The event attracted droves of fans who flooded the floor of Rogers Centre wearing glowing fluorescent accessories including mouse-ear headsets (free with admission and a great mood enhancer) and homemade Mau5 helmets; and also featured openers Manzone & Strong, Idris Elba, Sydney Blu, Crystal Castles and MSTRKRFT who performed great warm-up sets before the main attraction.
Although Deadmau5’s production of outstanding lighting, LCD visuals and his trademark Mau5 helmet (which has become vastly more complex and a visual spectacle on its own) all add greatly to the Deadmau5 experience, the strength still is in the music he creates. Its simplicity is also strangely complex. Warbles and bleeps of sound become symphonic electronic orchestral pieces when sequenced in Deadmau5’s unique way and although completely synthesized, there is warmth in the melodies of songs such as “I Remember” and “Arguru”. You can easily get lost in the music before an explosive assault of driving bass knocks you back to earth and forces your feet to move.
From his podium above the crowd, the comical ever-grinning Swiss cheese head overseeing all, Zimmerman treated eager fans to an extensive set of anthemic songs including “The Reward Is Cheese”, “Complications”, “Jaded” and “Aural Psynapse”, the colourful images of the monitors ever changing and thematic to the music.
The real treat of the night was the appearance of Sofi to the stage, adding her lyrical touch to the performances of “Sofi Needs a Ladder” and “One Trick Pony” which prompted the emergence of Deadmau5 at stage level. The two toured the length of the catwalk, getting close to the audience while Sofi sang.
Toronto’s performance was a monumental finish to the 40-plus tour and cemented in many people’s minds the importance of Zimmerman’s contributions to electronic music.
On his Facebook page, Deadmau5 thanked fans for the “…epic homecoming” adding “let’s do this again sometime yeah?”
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