deadmau5 is on a Batshit Automotive Shopping Spree

"alexotics" (alexotics)
03/31/2015 at 19:20 • Filed to: deadmau5

This past winter, Canadian progressive house music artist and owner of epic personalized license plate collection Joel Zimmerman (better known as deadmau5), has been busy piecing together a car collection that’s not in any way similar to your average celebrity’s garage. I say this because your average celebrity garage consists of a flat black G-wagon out front, with a smoked tail lights Lamborghini Murcielago and a Bentley Conti GT on 26” Asanti dubs hiding in the garage - both cars which are so out of style and so far down the depreciation curve, that it's cheaper to just kind of forget that they're there. But I digress.

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Joel's not your average celebrity. He doesn't just wake up one morning and leases a Rolls-Royce Wraight to take a selfie while standing on the hood. No. Not at all. Yesterday, Joel went for a drive in his new P1 McLaren. That’s right, he just took delivery of a classy blue P1 McLaren that's optioned out with every bit of carbon fibre available to spec - and a white on black interior (jury's out). You’d think he’d be over the moon, and, well... he is, but this wasn’t even the only Macca he bought in the past 12 months! When he finished the 2014 Gumball 3000 last May, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Joel, not one to back down from a fight ( !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ), gave Ferrari the big middle finger by way of picking up a brand new McLaren 650S dubbed ‘MeowClaren’. Good times. Fast forward a few months, and he’s now having fun in his own P1. Seeya never, Ferrari.

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But his stable isn’t just a one trick McLaren pony. In the past two months he’s picked up two other monsters - and there’s yet another on the way! How does he do it? I’m not exactly sure. Maybe he's literally just living everyone's dream. He's worked hard, he's created the world's best driving music, he made buckets of money and now he's kind of just,... doing what he wants. The real mystery is how I've already managed to sneak in 8 of his song titles. If you can find them all, the reward is cheese.

Joel's newest track toy, delivered a few weeks ago:

A completely custom to Joel BAC Mono. Him and friend / fellow Gumballer / Ferrari Corsa racing driver / Entrepreneur / Team Wolfpack’s Josh Cartu decided they each needed a custom BAC Mono at some point last year. So they got some. !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , Joel’s is still very much in tact. Don't feel sorry for Josh, though, he's got a Ferrari 458 Speciale A to play with. And an F12. And a Rolls-Royce Phantom. And presumably, a new BAC.

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Joel's Canada-appropriate 4x4, delivered two months ago :

Joel ordered up a custom Jeep Wrangler Rubicon from Divine 1 Customs back in November and it was delivered just a little while ago. Apparently no expense was spared. Looks are subjective and I don't personally have had any positive experiences with Jeep products, but damn does that look the absolute business.

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On it’s way (May 2015 delivery):

Move over Purrari, the Purrari 2.0 aka Purracan is on it’s way to erase that bad Ferrari taste out of Joel’s mouth. Custom factory ordered badges and everything. That’s how Lamborghini plays. Speaks volumes about the differences between the two Italian makers.

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So what else is in the garage?

Joel also runs a 991 Carrera S Convertible while his girlfriend messes about in a Bentley Continental Supersports Convertible. Why they have so many convertibles while living in the country in Ontario, the place that gets winter 10 months in the year and mosquitos for the two other months, beats me. But hey, let’s all raise our weapon and faxin berlin, because the reward is cheese and infra turbo pigcart racer.

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Something also tells me the 991 is out (gut feeling), and that the P1 is about to get wrapped and customized (see tweet below). All we know is, he’s one cool dude. I'm excited to meet him on the 2015 Gumboil 3000.

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If anyone else wants more proof that Joel seems like an awesome guy to kill some time with, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . You can't write this stuff.

DISCUSSION (32)

McChiken116 - Patrick H. > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 19:27

He is an ascended car geek for sure.

Tapas > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 19:32

I think he leases them all and gets money for the monthly payments from all the sponsor stickers on there. Not a bad way to own a buncha ridiculously expensive cars :)

NeedsmoreaftermarketXTparts > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 19:35

Poor guy is just barely able to scrape up enough $ for his cars but being part of this new subscription based streaming venture should fix that! Thanks Tidal!

Jack Does Cars > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 19:35

I've watched his, "coffee runs," with various celebrities, and I must say that I am impressed. He's an actual car guy that knows what he's talking about, and not some super car owner that thinks he does.

alexotics > Tapas
03/31/2015 at 19:35

Can't lease a P1. And he's the most successful EDM artist on the planet. I think he just kind of pays for them outright.

alexotics > NeedsmoreaftermarketXTparts
03/31/2015 at 19:36

I purposefully didn't mention his new venture. I think it's best to keep this car-related. ;)

Tapas > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 19:37

I am still not sure how he makes money....lol

alexotics > Jack Does Cars
03/31/2015 at 19:38

His best is with Rob Ford. Hilarious stuff. You couldn't make it up.

alexotics > Tapas
03/31/2015 at 19:40

Income sources include ticket sales to his shows, booking tours, selling music. I have no idea how this industry works, though.

