Deadmau5 - Strobe (Evan Duffy Piano Cover)

Strobe
by Deadmau5

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Hey everyone,

So this track was by far the most requested in the history of my channel thus far. To me, it's a masterpiece of electronic music, and I truly wanted to do it justice. I hope I have. In this arrangement I tried to stay true to the original piece while also adding some of my own flair to it. I think the end result is a nice balance of transcription/arrangement. Also, the rhythmic content in this thing is ridiculous... such great writing. I hope you enjoy :)

- Evan Duffy

mp3: coming soon!

[johnt]

10 years later and still one of my favorites

[Repz]

Strobe is actually one of the most beautiful songs ever created, It's the perfect mix of warm and calm with a very slow build up.

[jean-renelemay]

This version really shows the depth of Deadmau5's melodies, he is more than just a DJ. Great performance by Evan!

[colunizator]

You know sh*t is about to escalate quickly when a pianist hunches like that.
Well done

[xFeaTHD]

After 14 long years on the internet, I've just decided that this is my absolute favourite video ever.

[No-phtc]

This is one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard in my life

[izabellagimenez]

Hey, Evan. I first saw your video back in 2013 whe I was obssessed with the original song. Those were such different times. So much has changed since then. My parents used to have a piano at home and I remember listening to your cover for hours straight and trying to reproduce it. I even recorded my own (very poor) version of it. I moved out, my parents and I don't see or speak in a long, long time, and I never had the chance to play the piano again untill this year when I'm finally buying my own. Anyway, just wanted to let you know that after all these years, here I am again. Somehow, you cover has inspired me in ways I can't even explain and whenever I want to remember happier days I listen to your version of Strobe and it helps me get better :)

[skikarno]

Lost my wife and daughter.. was alone in the home my world gone .. drunk crying .. this song came on .. think I was one of the first to view it . .. hard to talk about why this hit me so hard.. you hear about how a song can move you... only had my best friend left who had the same name as my daughter.. saved my life and helped my find a way to live.. and then he died of sudden leukemia on the anniversary of losing my family...


Life is hard and unfair.. dont know how I keep going..

Small things that give me hope is the beauty that lies within each of us if only we can be brave enough to choose.

Thank you Evan. Touched my heart and gave me some peace when all was lost . X

[TheDigiZoo]

I feel as if the audience at a classical recital would believe this to be beautiful, not knowing it's origins. That puts a smile on my face.

[veliin]

I've listened to this cover every year for the last 12 years. Strobe is, and will always be, one of my favorite ded mau songs. Rock on, Mr. Duffy. Whatever you're up to now, I hope you're still playing the hell out of them keys. So much heart, so much fun to watch and hear. Thank you.

[Tauri]

holy.... sh** youtube recommended this in 2020.... an this is incredible! thank you Evan

[conallmcauley]

dude this is so impressive how well he played this because he's playing in thirds that interlock so he has to constantly syncopate himself with uneven notes at 128bpm, huge props dude

[codybrookehanson]

I love how the piano brings out the true beauty of this song and puts it in a way EVERY person of any age and culture can enjoy. Wow dude

[BerkB]

Absolute mau5terpiece

Never gets old

[bobbrownintruth]

Played it like you wrote it. Bravo sir.

[glibby]

amongst the other 10, 703 comments I wanted to say how much this cover has meant to me in the last 7 or 8 years or thereabouts, I come back and listen to it all the time. I am so weirdly grateful, and I wish you all the best in 2023, Evan

[bolloe]

For 10 years I have been coming back to this every now and then... it never once has failed to move me.

[chriscarrillo]

Coming back here after these eight long years. Saved this to my “old memories and things to feel” playlist. Thank you for painting a chapter to the soundtrack of my life, enabling me to drop right back into memories at the sound of your keys, and giving me more reason to be inspired when I feel stuck in a rut. Hope you’re doing well after all this time Evan.

[DjjC]

Bravo to you sir. Strobe is my favorite Deadmau5 song and you just made it a classical masterpiece. This will go down history.

[paulwallwhat]

The first time I heard Strobe was on the for lack of a better name album. I was in bed about 11pm at night, drifting off to sleep. Then the greatest dance song of all time kicked in. That drop, just dropped and I lost my shit. I listened to it like 10 times. What a song, a total masterpiece. And I absolutely love this version, found it ten years ago and I always come back.