Deadmaus5

The tech­no-rave scene has been mori­bund for the last few years, but there’s an occa­sion­al good album that comes out. Cana­di­an DJ Deadmaus5 (Joel Zim­mer­man) pub­li­cizes him­self with a sil­ly gim­mick: he appears in pub­lic in a mouse cos­tume. But Ran­dom Album Title, which came out in 2008, is an enter­tain­ing set, though more for lis­ten­ing, as long seg­ments don’t sound very dance­able to me. The “I Remem­ber,” “Fax­ing Berlin,” and “Not Exact­ly” seg­ments, which fol­low each oth­er, stand out. It’s a slow warm-up to get to them, however.

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