deadmau5 is putting 25 years of his career between hard covers. His first book is called "book_ title_ goes_here" (yes, that's literally what it's called), a 320-page photo book from London publisher Soi Books, and pre-orders are open now through his mau5hop store.
The name is a callback fans will recognize: his 2012 album was >album title goes here<. Soi calls it his first book, built around behind-the-scenes images and material that has never been published. A lot of that comes from his own archive, with more than 1,000 color images in total. Tommy Lee, DJ Aero, Steve Duda and SOFI all turn up in the photos, along with his Kx5 shows with Kaskade at the LA Memorial Coliseum and the cube stage he debuted at Coachella in 2010. The cube gets its own treatment too: schematics printed on tracing paper are bound into the book.
The edition sold through mau5hop is limited to 1,200 copies and won't be reissued. It comes in a cardboard slipcase with two custom diecuts, has red metallic foil on the front and back covers and black metallic page edges, and includes two vinyl sticker sheets. It also weighs a little over six pounds. A Classic Edition of 800 copies, without the stickers, goes to selected retailers.
The book ties in with the retro5pective shows that have marked the same milestone, which have included the Hollywood Bowl, the Brooklyn Mirage and Red Rocks.
The mau5hop Edition costs $200 in the US and Canada at mau5hop.com, and £150 in the UK and Europe through Soi Books, which says pre-orders ship this month.
