Edward Ma, known professionally as edIT, is an American
electronic music
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producer and
DJ based in
Los Angeles
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. He is a member of
the Glitch Mob
The Glitch Mob is an American electronic music duo from Los Angeles, California. It consists of edIT (Edward Ma) and Ooah (Josh Mayer). Boreta (Justin Boreta) was a member of the group from its formation until 2023. Chris Martins of ''LA Weekly' ...
.
History
After growing up in Boston, Edward Ma began his career as a DJ and got into music production while he was studying at the
University of Southern California
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. From there, he built his name in the Los Angeles underground
and began his career in the late 1990s as The Con Artist. He was a resident DJ at Konkrete Jungle in Los Angeles and he hosted a
Dublab
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radio show. He has produced tracks for
underground hip hop
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artists such as
Sole and
Busdriver
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. He has also worked with
P.E.A.C.E. and
Myka 9
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of
Freestyle Fellowship
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,
Daddy Kev
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, Hive,
Dntel
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,
Emanon
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History
Emanon released the extended play (EP) ''Anon and On'', on Ill Boogie Record ...
and Phoenix Orion.
He is an old friend of
Aloe Blacc
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and
Daedelus and has contributed a remix of "Dumbfound" to Daedelus' single "Something Bells" in 2004.
His debut solo album, ''
Crying Over Pros for No Reason
''Crying Over Pros for No Reason'' is the debut studio album by American electronic music producer Edward Ma under the alias of edIT. It was released on April 12, 2004, through Planet Mu.
Background
Ma had been a producer for acts such as Sol ...
'', was released on
Planet Mu
Planet Mu is an English electronic music record label created and run by Mike Paradinas. The label started out as a subsidiary of Virgin Records then Paradinas set up the label independent of Virgin. After releasing intelligent dance music, the ...
in 2004.
Following the release of his debut, Ma continued to work at the fringes of hip hop and electronic music. In 2006, he co-founded
The Glitch Mob
The Glitch Mob is an American electronic music duo from Los Angeles, California. It consists of edIT (Edward Ma) and Ooah (Josh Mayer). Boreta (Justin Boreta) was a member of the group from its formation until 2023. Chris Martins of ''LA Weekly' ...
with band members Josh Mayer (Ooah) and Justin Boreta (Boreta).
His second solo album, ''
Certified Air Raid Material
''Certified Air Raid Material'' is the second studio album by American electronic music producer edIT, released on Alpha Pup Records on September 18, 2007. It features guest appearances from The Grouch, Abstract Rude, TTC, Busdriver, and D-St ...
'', was released on
Alpha Pup Records in 2007. It features guest appearances from
Abstract Rude
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He is the rapper of Abstract Tribe Unique, alongside dancers Zulu Butterfly and Irie Lion King, turntablist DJ Drez and producer ...
,
The Grouch,
TTC,
Busdriver
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and D-Styles.
Ten years after his debut solo album release, ''Crying Over Pros for No Reason'' (2004), edIT released ''Crying Over Pros for No Reason (Deluxe Edition)'' through
The Glitch Mob
The Glitch Mob is an American electronic music duo from Los Angeles, California. It consists of edIT (Edward Ma) and Ooah (Josh Mayer). Boreta (Justin Boreta) was a member of the group from its formation until 2023. Chris Martins of ''LA Weekly' ...
's Glass Air Records imprint on December 9, 2014. The anniversary re-issue included five new tracks and was released in digital and vinyl formats.
His works are also featuring in Season 2 of the TV series, ''
Shadowhunters
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''.
Although he has stated in 2015 that there will be no more solo projects as edIT, in 2020 he released a new solo album as edIT entitled "Come to Grips".
Discography
Albums
* ''
Crying Over Pros for No Reason
''Crying Over Pros for No Reason'' is the debut studio album by American electronic music producer Edward Ma under the alias of edIT. It was released on April 12, 2004, through Planet Mu.
Background
Ma had been a producer for acts such as Sol ...
'' (2004)
* ''
Certified Air Raid Material
''Certified Air Raid Material'' is the second studio album by American electronic music producer edIT, released on Alpha Pup Records on September 18, 2007. It features guest appearances from The Grouch, Abstract Rude, TTC, Busdriver, and D-St ...
'' (2007)
* ''Come To Grips'' (2021)
Singles
* "Battling Go-Go Yubari in Downtown L.A." b/w "Crunk De Gaulle" (2007)
* "The Game Is Not Over" b/w "More Lazers" (2008)
Productions
*
Sole - "Uck rt" from ''
Uck rt'' (2001)
*
Busdriver
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- "Somethingness" from ''
Temporary Forever'' (2002)
* Acid Reign - "Acid Hip-Hop" from ''Time & Change'' (2008)
*
Travis Barker
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- "Cool Head" from ''
Give The Drummer Some'' (2011)
References
External links
*
edITon
Alpha Pup Records
edITon
Discogs
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American electronic musicians
Intelligent dance musicians
Living people
DJs from Los Angeles
American electronic dance music DJs
USC Thornton School of Music alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
American musicians of Chinese descent
Planet Mu artists