16 Things You Didn't Know About 16 EDM Coachella Acts

April 12, 2013 - 4:17 pm by VIBE

It's Coachella time! To send you off into the mayhem properly, we thought it would be fun to get to know some of the best EDM acts on the bill of the famed festival. We delve deep into their personal lives and discuss long held secrets... like a love of dumpster diving and old AIM screen names. -->

compiled by Mike Steyels & Sarah Polonsky

Wolfgang Gartner He stole his name from the soccer coach of his home town's college team.

Tommy Trash The Aussie will NEVER put his hair up in a ponytail. Ever. He also loves Dolly Parton's music.

Benny Benassi Benny's a cycling fanatic and would like to do a tour by bike. He rides a fixed gear.

Birdy Nam Nam A-Trak isn't EDM's only hero to have won a DMC competition as a teenager. The Birds won the 2002 World Team Champion.

Richie Hawtin The Canadian of many names was at deadmau5's house, and his mother said, "Is this the guy you used to talk about when you were a kid?"

Maya Jane Coles The Queen of Deep House gets her tattoos - like that iconic owl chest tat - done at points in her life she wants to mark.

Major Lazer Diplo used to be a fan of the anti-corporate magazine Adbusters and enjoyed dumpster diving in his spare time.

Bingo Players The Dutch duo met because one of them thought the other had stolen his jacket. Turns out they had worn the same coat that night. Also, their name comes from an old AIM screen name - like so many of the best things in the world.

Knife Party They got twisted with Skrillex once and snorted like pigs into a mic to make dubstep wobbles. The pair also likes Shabba Ranks, creator of the dembow.

Dog Blood Fatman Scoop wants to work with Skrillex (half of Dog Blood along with Boys Noize), who plays some of Fatman's music in his sets.

Dillon Francis The LA native is boys with Chunk from Goonies. (Probably not really).

Bassnectar The bass-head revolutionary's favorite book is Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins.

Luciano The king of Candenza's two children, Lilou and Amael, are the people that keep Luciano humble. Someone's got to keep the king in line.

Modestep Each member of Modestep can adeptly play ACTUAL instruments. The dubstep band also use so many computer triggers they have a problem with short circuiting.

Moby Moby's 1993 tune, "Thousand" refers to the speen of the sound in the song, which are 1,000 BPMs. It's listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest song ever recorded. (OK, this one is for those of you under the age of 30).