On Sunday, May 19, AREA15 hosted an exclusive meet-and-greet with world-renowned electronic music producer deadmau5. The event attracted a huge crowd of more than 800 enthusiastic fans who were eager to meet the music legend and get their exclusive merchandise signed.
A limited-time pop-up complemented the event called the mau5hop, which was held inside The Wall at AREA15. Over the weekend, fans had the opportunity to purchase unique deadmau5 merchandise, including mystery plush keychains, mau5-themed Rubik’s cubes, posters, t-shirts, hoodies, and pins.
Additionally, the weekend marked the launch of the deadmau5 x Mu5eum Fia5co “immer5ive experience,” which will continue to dazzle visitors daily through Thursday, July 11. This eight-week-long light and sound showcase features special-mixed tracks created by deadmau5 exclusively for AREA15. The experience provides an engaging and mesmerizing audiovisual journey tailored to fans of innovative music and art. Tickets can be purchased for $18 here.
ABOUT deadmau5
Joel Zimmerman, more commonly known as deadmau5 (pronounced ‘dead mouse’), is one of the world’s most respected electronic music producers of modern times. Enjoying international chart success with his 2x platinum-certified single “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff,” as well as “Professional Griefers,” “Sofi Needs A Ladder,” and “I Remember,” he has also released seven critically acclaimed albums.
The multiple JUNO Award-winning and GRAMMY-nominated artist’s ability to push the boundaries of his talent grows at an equal rate to his fan base, which counts 15 million and more over his combined social media channels. His latest music offerings include “Pomegranate” with The Neptunes, “Bridged By A Lightwave” with Kiesza, “Channel 43” with Wolfgang Gartner, with REZZ “Hypnocurrency” and “Infraliminal” (as REZZMAU5), “When The Summer Dies” with Lights, “Hyperlandia” featuring Foster The People, “this is fine.” with Portugal. The Man, “XYZ,” and “My Heart Has Teeth” featuring Skylar Grey.
In 2022, deadmau5 teamed with longtime friend and collaborator Kaskade on a new music project, Kx5, releasing the Top 40 smash and #1 dance music radio single “Escape” featuring Hayla, leading into the release of their 2023 GRAMMY-nominated debut self-titled album Kx5. In the live realm, his 2019/20 U.S. cubev3 tour, featuring production of his own design and implementation, ranked in the Top 10 of Pollstar’s top tours globally.
In 2022, he completed the ‘We Are Friends’ North American tour and, as Kx5, headlined the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in December, breaking records as the largest single-day concert event headlined by an electronic music artist ever in North America, with Billboard confirming Kx5 at the Coliseum as the biggest ticketed global headliner dance event of 2022. deadmau5’s latest accomplishment in the live music space includes sold-out performances at legendary Los Angeles venue the Hollywood Bowl and New York City’s Brooklyn Mirage for his career celebration ‘retro5pective: 25 years of deadmau5.’ Beyond his music career, he is also a co-founder of venture PIXELYNX and an executive of HD streaming platform StreamVoodoo.