Deadmau5 says that he plays pre-recorded DJ sets “all the time”, and reveals the “dead giveaway” that audiences should look out for

11 years on from his much-debated ‘We all hit play’ blog post, Deadmau5 has returned to the subject of discussing what big-name DJs actually do when they’re on stage in a video livestream.

Asked in the comments if he’d ever ‘faked’ a DJ set, Deadmau5 (AKA Joel Zimmerman) was initially confused, wondering if the questioner wanted to know if he’d never just not shown up. On realising that he was being asked if he’d ever played a pre-recorded set, however, he was happy to admit that he does it “all the time”.