Electronic artist deadmau5 premieres his “Professional Griefers” music video today, Wednesday, August 29 at http://youtu.be/Hr2Bc5qMhE4.

The “Professional Griefers” video—which also features vocalist Gerard Way of My Chemical Romance—is directed by Paul Boyd and Jeff Ranasinghe and produced by Dave Stewart’s Weapons of Mass Entertainment with Method Studios as the visual effects company. In it, deadmau5 and Gerard Way engage in a futuristic Ultimate Fighting Championship^® (UFC^®) bout, where both parties battle it out in a post-apocalyptic octagon with massive CGI mau5 robots (see attached promo poster). Check out behind-the-scenes footage at: http://youtu.be/hfDoZ9dVuuY.

The single—which appears on> album title goes here <, due out September 25 (Ultra Music)—is building momentum at radio currently sitting at #38 on the Alternative chart. Supporters include WRXP New York, Los Angeles’ KROQ, Live 105 in San Francisco, KNDD in Seattle, Q87.7 Chicago, KNDD Seattle, KXRK Salt Lake City, WBRU Providence and SiriusXM’s Alt Nation. At iTunes, “Professional Griefers” was a Top 100 debut on the Top Songs chart.

In 1950, The Saturday Evening Post published a short story by legendary science fiction writer Ray Bradbury called “The World The Children Made” which eventually came to be known as “The Veldt.” Its futuristic storyline is the inspiration for the song “The Veldt” by electronic music producer deadmau5 featuring Chris James. It pays homage to the recently deceased novelist in its music and lyrics, as well as its accompanying video, made available today by deadmau5 and Ultra Music. View the video here: http://youtu.be/xvtNS6hbVy4

“A bouncing, four-on-the-floor electro-house ditty, the track describes a world in which technology has so consumed culture that the world outside has virtually vanished,” wrote Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times (6/6/12). For the song’s animated video (the first visual from deadmau5 since 2009’s “Ghosts ‘N’ Stuff”), deadmau5 teamed with U.K. video production house Qudos Animations, producer Warren Green and director Dr. Manroop Takhar to depict “The Veldt” characters children Peter and Wendy amongst the lions in the virtual reality African jungle they eventually trap their parents in.

“The Veldt” appears on THE VELDT four-song EP along with remixes by Tommy Trash and Freeform Five, as well as “Failbait” featuring hip-hop icons Cypress Hill. It is available now via Ultra Music at: http://smarturl.it/theveldtep

deadmau5 debuts “PROFESSIONAL GRIEFERS” video featuring Gerard Way

deadmau5 Unveils Video For “The Veldt”