Deadmau5 vs. Afrojack part II

Earlier in the year Deadmau5 and Afrojack battled over Twitter about the contentious issue of "pressing play", now it's about generic and formulaic EDM. In an unusual feud between two superstars in the industry, Deadmau5 and Afrojack have upped the stakes and took their duel over to Soundcloud to poke fun at each other.

A few days ago Afrojack uploaded a new track called "something_", which is a stab at Deadmau5's alternative track names for unfinished tracks. Afrojack created an equally unvarnished track with an awkward 22 second silence at the end:

Deadmau5, never one to be outdone, had released an equally ridiculous track named "DROP DA BOMB outerspace mix" with the tag "sameStep":

Joel's retort goes way beyond Afrojack as his track makes fun at the entire Beatport top 10, which has been recently under fire for being too generic. Deadmau5 acknowledges that his latest salvo has been inspired by "KhazmProductions" who posted a funny video called "How to Make a Beatport Chart Topper":

Will this latest exchange be the end of this little EDM feud or does it still have legs? Only time will tell.

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)