The slow-building “Some Chords” sounds like Justice on a diet, while the beats in the techno-drone “A City In Florida” crack like whips, as the song stomps forward with squealing urgency and paranoia.

Colorful zipper-synths zigzag through the MSTRKRFT-esque electropop twitch “Animal Rights.” “Right This Second” starts with eerie, arcade-game keyboard trills before giving way to galloping rhythms which multiply and clone themselves until the song bursts with syncopated friction. Without vocals to provide structure, 4x4=12’s variety stems from deadmau5’s sense of dynamics and pacing, as well as his diverse sonic influences. The collection is mostly instrumental tracks, ranging in style from insistent progressive house to watery techno (and just about every subgenre in between). 4x4=12, his third studio album, showcases the latter talent. A half-decade into his career, Zimmerman has been nominated for a Grammy, performed at the Winter Olympics and earned awards for his DJing, remixing and production skills. This gigantic cranium isn’t the most notable thing about deadmau5 these days, though. Miss Sofi (Sofia Toufa) and Greta Svabo Bech contribute vocals, while producers Wolfgang Gartner and Michael Woods skillfully help with the knob twiddling.It’s easy to spot electronic music producer deadmau5, aka Joel Thomas Zimmerman just look for the oversized, mouse-like head and ears he sports while performing. Unheard numbers such as the creepy 'Cthulhu Sleeps' and the Wendy Carlos-like 'Right This Second' help to turn a club-oriented set of tunes into a well-rounded album, and when the one-two punch of 'Raise Your Weapon' and 'One Trick Pony' introduce the Mau5's newfound love of dubstep, you've got just enough variety.

Rabid fans should be warned, though, that they've already heard the big highlights, as tracks like 'Some Chords,' 'Sofi Needs a Ladder,' the wicked 'Animal Rights,' and others had been previously released on 12's, but the remaining cuts are hardly filler.

As bad as the masked one is at math, he's conversely just as good at making you dance, as this unmixed but almost non-stop set of big room tunes throbs and snaps with that Daft Punk sense of style. With the illuminated big head and all, Canadian producer Joel Zimmerman's Deadmau5 alias is a blast to see live, but you can also bring quite a bit of that tech-house-meets-slammin'-electro excitement home with 4x4=12.

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