los Angeles, California on September 12. He opened the event with "Some Chords", then as the night progressed, he played "Sofi Needs a Ladder", "Cthulhu Sleeps", and "Animal Rights". Deadmau5 also performed at the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012. First, he performed with Foo Fighters ("Rope" Deadmau5 Remix), and then played "Raise Your Weapon". On the same day, after the show, he revealed two new mau5heads ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadmau5
Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. He mainly produces progressive house music, though he also produces and DJs other genres of electronic music, including techno under the alias Testpilot. Zimmerman has received six Grammy Award nominations for his work. He has worked with other DJs and producers, such as Kaskade, Wolfgang Gartner, Rob Swire, and Chris Lake. He has also collaborated with Steve Duda under the group name BSOD (Better Sounding On Drugs), and was part of the group named WTF? with Duda, Tommy Lee and DJ Aero. In 2007, he founded his own record label, Mau5trap. Deadmau5 is currently one of the highest paid electronic music producers in the world, and is a masked music artist similar to Marshmello and Daft Punk. His works have been included in compilation albums such as Tiësto's '' In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza'', and presented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raise Your Weapon
"Raise Your Weapon" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5 featuring vocals from Faroese singer Greta Svabo Bech. It was released on May 23, 2011 as the fifth and final single from his fifth studio album '' 4×4=12''. The song was written by Deadmau5, Cydney Sheffield and Skrillex. Musically, "Raise Your Weapon" is a progressive house song that begins with a piano melody and Bech's vocals and ends with a dubstep breakdown with the vocals repeated. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics, with some highlighting it as a standout track from the album. It reached number 100 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100, making it his first song to make an entry on the chart. It also reached number 117 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was nominated at the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording, where he also performed the song in a sequence with David Guetta, Chris Brown, Lil Wayne and Foo Fighters, with the other songs being " I Can Only Imagine" and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Sofi Needs A Ladder
"Sofi Needs a Ladder" is a song by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, featuring vocals from German singer SOFI. It was released as the third single from deadmau5's fifth studio album, '' 4×4=12''. Background The song was originally an instrumental track, "You Need a Ladder", which Deadmau5 previously performed, but vocals were added on afterward to allow the song to be published and avoid any copyright infringement (the song previously included an intro and outro featuring a slightly remixed version of "Overworld theme" from the NES game ''The Legend of Zelda''). The song was first played on the radio by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 on October 22, 2010. The song won a 2011 Juno Award for Best Dance Recording. In popular culture The single is featured on the soundtrack to the video game '' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit''. During the finals of the seventh series of British show ''The X Factor'', contestant Cher Lloyd performed a variation of the first verse of the song mashe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal Rights (instrumental)
"Animal Rights" is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5 and American DJ Wolfgang Gartner. It was released on September 6, 2010, as the second single from Deadmau5's fifth studio album, ''4×4=12''. Background The single debuted on BBC Radio 1's coverage of Creamfields 2010 on 28 August 2010, at which Deadmau5 was playing. On 1 December 2010, the song was added to BBC Radio 1's playlist. BBC (24 February 2007). Retrieved on 2010-12-03. Following this, the song entered the and peaked at number 70, and also reached number 10 in the |
Some Chords
"Some Chords" is an instrumental by Canadian electronic music producer Deadmau5, released on 3 May 2010 as the first single from his fifth studio album ''4×4=12''. The song peaked at 13 on the Dance/Electronic Digital Song Sales chart in the US, and 120 in the UK Singles Chart. In 2014, a remix by Dillon Francis was released for Deadmau5's compilation album, '' 5 Years of Mau5''. Background The track was featured in an episode of ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' entitled "Pool Shark". A remix by Dillon Francis Dillon Hart Francis (born October 5, 1987), also known by the stage name DJ Hanzel, is an American electronic music producer and DJ. Early life Francis was born in Los AngelesAhmed, Insanul (March 13, 2012Who Is Dillon Francis?Complex. Retri ... was released for the '' 5 Years of Mau5'' compilation album in 2014. The remix charted in the US, peaking at 50 in the Dance/Electronic Songs chart. A remix contest was also hosted by Beatport Play, in which participants w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
54th Grammy Awards
