DEADMAU5 TAKING A BREAK FROM THE MUSIC BIZ?

Deadmau5 and #MsKemi at the 40th Juno red carpet 2011

Deadmau5 and KJ at the 39th Juno red carpet 2010

He was just here at Toronto's Veld Music festival. DJ Deadmau5 has decided to take a break from music because he has been feeling "pretty miserable" and needs some "quiet time".

The house music star, real name Joel Thomas Zimmerman, explained his planned hiatus to fans in a post on his Tumblr.com blog, insisting he won't be cancelling any planned shows but he won't be performing again anytime soon.

He writes, "I'm going to unplug for a wee bit. Which doesn't mean I'm cancelling any upcoming shows or anything, I'm just gunna (sic) slam on the breaks for a bit and force myself to endure some quiet time. In that time, obviously the gears will still be moving, I'll still be writing, and the releases will still come out...

"I got a lot of work to do on some stuff. So, best I just chill the f**k out a bit and just get it done, and get it done right...

"Then our regularly scheduled program shall continue. But yeah, I'm basically pretty miserable right now and need to pull the f--- back and figure out whatever the f--- it is I do."

Deadmau5 has regular shows across Europe and North America running up until September 22, when he finishes his stint with a gig in Las Vegas.

ALL CANADIAN: DEADMAU5 NOMINATED FOR A GRAMMY!!

The year of the Mouse... Congrats to Deadmau5 (pronounced Deadmouse) One of the nominees list for best Dance remix. Already a Juno Award Winner, now up for a Grammy!

Just about to finish up his 50 date tour covering 3 continents, Niagara Falls born and bred Producer/ DJ Deadmau5 flew up the Top 100 DJ Mag poll this year debuting at #11...that's the highest entry this year!

“We have a new music hero in our midst. It seems that the madness has only begun…” - DJ Mag.com

One of the most in demand producers in the world, he's proving time and time again that he is the biggest new Canadian talent anywhere in 2008!

“Most influential, forward-thinking and relevant person.” -Beatport.com

You may not know who the Mau5 is yet.. but the rest of the world does! His debut album on Ultra Records, Random Album Title is consistently in the Top 5 iTunes electronic sales and pretty much everything he puts out hit #1 on Beatport.com - THE online store for electronic music.

For more information on Deadmau5:
http://www.myspace.com/deadmau5
http://www.deadmau5.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadmau5