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[b]Deadmau5[/b]
[i]4x4=12[/i]
[b](Mau5trap Recordings / MAU5LPX05) (UK)[/b]
Originally released as Mau5trap Recordings / MAU5LPX05 on 07 Mar 2011
[b]Lineage: Rega P5 Turntable > [u]Virgin Vinyl[/u] > Rega Exact 2 Cartridge > Rega Brio 3 > M-Audio 192 TRS[/b]
[b]Post Processing: 32bit Audacity WAV > ClickRepair 5/0 > Boost volume +1.3 DB > Remove DC Bias > 24bit WAV > FLAC[/b]

A1. Sofi Needs A Ladder (06:43)
A2. A City In Florida (05:42)
A3. Animal Rights (06:06)
B1. Cthulhu Sleeps (10:33)
B2. Some Chords (07:20)
C1. I Said (Michael Woods Remix) (07:06)
C2. Bad Selection (05:33)
C3. Right This Second (07:46)
D1. Raise Your Weapon (08:22)
D2. One Trick Pony (03:59)
D3. Everything Before (06:30)



   Total Time and File-Size:[b]01:15:40[/b], [b]1.51 GB[/b]
   Total Replay-Gain Value: [b]+0.00 dB[/b]


Produced by [b]Deadmau5[/b]
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For someone who professes to prefer his studio to the limelight, Deadmau5 sure gets around. This year, the Grammy nominee headlined Coachella, the Olympics, and MTV's VMAs, where he was house DJ. He cameo'd on Gossip Girl and even appears as a character in DJ Hero. But there have been stumbles along the way: He and dubstep producer Rusko Twitter-beefed after a backstage incident in Denver; then onstage at D.C.'s 9:30 Club, Deadmau5 collapsed from "exhaustion," while bedecked in his customary costume -- an oversized mouse head that serves as his brand and shield against the outside world.

4x4=12 is his third album as an artist-producer, and it's aimed beyond Electric Daisy Carnival's forest of fuzzy bras and platform boots. (After Random Album Title and For Lack of a Better Name, it's easily his most ambitious title.) Punchy progressive house predominates (the Baroque-inspired "Some Chords" and the more linear "I Said"). But "Animal Rights," a collaboration with DJ-producer Wolfgang Gartner, obviously grabs at Daft Punk's electro-funk crown, while "One Trick Pony" and "Raise Your Weapon" offer Deadmau5's approximation of dubstep's wobble and buzz. "Sofi Needs a Ladder," with its grating female rap, is like a tweaker version of M.I.A.

Hipsters will hate it, but that's partly the point. Admitting he was "born and raised an Internet hate machine," Deadmau5 knows the power of provocation.