Tapas > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 19:41

Yea, concerns are huge, seeing that sale of music is becoming less main-stream.

No idea how music industry works anymore - Agreed lol

TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 19:58

That Jeep disappoints me.

It's got a great 6.4 swap but the 4x4 parts on it aren't up to spec to how much he probably paid.

Smitty bumpers, those big ass wheels, a subpar lift.

Not my cup of tea.

alexotics > TillTheWheelsFallOff: Brocoma
03/31/2015 at 20:02

Attention to detail on this thing is crazy, though. But since I know nothing about offroaders, I'll just take your word for it that it's not as hardcore as it could be. I guess he wanted it to look good / be crazy / be an offroader. Perhaps in that order.

TheHondaBro > NeedsmoreaftermarketXTparts
03/31/2015 at 20:19

I'm sick of explaining this to people:

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Cebu > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 20:30

I'm suprised to find myself saying that the Purracan looks the business. Hope we see more cars with the black aero, that really makes the Lambo work for me. Can't say I was suprised Ferrari sent a cease and desist, though...

lucky's pepper > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 20:39

I have no idea who this musician is but that video of him with Ford is awesome. I can't imagine any major US politician doing that. To bad he had so many personal problems.

alexotics > lucky's pepper
03/31/2015 at 20:42

You should check out some of Joel's music. At the very least, it makes very good stuff to keep you awake on those long drives.

PS9 > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 20:42

Watch lamborghini sue deadmau5 in order to get rid of that wrap...

...oh wait, I forgot. Unlike some supercar companies, Lambo isn't run by a bunch of insecure manipulative attention whores, so that's probably not going to happen.

WhiskeyGolf > alexotics
03/31/2015 at 21:08

P1 plate is the best part: DATP1THO

iaianstg > alexotics
04/01/2015 at 05:52

i was super sad when I went to McLaren in Toronto to see his p1. He made them tape up every window. Thought that he would want to show off his new ride. McLaren usually are very inviting however Joel had them sign a agreement to hide the car. :'''(

CB > alexotics
04/01/2015 at 10:14

Doesn't he live near Toronto? Anything not north of Highway 7 is fine for a topless car.

What a wicked collection, though.

@tifosi35216 > alexotics
04/01/2015 at 10:46

Nice collection of cars. But as far as the "music" goes, no thanks, I'd rather bang my head against a wall for 10 minutes at a time.

TheBaron2112 > alexotics
04/01/2015 at 11:34

So...

What does he do again to have all this money?

alexotics > TheBaron2112
04/01/2015 at 12:09

He makes bitchin' music!

alexotics > @tifosi35216
04/01/2015 at 12:10

Everyone's entitled to their own opinion! I only got in to it when from driving and having my (back then) iPod on shuffle, and having his progressive music phase in to the background. The highs and lows are really something. They really make you feeeeeel.

alexotics > CB
04/01/2015 at 12:12

He recently moved out of the city and into a mansion at least a few clicks out in to the countryside. From his IG and Twitter pics, it constantly looks snowy. I used to live in Toronto and even when it's not snowing, people call you an asshole for driving with the top down. Ask me how I know haha.

alexotics > iaianstg
04/01/2015 at 12:13

That's odd. Like, tape the car windows or tape the showroom windows?

mxer1 > alexotics
04/01/2015 at 12:37

Wow, repeating computer generated beats over and over again really pays off.

alexotics > mxer1
04/01/2015 at 12:48

Someone's gotta do it.

Rukola > PS9
04/01/2015 at 13:11

He changed the logo of the car with a custom one, you can't do this. Easy.

iaianstg > alexotics
04/01/2015 at 13:31

the mechanic bay windows. Strange as I've been invited in to look at cars many times before.

alexotics > iaianstg
04/01/2015 at 13:47

Yeah that's strange, I've been in there too. Usually they're very inviting.

MegaSuper > Tapas
04/16/2015 at 20:34

A fair point; my guess is that the majority of money that electronic artists make come from live shows, because there's big "festival culture" with massive amounts of attendees who go to multi-day live performances.

Also, remixing and collaborations are certainly more common than with, say, rock music.

For instance, he worked with Kaskade (another big name in electronica) on the song "I Remember", which is one of the most memorable/most played on the radio electronica songs of the past few years.

Also, artists more in the "dubstep" direction do have their music licensed quite a bit in videogames. Skrillex comes to mind

And I could sworn many years ago Paul van Dyk had a very brief advertising sponsorship thing with Apple…think it was for the MacPro or Logic. I remember seeing him in ads. (He's more of a traditional trance or "IDM" musician as he calls it I think, but it's all under the umbrella of electronica.)