4×4=12 by Deadmau5

4×4=12 (say it "four times four equals twelve"), the fifth studio album from Canadian producer Deadmau5, arrived in December 2010 through Virgin Records, Ultra Records and his own mau5trap label. The title is a joke at his own expense: on his Ustream channel, Joel Zimmerman once described his live rig of four banks of four as adding up to 12, not 16.

The music takes itself more seriously. It's a big, glossy slab of progressive and electro house with a techno streak, all slow-building synth swells and hard-hitting drops, and it came loaded with singles: "Some Chords", "Animal Rights" with Wolfgang Gartner, "Sofi Needs a Ladder" with singer Sofi, and "Raise Your Weapon" featuring Greta Svabo Bech. The album earned a nomination for Best Dance/Electronica Album at the 54th Grammy Awards.

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