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Watch Deadmau5 recreate the Stranger Things theme in analog at his home studio

Joel impressively shows his love for the show

  • Sydney Megan Jow
  • 15 August 2016

Deadmau5, also known as Joel Zimmerman, has proven himself a big-time fan of the new Netflix series Stranger Things.

The wildly popular show has had the dance music community in a frenzy over its synthy, electro-80s musical programming by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.

Over the weekend, mau5 took to Twitch, a live streaming and gaming platform the producer frequently uses, to bring fans along as he recreated the Stranger Things theme song from scratch using only analog equipment.

The two-and-a-half hour video shows off Zimmerman's drool-worthy studio at his Toronto estate. He swiftly bounces from Moogs, to keyboards, to synthesizers and back in a long game of trial-and-error production. The stream's audio charts Deadmau5's progress as a handful of simple chords turn into an impressive replica of the TV show's beloved theme.

See the video of Zimmerman's intense production process below.

Sydney is Mixmag's US Digital Content Editor. Follow her on Twitter here

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