The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 12, 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles being broadcast on CBS honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. LL Cool J hosted the show. It was the first time in seven years that the event had an official host. Nominations were announced on November 30, 2011, on prime-time television as part of "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! – Countdown to Music's Biggest Night", a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live. Kanye West received the most nominations with seven. Adele, Foo Fighters, and Bruno Mars each received six nominations. Lil Wayne, Skrillex, and Radiohead all earned five nominations. The nominations were criticised by many music journalists as Kanye West's ''My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy'' missed out on a nomination for Album of the Year despite being highly critically acclaimed and topping many end of year charts. West' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a record label owned by Universal Music Group. It originally founded as a British independent record label in 1972 by entrepreneurs Richard Branson, Simon Draper, Nik Powell, and musician Tom Newman. It grew to be a worldwide success over time, with the success of platinum performers Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Devo, Tangerine Dream, Genesis, Phil Collins, OMD, the Human League, Culture Club, Simple Minds, Lenny Kravitz, the Sex Pistols, and Mike Oldfield among others, meaning that by the time it was sold, it was regarded as a major label, alongside other large international independents such as A&M and Island Records. Virgin Records was sold to EMI in 1992. EMI was in turn taken over by Universal Music Group (UMG) in 2012 with UMG creating the Virgin EMI Records division. The Virgin Records name continues to be used by UMG in certain markets such as Germany and Japan. Virgin Records America Virgin Records America, Inc. was the company's North American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters are an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1994. Foo Fighters was initially formed as a one-man project by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl. Following the success of the eponymous debut album, Grohl (lead vocals, guitar) recruited a band consisting of Nate Mendel (bass guitar), William Goldsmith (drums), and Pat Smear (guitar). After a succession of lineup changes, including the departures of Goldsmith and Smear, the band formed its core lineup in 1999 consisting of Grohl, Mendel, Chris Shiflett (guitar), and Taylor Hawkins (drums). In 2005 Smear returned to the band and in 2017 Rami Jaffee joined the band performing the keyboards and piano. Prior to the release of Foo Fighters' 1995 debut album ''Foo Fighters'', which featured Grohl as the only official member, Grohl recruited bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith, both formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate, as well as Nirvana touring guitarist Pat Smear. The band began with performances in Portla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skrillex
Sonny John Moore (born January 15, 1988), known professionally as Skrillex, is an American DJ and music producer. Growing up in Northeast Los Angeles and Northern California, he joined the post-hardcore band From First to Last as the lead singer in 2004, and recorded two studio albums with the band (''Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has a Bodycount'' [2004] and ''Heroine (From First to Last album), Heroine'' [2006]) before leaving to pursue a solo career in 2007. He began his first tour as a solo artist in late 2007. After recruiting a new band lineup, Moore joined the Alternative Press Tour to support bands such as All Time Low and the Rocket Summer, and appeared on the cover of ''Alternative Press (music magazine), Alternative Press''' annual "100 Bands You Need to Know" issue. After releasing the ''Gypsyhook'' Extended play, EP in 2009, Moore was scheduled to record his debut studio album, ''Bells'', with producer Noah Shain. He ceased production of the album, however, and began p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia Toufa
Sofia Toufa (born August 13, 1983), known by her stage name SOFI (acronym for Some Other Female Interest), is a German/Greek singer and rapper. In addition to her solo career, SOFI has provided vocals on tracks by electronic music artists including deadmau5, Moguai and Savoy. Background Toufa started her musical career at 13 through her group Danacee, signed to Def Jam Germany. The band has supported acts such as Destiny’s Child and Usher. Later, Toufa co-choreographed the video for Avril Lavigne’s hit-single " Girlfriend" and she was hired to co-choreograph, sing and dance on her 2008's Best Damn World Tour. In 2009, she toured the world as back up singer for Britney Spears on her Circus 2009 World Tour. Toufa has also worked with Fall Out Boy, Will.I.Am, Deadmau5, Butch Walker, Mötley Crüe, Tommy Lee and Nelly Furtado Nelly Kim Furtado (; ; born December 2, 1978) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide making her o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wolfgang Gartner
Joseph Thomas Youngman (born March 17, 1982), better known by his stage name Wolfgang Gartner, is an American DJ and music producer. Much of his music prior to 2010 was released through his own record label, Kindergarten, but he signed with Ultra Records in 2010 and Ministry of Sound in the UK in 2011. Biography Background Youngman created the Wolfgang Gartner name in late 1999 after establishing a successful name as a deep house DJ. Not wanting to be criticized for such an abrupt departure in style, Youngman created the name anonymously. Gartner's identity was revealed officially in July 2008. Youngman took the name from the coach of the Cal Poly Mustangs men's soccer team. The current Wolfgang Gartner logo was created in 2010 by New York graffiti artist Eric Haze who created logos for the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy and EPMD. Gartner hosted the first episode of MTV's dance music show "Clubland" which aired on September 22, 2011. A portion of the episode was filmed at his home i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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