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Deadmau5 Releases Full-Length Metaverse Concert Film on YouTube

Earlier this year, the Canadian electronic star performed a virtual reality concert series presented by music metaverse platform Soundscape. Those concerts have now been adapted into an hour-long film, so fans can relive the psychedelic experience.

Deadmau5 Virtual Concert Film

Deadmau5 Virtual Concert Film

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Canadian producer Deadmau5 is bringing a new kind of concert to his fans.

The electronic music superstar has released a one-hour virtual concert film in partnership with metaverse platform Soundscape.


The film translates a series of virtual reality concerts Deadmau5 performed earlier this year into a smooth, 60-minute experience — bringing it out of the metaverse and onto YouTube.

Set in a glowing forest, the concert finds a giant Deadmau5 avatar surrounded by mushrooms, lasers, and twinkling stars. The set features recent tracks like "Sever," from his 2024 some EP, as well as classics like the 2009 slow-burn instrumental "Strobe." Dancing avatars join Deadmau5 as the trippy scenery transforms and fireworks explode above the iconic mouse head.

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"Soundscape has always been a work of art in our eyes, and with this release, we’re taking that vision to new heights by blending film and immersive art,” says Soundscape Creator Eric Alexander. "This concert film represents a new frontier in how artists and fans engage, pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in both the virtual and physical worlds.”

As concerts become more experience-oriented, Soundscape's Deadmau5 film demonstrates a different approach to immersive musical offerings — one that touches on some hot button issues in the industry like the relationship between artists and AI technology. Launched in 2017, Soundscape boasts over 100,000 users of its musical metaverse platform, and has also collaborated with artists like emo group Evanescence and jam band Goose.

The film release caps off a big year for Deadmau5. This summer, Billboard Canada inducted him into Canadian Music Week's Music Industry Hall of Fame and the some ep release saw his first solo music in two years.

The concert film also comes on the heels of a re-release of his 2007 fan-fave "Jaded," via his Mau5trap label.

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This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.

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