Deadmau5 @ Chicago Congress Theater Pt. Deux

I suppose this is part deux for two reasons. The first one being that he played back to back sets this last Friday and Saturday at the Congress Theater in Chicago. The second one being that this is the second time that I've seen Deadmau5 perform at the same venue.

What do I think? Two words; F*CKING STELLAR! I don't normally use profanity on this blog to describe sets, but Deadmau5 really had a spectacular set last night. It seems the more he tours the more intricate his live set up gets, not to mention his music, which flips around between minimal, progressive, dubstep, electro and house. Here's his setlist as best as I can remember it. Links are to youtube video's or his soundcloud.
Deadmau5 Setlist - Chicago Congress Theater 10-23-10
1. Industrial Strength Sleeping Pills* [Intro]
2. Some Chords
3. Sofi Needs A Ladder*
4. Cthulu Sleeps*
5. The Reward Is More Cheese
6. Bad Selection*
7. Moar Ghosts N Whatever
8. Ghosts N Stuff
9. Sometimes Things Get, Whatever (Alternate Version)* [Viewable below]
10. Sometimes Things Get, Whatever (Original Mix)
11. I Remember
12. FML
13. I Said
14. Strobe
15. Right This Second*
16. Not Exactly + GITS - Making Of Cyborg Acapella*
17. Arguru

First Encore:
18. Raise Your Weapon*
19. One Trick Pony*
20. Unknown* [Some sort of mellow lullaby type track]

Second Encore:
21. Dub5tepthingie* [Working Title]

* Denotes unreleased original from the Mau5 himself.

Below here, you can see him working on his alternate version of Sometimes Things Get, Whatever (0:36). Duuurtey!


Some highlights of his set:
- He drops all the music out at bleep 10 and the blue screen of death appears.
- He mixes the opening credits theme music from the first Ghost In The Shell movie (1995), with Not Exactly, which worked perfectly in key together and made for an uplifting experience.
- 12 new unreleased bleeps/live edits to existing bleeps
- Not one but TWO encores.

Overall I'd say there was never a dull moment. Whatever else you have to say about the guy, he is a very talented musician, and is on the cutting edge in both production and performance. If you haven't seen him live, I strongly recommend doing so, as his live setup is amongst the best in the world.