Deadmau5 is releasing a limited-edition coffee table book looking at his 25-year career.
The tome, book_title_goes_here: 25 years of deadmau5, will be released Dec. 8, an apex moment for holiday-gift buying.
The book will feature archival images, live photos and behind-the-scenes shots tracking the producer’s career. Included will be images of friends and collaborators such as Tommy Lee, DJ Aero, Steve Duda and Sofi. The book will also look at the technology that’s been foundational to deadmau5’s world-building and explore famous stage productions including the cube, which premiered at Coachella 2010 and became a gold standard for live electronic shows.
“It’s been a wild ride since I started in this business,” the artist born Joel Zimmerman said in a statement. “It’s neat I can share some of the content captured over the years in this unique way with my fans.”
“Joel trusted us with 25 years of his archive,” added Ryo Sanada of Soi Books, who orchestrated the project. “It took more than two years and a lot of hard drives to do it justice, but we got there.”
There will be 2,000 of the books printed in total. The mau5hop Edition will get 1,200 printings and have a die-cut slipcase, a red metallic foil logo, black metallic page edges and silver and laser-blue metallic inks. This edition also includes cube schematics printed on architectural tracing paper and two vinyl sticker sheets chosen by deadmau5. This edition, available for pre-order now, will not be reprinted.
Meanwhile, 800 copies of the Classic Edition, which will not have stickers, will go on sale at selected retailers on Dec. 8.