Deadmau5 ****e all over Beatport

kevthecelt · 05-01-2011 07:19PM #1

Whats going on, he's got about 8 songs in the top 10 electro house chart, a load in the Dubstep chart too, the tunes are terrible, is the label just buying a load of their own tunes to get exposure or what. It's been like this for the last 2 months!!!

Chloroplast · 05-01-2011 07:34PM

I was told that apparently the owner of beatport also owns a nightclub in the usa, and he gets deadmau5 much cheaper than the norm. there was sumit going on a while back with some law suit. perhaps that's it ?

http://www.heyreverb.com/2010/12/02/news-soco-club-kingpin-claims-monopoly-in-lawsuit-against-beta-beatport-honcho-alleges-coercion-of-deadmau5-dj-rap-others/

or alternatively ,electro cheese is just getting more popular,and the guys working on the site whose job it is to put the music into the right genres are just asleep at the wheel.

Quiggers · 05-01-2011 08:19PM

the masses love him, he has a new album, beat port is a cheap place to get mp3's. of course he's gonna hog the top, as will guetta's next. just dont lose sleep over it.

at least it's not sash!

Ardennes1944 · 05-01-2011 08:22PM

he's ****

RMD · 06-01-2011 01:11AM

It's wrecking my head. Went into the Electro House chart there, Feed Me (John Gooch, aka Spor) who is alright but nothing great IMO is pretty much has most positions on the top 10, while the likes of Wolfgang Gartner who IMO is an amazing Electro House producer is only at 7 with "Space Junk", that song should be in top 3 definitely.

It's just a bunch of retards who instantly see Mau5trap as the label and think they must buy. Some of the recent stuff from Mau5trap is alright, I like a fair bit of Michael Woods and Moguais stuff, but the rest doesn't deserve anywhere near the level of success it's getting.

maxxie · 06-01-2011 04:21AM

Yep sick of beatports nut hugging, what other sites do people get their tunes from?

Zascar · 06-01-2011 10:22AM

www.whatpeopleplay.com

Pace2008 · 06-01-2011 12:10PM

One of my mates played me a track riding high in the Beatport charts the other day; some dubstep abortion from some bloke on Deadmau5's label.

It was quite possibly the worst song I've ever heard in my life. Must try to find out the name of it.

jtsuited · 06-01-2011 12:13PM

skrillex probably.

YOP1992 · 06-01-2011 12:21PM

jtsuited wrote: »

skrillex probably.

ew

Pace2008 · 06-01-2011 12:24PM

Must try to erase name from memory.

ianuss · 06-01-2011 12:45PM

What has been heard, cannot be unheard.

electrogrimey · 06-01-2011 05:45PM

A lot of people suspect Mau5trap or whatever it's called of getting people to buy the tracks or using bots or whatever, because every release that comes out gets most of the EP into the top 10. Skrillex's ****e album had like 8 of the top 10 spots. It only takes a few thousands buys to so it wouldn't be hard.

jtsuited · 06-01-2011 05:54PM

electrogrimey wrote: »

A lot of people suspect Mau5trap or whatever it's called of getting people to buy the tracks or using bots or whatever, because every release that comes out gets most of the EP into the top 10. Skrillex's ****e album had like 8 of the top 10 spots. It only takes a few thousands buys to so it wouldn't be hard.

Meh, I very much doubt it. I know a few labels and artists who have done that type of thing.
Deadmau5 is the biggest guy in the world right now. Even when Faxing Berlin dropped, every top ten sales chart on there was awash with mau5 remixes. The beatport market love him and always have. He still has the biggest selling tune on there of all time.

Android 666 · 06-01-2011 06:00PM

Do you know what? I don't think ever hear a Deadmau5 tune... I'm sure I probably have in the background and in clubs and that but I wouldn't know a Deadmau5 tune if it came on a Radio or in a club. I'll check him out on Youtube when I go home this evening but is he really that bad?

electrogrimey · 06-01-2011 06:14PM

Android 666 wrote: »

Do you know what? I don't think ever hear a Deadmau5 tune... I'm sure I probably have in the background and in clubs and that but I wouldn't know a Deadmau5 tune if it came on a Radio or in a club. I'll check him out on Youtube when I go home this evening but is he really that bad?

He's good at what he does, but what he does it **** and formulaic.

Pace2008 · 06-01-2011 06:16PM

Android 666 wrote: »

Do you know what? I don't think ever hear a Deadmau5 tune... I'm sure I probably have in the background and in clubs and that but I wouldn't know a Deadmau5 tune if it came on a Radio or in a club. I'll check him out on Youtube when I go home this evening but is he really that bad?

I'm certain you'd have heard Ghosts 'n' Stuff at some stage.

I think his earlier stuff is pretty inoffensive but the level of success he’s achieved is completely disproportionate to his musical ability (though I guess this isn’t shocking given what tends to top the charts).

He’s also a complete dickhead.

scott.s · 06-01-2011 06:33PM

Android 666 wrote: »

I'll check him out on Youtube when I go home this evening but is he really that bad?

If you've never heard his stuff before then don't listen to the new tracks first.

Older tracks like Brazil, Arguru and definitely listen to Strobe. Even if people on here don't like deadmau5 in general, I'd say they'd like Strobe.

/deadmau5 fanboy

Four-Percent · 06-01-2011 07:38PM

Well I think he's really talented, and just misunderstood.

