Deadmau5 has never dipped his toes into the pop pool as thoroughly as many of his fellow electronic producers, but on Wednesday (May 20), the Canadian artist born Joel Zimmerman dives into the deep end via a collaboration with The Neptunes, the venerable production duo made up of Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams.
The result of their efforts is "Pomegranate," a smooth, fairly funky and deeply R&B infused track that's distinctly different from most of the deadmau5 catalog.
It trades melodic techno for sultry R&B-leaning beats that evoke both Calvin Harris' "Feels" and 2013's enduring "Lose Yourself to Dance," which found Pharrell collabing with fellow dance royalty Daft Punk.
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