deadmau5 feat. Chris James - The Veldt (Official Video)

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, “Hypnocurrency” with REZZ, “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 new music project Kx5 releasing Top 40 smash and #1 dance music radio single “Escape” featuring Hayla leading into the release of their 2023 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. Beyond his music career, he is also a co-founder of gaming venture PIXELYNX and is an executive of HD streaming platform StreamVoodoo.

about #mau5trap:
Over a decade since its formation, mau5trap -- the independent record label founded by groundbreaking electronic music producer deadmau5 -- has become a bastion for trailblazing and genre-defying artists. Casting a palpable influence over the genre, Mixmag readers voted mau5trap among the “Top 50 Labels of the Decade”, placing it in the Top 10; since then, the imprint has been supported by dance music magnates Billboard, DJ Mag, Forbes, Insomniac, & The EDM Network.

The multi-genre platform has served as an authoritative platform for dance music heavyweights such as Skrillex, REZZ, Feed Me, Zedd, Noisia, i_o, Dillon Francis, Chris Lake, & Madeon; a combination of dark, forceful techno & complex, electro sounds, the label acts as a hotbed for rising talent like Lamorn, 1788-L, Polar Youth, Volaris, DI SUN, & others alike. Welcome to the horde.

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[chaseray]

“Man he’s gonna love the stutter shit”

[TaiwanBobby]

Decent vocals, but it could use some stuttering.

[asimplepie]

Still love the video of Deadmau5 discovering Chris. Such a legendary moment for both artists

[Pedro-uzjz]

I just discovered this track because of an Instagram page on history.

[luxx]

story behind this song:

"The Veldt" was inspired by the 1950 short sci fi story of the same name by Ray Bradbury.

While streaming, Deadmau5 gets a random message from a 17 year old Chris James. The message included vocals and lyrics to an unreleased song. Deadmau5 reacted to the message on stream and was so impressed by James' vocals he decided to sign James and confirmed that the official release of the song would include James' vocals. Deadmau5 was particularly impressed with the lyrical references to the Ray Bradbury story.

The song's production was captured on a live streaming session via Deadmau5's official website. The song was eventually released and has become one Deadmau5's most popular songs.

[Jonny.]

How this only has 16 million views is beyond me. 2024 and it’s a timeless song.

[seanohare]

8 years later.... and I’m still adding the stuttering to this song in my head 🤣

[GHFear]

I am so damn glad Mau5 and Chris found each other and made a BEAUTIFUL track :D Love it! Bless the internet!

[Plague_Doc]

What i like is how a huge artist like Deadmau5 literally took a fans vocals and made a hit out of it. And that guy is now being played worldwide. Thats nuts.

[Brickkzz]

If you know how the vocal for this song was found by deadmau5, this song becomes 1001 times more epic :)

[Kuech]

This intro has been my alarm clock for 11 years. I wake up happy ever time my alarm goes off.

[voteZDLR]

I mean hate him or love him you can't say Deadmau5 doesn't interact with his fans. Saw this video the other day with a kid who sent him a disposable camera and an album to sign; not only does he sign the album, he actually took pictures for him, and then sent them both back to the fan. That's serious fan service. And then you find out that somebody through the power of the Internet and computers not only recorded lyrics for him, but was able to send them to him and collabo as a result. That's fucking beautiful, man.

[ElderBard]

Just jumped o to here from reddit. Wow. This track still hits years later. Dont know what happend to deadmau5 or Chris. Hope things worked out.

[planetamy]

I used to listen to this song as a kid and I’ve spent about 4 years looking for this song again, today was my lucky day.

[Jonny.]

Reading the short story, this song hits way different. They captured the very essence of this story. Ming blowing.

[virginisellis]

In the short story "veldt" by ray Bradbury, the parents discuss about a specific room in the house (the nursery) a holographic room that projects images of the imagination (like the holodeck from startreck), when the childrens parents discuss the issues of the room being a problem to their behavior.
Threatening to shut the nursery off permentaly, the kids throw a fit. After their tantrum, the children ask their dad to go back into the room. Moments later they scream for their parents, the parents come rushing in, with the kids nowhere to be found, they look to the door, the kids shut and lock the parents in the nursery, surrounded by lions the mother and father get mauled, (the white glasses)
"The world that the children made" comes from the African setting the children imagined for the room to generate.

[thLiberator]

This is one of the few songs that makes me cry. I first heard it when I was 25 and living on my own in Florida (moved from Virginia) to be a Flight instructor at a small airport. While I lived there I had met a beautiful waitress that was also into deadmau5 and we hung out together in downtown Orlando clubbing. Sadly, she passed away a few years ago when I left Florida to be an airline pilot. She was in rehab. The song is real tearjerker for me...

[olvegravklev]

got here after watching deadmau5's reaction to when he got the lyrics. :))

[bumpstock]

Ahhh grade 6, bless your soul Ms. Veronica. Wouldn't have found this masterpiece without you

[GnothiSeaudon]

Top 15 progressive house songs by deadmau5:
1. Strobe
2. Pets
3. There Might Be Coffee
4. I Remember
5. The Veldt
6. Drop The Poptart
7. Not Exactly
8. Suite 2
9. Move For Me
10. All I Have
11. HR 8938 Cephei
12. Brazil (Second Edit)
13. Faxing Berlin
14. Jaded
15. Finished Symphonies
(Numbers 2, 6 and 10 highly recommendend as Mau5' lesser known works!)

Honorable mentions:
- Bleed
- You & I (remix)
- Aural Psynapse
- The Longenst Road
- October
- Blood For The Bloodgoat
- Closer
- Errors In My Head