Mau5trap (stylized as mau5trap; pronounced "mousetrap") is an

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Canadian

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founded in 2007 by

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producer

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. The label was formerly a

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, hosting releases through labels such as Ultra Music,

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, and Astralwerks.

History

In 2007, Mau5trap was founded by Canadian electronic music producer

(Joel Zimmerman). The label's first release was Zimmerman's " Faxing Berlin", also released by Play Records and Cinnamon Flava. The second artist on the label was Canadian DJ Glenn Morrison, which Zimmerman later revealed to have ghost produced for. In 2008, after more artists were signed to moderate success, Mau5trap partnered with

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and released Zimmerman's third studio album, ''

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'' to commercial success. In 2010, Mau5trap signed American producer

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, and released his second EP '' Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites'' in partnership with Big Beat Records. In 2012, Mau5trap signed English hip hop group

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and released their third studio album '' The Uprising'',

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released his second studio album ''Mpire'', Noisia released a special edition of ''Split the Atom'', and Mau5trap debuted the compilation series ''We Are Friends''. In 2013, following Zimmerman's departure from Ultra Records, Mau5trap ended their partnership with the former partner label. In June 2013, Mau5trap briefly partnered with Astralwerks, a subsidiary of

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. In 2015, Mau5trap became a fully independent record label with music rights and publishing managed through

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. In 2016, Zimmerman's eighth studio album, '' W:/2016ALBUM/'', became Mau5trap's first fully independent album release. In 2017, Mau5trap also independently released the debut studio album by Canadian music producer Rezz, titled ''

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''. In 2017, Mau5trap celebrated its ten-year anniversary, and released a thirty-three track compilation album titled ''Mau5trap Ten Year Anniversary''.

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