UJoel Thomas Zimmerman uthole isaziso ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu elithi Deadmau5. Ungu-DJ, umqambi womculo kanye nomdidiyeli. Umfana usebenza ngesitayela sasekhaya. Ubuye alethe izici ze-psychedelic, trance, electro kanye nezinye izitayela emsebenzini wakhe. Umsebenzi wakhe womculo waqala ngo-1998, uthuthuka kuze kube manje.
Ubuntwana nobusha bomculi wesikhathi esizayo u-Deadmaus
UJoel Thomas Zimmerman wazalwa ngoJanuwari 5, 1981. Umndeni wakhe wawuhlala edolobheni laseNiagara eCanada. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, umfana waba nesithakazelo kumakhompiyutha nomculo. Ukuhlanganisa zombili izinto azithandayo, lapho esemusha wanquma ukuba ngu-DJ.
Wazama ukuthuthukisa ngenkuthalo kulokhu. Kusukela esemncane, uJoel wayebamba itoho emsakazweni. Ngokushesha waba umsizi womkhiqizi ohlelweni loguquko lweqembu. Lapha wahlangana nomngane wakhe nozakwabo uSteve Duda.
UJoel Zimmerman usenqume ukuthuthela eToronto. Leli yidolobha elikhulu elathembisa ukwandiswa kwamathuba entuthuko. Le nsizwa ayizange iphazamise intuthuko endimeni yomculo. Indoda ithole umsebenzi kulebula ye-Play Digital.
Kungokufika kukaJoel Zimmerman okuhambisana nentuthuko esheshayo yenkampani. Le nsizwa yakha umculo o-DJ abadumile ababewudlala ngokuzithandela. Njengamanje, i-Deadmau5 ibambisana ngenkuthalo neQembu lamashumi amabili nane, futhi iphinde ikhuthaze amalebula akhe ama-Xfer Records, mau5trap.
Izinyathelo zokuqala zika-Deadmau5 eziya empumelelweni kanye nomsuka wegama-mbumbulu
Ngo-2006, uJoel wadala iqembu le-BSOD. Egameni laleli qembu, ukhiphe ukukhululwa kwakhe kokuqala. Kwakuyingoma ethi "This Is The Hook", ebhalwe ngokubambisana noSteve Duda. Eshadini le-Beatport, lokhu kwakheka kufinyelele phezulu ngokungalindelekile. Lo mculi akaqhubekanga nokusebenza ngenxa yokushoda kwezimali. Ibhendi yasheshe yahlakazeka futhi uJoel waqala ukusebenza ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu elithi Deadmau5.
Ngenkathi ethuthukisa umsebenzi wakhe, uJoel Zimmerman waphila impilo ekhuthele ezingxoxweni ezihlukahlukene ezinezihloko. Wake watshela kwenye yalezi zingxoxo ukuthi uthole igundane elifile. Lokhu kwenzeka lapho enquma ukushintsha ikhadi levidiyo kukhompyutha yakhe. Abasebenzisi bayibambe ngokushesha le ndaba. Isiteketiso esithi "leya gundane elifile" lanamathela endodeni, elisheshe lafushaniswa laba igundane elifile. Kamuva, lo mfana ngokwakhe weza negama lokuqamba elisekelwe kulokhu: Deadmau5.
Ukuqala komsebenzi ozimele womculo we-Deadmaus
Ngo-2007, u-Deadmau5 uqophe iculo lakhe lokuqala elithi "Faxing Berlin". U-Pete Tong udonsele ukunaka ekuqanjweni kwayo. Ube nesandla ekubonakaleni kwale ngoma emoyeni we-BBC Radio 1. Ngenxa yalokhu, leli culo laduma. Baqala bakhuluma ngomculi osafufusa.
Phakathi kuka-2006 no-2007, u-Deadmau5 wasebenza ku-duet nomculi u-Mellefresh. Bendawonye baqopha izingoma ezimbalwa ezithakazelisayo ezazuza uthando lwabalaleli. Ngo-2008, i-Deadmau5 yasebenzisana no-Kaskade's Haley. Bakhiphe izingoma ezimbalwa, enye yazo efike phezulu eshadini le-Billboard's Dance Airplay.
