Update: Deadmau5 has now posted the
following on his Tumblr, in reponse to a question about Gerald’s letter:
“i dont give a fuck. esp with the anti-sematic statement about ‘nuking
palestine’ ??? what an ignorant fuck. im not going to even give him the
time of day. waste of time. let him go back to being no longer
relevant.”
Typically, the Canadian [pictured right] was on outspoken form:
slagging off fellow EDM warriors for their live shows not being
challenging enough:
“David
Guetta has two iPods and a mixer and he just plays tracks – like,
‘Here’s one with Akon, check it out!’,” he says. “Even Skrillex isn’t
doing anything too technical. He has a laptop and a MIDI recorder, and
he’s just playing his shit … People are, thank God, smartening up about
who does what – but there’s still button-pushers getting paid half a
million. And not to say I’m not a button-pusher. I’m just pushing a lot
more buttons.”
Cue A Guy Called Gerald. The UK dance pioneer has always been pretty outspoken, and has now published an open letter to Deadmau5 on his blog. It reads thus:
“I know who you are. You are some record company or failed journalist
asshole left over from the last century who is jealous of the way
electronic music is working in this brave fast new century. The only
button you and people like you are interested in pushing is a nuke for
the Palestinians. You come into our system that we have nurtured for the
last 25 years, trick hardworking people into giving you their money,
con honest promoters, take large sums of money out of the system and
then spit back into our faces that YOU are tricking everyone.
“I agree there are loads of people like you who do fake it. It is
easy with the software you are using. Don’t worry we are going to find
ways of stopping you. You greedy rat head fuck.”
It should be added that Deadmau5 has, since that interview, clarified his comments a little bit. Now who’s seen Molly?
Source: http://www.factmag.com/2012/06/28/message-to-rat-head-a-guy-called-geralds-open-letter-to-deadmau5/
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