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Deadmau5 started wearing his signature helmet over two decades ago, and it has since become a symbol of his brand. The helmet was inspired by the character “Dead Mouse” from the game “Doom”.

Deadmau5 mainly uses software instruments such as Native Instruments Absynth 5, FXpansion Strobe, Native Instruments Reaktor, Xfer Serum, Native Instruments Komplete, Spectrasonics Omnisphere, Native Instruments FM8, and Native Instruments Alicia’s Keys among others.

Deadmau5 has also used FL Studio, Ableton Live, and Pure Data for his music production. In 2012, Deadmau5 released singles “The Veldt” and “Professional Griefers” (featuring Gerard Way) to commercial success.

Deadmau5 is currently one of the highest-paid electronic music producers in the world and is a masked music artist similar to Marshmello and Daft Punk.

Deadmau5’s breakthrough, Random Album Title was certified gold in Canada, and silver in the United Kingdom. Deadmau5 composed the score for the 2019 action film Polar and released the singles “Satrn”, “Coasted”, and “Fall” the same year.