Ukubonakala kwama-albhamu okuqala e-solo kanye nokudala okwengeziwe
Ekwindla ka-2008, u-Deadmau5 ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Get Scraped. Ekupheleni konyaka, umculi wathola imiklomelo emi-3 kuma-Beatport Music Awards. Kanye nokuqokwa okukodwa kuhlale ngaphandle kokunqoba. Ngemuva konyaka, i-Deadmau5 yakhipha i-albhamu elandelayo yesitudiyo, Isihloko se-albhamu esingahleliwe. Futhi uthole imiklomelo emi-2 ngokwemiphumela yonyaka.
Ngo-2010, umculi wabhala enye i-disc entsha "4 × 4 = 12". Ngemva kwalokho, waqala ukukhipha ama-albhamu nge isikhawu 2 iminyaka. Ku-2018, i-Deadmau5 iqophe izingxenye ze-2 zamarekhodi kusukela kuphrojekthi entsha ngesikhathi esisodwa, futhi ngemva konyaka yengeza ku-trilogy.
Ukugcina ukuduma kwe-Deadmouth
Ngaphezu kwemisebenzi yesitudiyo, i-Deadmau5 ijikeleza ngenkuthalo. Ngayinye yemidlalo yakhe ihambisana nomdlalo ongasoze walibaleka. Lokhu kuqinisekisa ukugcinwa kwesithombe sakhe futhi kwenza umdwebi akhumbuleke futhi ahluke. Muva nje, u-Deadmau5 ubelokhu enaka kakhulu ukuthuthukiswa kwamalebula akhe. U-DJ uphinde ahlole umculo futhi alwele ukuthuthukiswa kobuciko.
I-Judgment Deadmau5 nge-Disney
Ngo-2014, i-Walt Disney Company yafaka icala ngokumelene no-Deadmau5. Ingqikithi yezidingo kwakuwukufana kwegama lokungelona lika-DJ nesithombe nomlingiswa wabo wekhathuni odumile. Umculi ukuvumile lokhu ngaphambilini. Yiqiniso, esitatimendeni sokuphendula, uveze ukusetshenziswa komculo wakhe kolunye lochungechunge olusha lwekhathuni ngaphandle kwemvume yakhe.
Ngemva konyaka, Deadmau5 wasekela "Dota 2 International" ubuqhawe. Ngemuva komncintiswano, unikeze isethi yomculo wakhe kwababambe iqhaza kulo mncintiswano. Umculi uvumile ukuthi yena ngokwakhe akamelene nomdlalo, ngokuvamile ngale ndlela uchitha isikhathi sakhe samahhala.
Izimpumelelo Zomculi
Ngaphezu kokuphumelela kwakhe okokuqala kumaBeatport Music Awards ngo-2008, lo mculi waklonyeliswa lapha ngo-2009 nango-2010. U-Deadmau5 ube ngu-DJ ohamba phambili kanye neciko elihamba phambili kuma-International Dance Music Awards 2010. Ufakwe ohlwini lwama-DJs aphezulu o-DJ Magazine. Ngo-2008, ku-Top 100 DJs, wathatha indawo ye-11, ngo-2009, indawo yesi-6, kwathi ngo-2010 wakhuphukela endaweni yesine.
Imisebenzi emisha ka-DJ
Ngo-2020, u-Deadmau5 uqophe i-"Pomegranate" eyodwa. Le ngoma ibhalwe ngabadidiyeli be-hip hop i-Neptunes. Umsebenzi omusha unomsindo wangempela. I-Deadmau5 ingena kusitayela se-"funk funk" lapha. Lokhu kuwukuhlonipha isifiso sokuzama nokuthuthukisa.
Deadmau5 zokuzilibazisa
I-Deadmau5 inezilwane ezifuywayo ezi-2 azinaka kakhulu. Ikati nekati leli. Umdwebi wabaqamba ngokuthi uProfessor Meowingtons noMiss Nyancat. Isimo sengqondo sokuhlonipha izilwane sigcizelela inhlangano engokomoya ecashile ka-DJ nomdidiyeli, othole ukuqashelwa kubabukeli abaningi.
