Adding another eccentric segment to his ‘Coffee Run’ internet series (where the elusive star gets cosy with hand picked guests over java), Joel Zimmerman aka Deadmau5 went for a casual Lamborghini ride with Bollywood mogul Daler Mehndi when touring in India last week. Mehndi, whom joined the mau5 in the house at the Sunburn Festival, is a recording artist and seen as the father of Indian pop and for damn good reason (check out his vocal demonstration of indian instruments at 4.45).

In the car the two chew the fat – talking about the similarities between EDM and Bollywood, and just generally cruise in the way that only an emaciated EDM star and Indian pop prince can. What arises is some interesting comparisons between the two industries, such as Zimmerman’s questioning:

‘For me right, there’s good EDM and bad EDM – and I’ve been hearing you’ve made some claims there’s good Bollywood and bad bollywood – what’s the difference?’

To which Mehndi replies:

‘Good bollywood has meaningful lyrics and also some good messages from songs – for the audience, the new generation, for people, but these days bad bollywood – they cannot sing – they use auto tune and have bad lyrics’

We hear ya!

The whole conversation is interesting – and it’s refreshing to see a side of Deadmau5 that’s open and excited – not exactly what we’ve been expecting from him of late. After taking the Lamborghini up to 200/mph during their discussion, it would be a coffee run to remember…if they had found any coffee. They settle for lassi instead.

Check out the video below;

[via EDMTunes]