Electronic music pioneer deadmau5 (aka Joel Zimmerman) is celebrating more than two decades of groundbreaking music and live production with his first-ever coffee table book, Book Title Goes Here: 25 Years of deadmau5. Published by Soi Books, the 320-page, large-format hardcover features more than 1,000 color images documenting his journey from early gigs to worldwide tours. Drawing heavily from Zimmerman’s personal archive, the collection includes numerous photographs that have never been published before.
Spanning 25 years of performances, collaborations, and creative milestones, the book offers a visual look into the world behind deadmau5. Archival photographs, live show imagery, and exclusive behind-the-scenes moments capture the evolution of an artist whose approach to electronic music has consistently brought together sound, technology, and design.
Readers will also get a closer look at Zimmerman’s life beyond the stage, including photographs with friends and collaborators such as Tommy Lee, DJ Aero, Steve Duda, and SOFI. The collection also explores the technology and visual concepts behind some of his most recognizable productions, from the iconic cube stage, which debuted at Coachella in 2010, to his massive performance with Kaskade as Kx5 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
The cube became one of the defining visual elements of deadmau5’s live performances, helping establish a new standard for large-scale electronic music production. Its development and evolution are among the many creative details documented throughout the book, offering fans a look at the design and engineering behind the spectacle.
Reflecting on the project, deadmau5 shared:
“Its been a wild ride since I started in this business. It’s neat I can share some of the content captured over the years in this unique way with my fans.”
For Soi Books, bringing the collection together meant working through decades of personal photographs and archival material. Design Director Ryo Sanada explained the scale of the project:
“Joel trusted us with 25 years of his archive. It took more than two years and a lot of hard drives to do it justice, but we got there.”
Book Title Goes Here: 25 Years of deadmau5 will be available in two editions. The mau5hop Edition is limited to 1,200 copies and will not be reprinted. Its premium presentation includes a die-cut slipcase, red metallic foil logo, black metallic page edges, and silver and laser-blue metallic inks. It also features cube schematics printed on architectural tracing paper and two vinyl sticker sheets selected by deadmau5.
A Classic Edition, limited to 800 copies and excluding the sticker sheets, will be distributed through selected independent retailers beginning December 8.
The mau5hop Edition is priced at $200 USD or £150 GBP and is available to order through Soi Books and mau5hop. Orders are scheduled to ship November 28, 2026, with EU pricing inclusive of VAT and duties. Readers in the United States and Canada can also order directly through mau5hop.
With more than 1,000 images drawn from a quarter-century of performances, collaborations, and creative experimentation, Book Title Goes Here: 25 Years of deadmau5 offers fans an opportunity to revisit the moments and ideas that helped shape one of electronic music’s most recognizable careers.
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