Deadmau5 brands all DJs ‘fucking cunts’
by citybeat on Nov.18, 2008, under News
Canadian club star Deadmau5 back-tracked from branding all DJs ‘fucking cunts’ this week, insisting he was only referring to those who fit ‘the concept that ‘I recognize as being a “disc jockey”’ in a recent interview with Ireland’s Daily Star.
“Let me start by admitting . . . I did not grow up in the EDM (electronic dance music) scene. I don’t consider my career to be about “being a DJ”. I don’t have “DJ roots”. I never had any intention of becoming a DJ,” he declared in a statement posted on his Myspace blog.
“And my conception of “DJ’s” in general from this standpoint has always been . . . being forced into some nightclub when I would have rather stayed home, and watch some dood (dude) mash the “play / stop” button and occasionally move a pitch slider. Love it or hate it, that’s just been my conception of the traditional “dj”,” he said.
“I’m not a total fucking idiot, and I recognize talent when I see it . . . and there are many talented DJ’s out there for sure,” he conceded.
Two weeks previously the Star quoted him as comparing DJs to ‘fucking lawyers’ (‘you need them but they’re fucking cunts’) adding that he was ‘bored to fucking tears’ with DJs and hoped they ‘will fucking go the way of the dinosaur’.
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This week, however, he took the tabloid to task for ‘picking out all the stupid bits . . . to interview me about anything other than music . . . is stupid: Period’, to the consternation of Star Music editor (and acclaimed DJ) Mark Kavanagh.
“The headline (‘Deadmau hates DJs’) was my doing but that’s my job. I made the most out of the raw material he gave us,” Mark told Skrufff.
“He was a bit mean about our staff writer Ciara in his web postings about this afterwards, calling her a ‘random chick’ and making her out to have made the quotes up but we have the tape and she didn’t make anything up,” he continued.
“For the record, Ciara Cunnane is a reputable, full-time staff member at the Irish Daily Star (and reputable electro-rock DJ around Dublin) and has a copy of the interview on tape,” he said. “In fairness to Deadmau5, he’s just naïve about the media,” he added.
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November 25th, 2008 on 3:42 am
Naive he is might be, indeed. Well, he’s only been around for less than a year…i think..don’t know for sure, not really interested. I read about something similar he said in DJ Mag few months ago, so this dude probably has a thing or two against turntables. We all have the right to chose and I respect that. The reality is that the exact people being dissed here are the ones who took a chance and broke his music to the world. It’s funny….?!?!?
Dj’ing and “laptoping” are two forms of performing electronic music, both with pro’s and con’s. But just as a reminder, Dj’s have been around in a form or another ever since music had been used for people to dance their asses of. This is really not the first, or the last time, somebody declares this form of art will die out - check back the DJ history logs Deamau5, u might see a bit of history repeating.
Respect, don’t Hate! PeeeaZ!
JuNKy StEpz
November 25th, 2008 on 5:24 pm
Deadmau5 is a hype atm who can afford everything.
It will not last that long…
November 26th, 2008 on 2:57 pm
Ark i think artists get way to much stick from the media i bet he never even said anything to the effect the papers make it out!