On 'pressing play': Afrojack vs. Deadmau5
/Afrojack lit up the 'pressing play' controversy with a quote given in a Billboard interview that had Deadmau5 in his sights:
"You're never just pressing play. If you're a guy in a cube with a mask on, you can press play. Deadmau5 also said himself he's not a DJ -- don't talk about stuff you don't know about. I don't know shit about LED walls and giant mouse heads; I can't judge it. But if you put four CD players in front of me or [Sebastian Ingrosso] or even Skrillex, we've been DJ'ing for so long, we can do a lot of things with those CD players."
Deadmau5 quickly responded on Twitter, (first with a tweet that was later deleted):
RT @deadmau5: ...@djafrojack who fuckin cares man. Its "EDM" 4 CD players. 8 fuckin laptops. 2 girls. 1 cup. Just put on a fucking SHOW ffs.
— Jacob Schulman (@jacobschulman) January 9, 2013
So you know how to use 4 CD players eh? Rad. But if you REALLY want to impress me, try setting the clock on my microwave to the right time.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) January 9, 2013
Afrojack later responded:
Im gonna celebrate tonight by watching a movie and press a random dj's play button!!! Love u guys!
— Nick van de Wall (@djafrojack) January 9, 2013
Just a tiny guess but I don't think there will be any Afromau5 B2B shows happening anytime soon.
(Source: Billboard VIA @jacobschulman)