In fact, I think I love him.

YOP1992 · 06-01-2011 07:51PM

electrogrimey wrote: »

He's good at what he does, but what he does it **** and formulaic.

not dubstep , hes most certainly not good at that!

electrogrimey · 06-01-2011 08:25PM

YOP1992 wrote: »

not dubstep , hes most certainly not good at that!

True, his attempts at dubstep are laughable, and his army of fanboys on Soundcloud are even funnier.

Eddie Ere · 06-01-2011 11:03PM

electrogrimey wrote: »

True, his attempts at dubstep are laughable, and his army of fanboys on Soundcloud are even funnier.

He has attempted dubstep?

Pfffffft hahaha

BaZmO* · 06-01-2011 11:08PM

Android 666 wrote: »

Do you know what? I don't think ever hear a Deadmau5 tune... I'm sure I probably have in the background and in clubs and that but I wouldn't know a Deadmau5 tune if it came on a Radio or in a club. I'll check him out on Youtube when I go home this evening but is he really that bad?

Yeah I'm the exact same.

Although I actually heard a song on Today FM this morning. Only heard a few seconds of it mind, very poppy, like the Tings Tings? I thought he played real banging trancey type stuff?

Pace2008 wrote: »

I'm certain you'd have heard Ghosts 'n' Stuff at some stage.

Just listening to that now. Yep, I've heard it before alright. Not the worst track in the world, but not really my cup of tea.

Android 666 · 06-01-2011 11:51PM

Jesus lads I've listened to Faxing Berlin, Strobe and Ghosts and Stuff. The stuff is so inoffensive - why does it rile people so much?

Eddie Ere · 07-01-2011 12:04AM

Android 666 wrote: »

Jesus lads I've listened to Faxing Berlin, Strobe and Ghosts and Stuff. The stuff is so inoffensive - why does it rile people so much?

I've seen him live (for shame). He really doesn't have the talent to match the credit he has got.

Plus he went psycho at the audience when a drink cup landed on the stage. Tit

RMD · 07-01-2011 03:17AM

electrogrimey wrote: »

A lot of people suspect Mau5trap or whatever it's called of getting people to buy the tracks or using bots or whatever, because every release that comes out gets most of the EP into the top 10. Skrillex's ****e album had like 8 of the top 10 spots. It only takes a few thousands buys to so it wouldn't be hard.

The only thing I'd have to say against that is the Deadmau5 following seems to be mostly from teens and people into all the commercial dance and crap. They'd be the kind of crowd who'd be going straight to limewire to download the lastest Mau5 crap instead of paying actual money for it. Beatport being probably 1 of the top 3 download sites if not the top though, it would certainly draw in the Deadmau5 crowd who don't know any other sites.

scott.s wrote: »

If you've never heard his stuff before then don't listen to the new tracks first.

Older tracks like Brazil, Arguru and definitely listen to Strobe. Even if people on here don't like deadmau5 in general, I'd say they'd like Strobe.

/deadmau5 fanboy

Some of his older Prog house stuff I must admit I do like, will always like it as well to be quite honest. Once he started chasing the money going into Electro house and now Dubstep I lost all respect for him as a producer. Like some of his older muisc as said, but I can't stand the guy in terms of a producer. He's turned into the Lady Gaga of the dance music industry IMO.

ollie1 · 07-01-2011 03:54AM

He only got famous because he wears the Mouse head when djing his tracks all sound the same and are pretty repetitive.
He has merchandise of everything he is more of a brand than a dj.

BaZmO* · 07-01-2011 09:00AM

RMD wrote: »

Once he started chasing the money going into Electro house and now Dubstep I lost all respect for him as a producer. Like some of his older muisc as said, but I can't stand the guy in terms of a producer. He's turned into the Lady Gaga of the dance music industry IMO.

Why do people get so annoyed when producers change their sound? Is it not part of growing as an artist?

ollie1 wrote: »

He only got famous because he wears the Mouse head when djing his tracks all sound the same and are pretty repetitive.
He has merchandise of everything he is more of a brand than a dj.

A lot of truth in that.

jtsuited · 07-01-2011 09:28AM

ollie1 wrote: »

He only got famous because he wears the Mouse head when djing his tracks all sound the same and are pretty repetitive.
He has merchandise of everything he is more of a brand than a dj.

not true unfortunately. He was absolutely dominating the beatport charts (outselling everyone by a huge amount) when all he had was a myspace with some dodgy photos of himself taken with a camera phone.
Then, the crass commodification started, and the 'brand' was built.

BaZmO* · 07-01-2011 09:32AM

jtsuited wrote: »

not true unfortunately. He was absolutely dominating the beatport charts (outselling everyone by a huge amount) when all he had was a myspace with some dodgy photos of himself taken with a camera phone.
Then, the crass commodification started, and the 'brand' was built.

Yeah but selling a load of tracks on Beatport doesn't make you famous. Once the "Brand" was established he became famous.

scott.s · 07-01-2011 09:43AM

Android 666 wrote: »

Jesus lads I've listened to Faxing Berlin, Strobe and Ghosts and Stuff. The stuff is so inoffensive - why does it rile people so much?

Probably because he once made a comment about DJs and now everyone on here is against him no matter what the music sounds like :rolleyes:

Deadmau5 ****e all over Beatport

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