W:/2016ALBUM/

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AlbumDec 02 / 201612 songs, 1h 19m 16s
Electro House Progressive House
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Patient rhythms and gorgeous synths with a gritty ‘80s spin.

A leading figure in electronic music, deadmau5 has seen international chart success with such memorable tracks as the recently platinum-certified “Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff,” “Faxing Berlin,” “Sofi Needs a Ladder,” “I Remember” and “The Veldt.” deadmau5 has received six GRAMMY® nominations (performed at the 54th GRAMMY® telecast) and has won multiple JUNO Awards. On December 2, he released his sixth studio album “W:/2016ALBUM/” (pronounced as ‘w drive 2016 album’), his first release as an independent artist via his own label mau5trap.

5.9 / 10

On his latest, EDM titan deadmau5 continues to hint that he might have a better, richer album in him. Once more, he has not made it.

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6 / 10

Toronto native Deadmau5 (Joel Zimmerman) has never shied away from speaking his mind, and has always held himself to higher-than-most standa...

7 / 10

Producer deadmau5, the purveyor of all your EDM nightmares dressed up in a novelty mouse helmet, created his new album W:/2016ALBUM/ in the Canadian

(mau5trap)

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Let’s face it, this wouldn’t be the first time an electronic music artist sold you an album for a few banging hits.