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When did ​deadmau5 start making music?

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​deadmau5's first song “I Don't Want No Other” released on January 1, 2000.


deadmau5 (pronounced “dead mouse”) is the stage name of Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), a Canadian progressive-house music producer and performer from Toronto. 
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