Currently one-third of the electronic music group The Glitch Mob, Edward Randolph Ma began his career late in the 90s with the alias Con Artist, mostly focused on indie hip-hop and producing for names like Sole, Busdriver, Aloe Blacc, Emanon, and Dr. OOP.

After doing that [DJing] for, like, three years, I just felt like the next fulfilling creative endeavor for me was making music.

The Conartist moniker was retired in 2003 and replaced with edIT, as Edward got ready to focus on his first solo album: Crying Over Pros for No Reason. It was mostly inspired from listening to his room mate, who was very into IDM at the time.

As for Glitch Mob, it casually happened that edIT posted on a social network that he was going to Burning Man for the first time, and Justin – who was curating the music in one of the camps – reached out to him to play there. He did, and also met Josh, who was playing in the camp next door. Afterwards, the three practically started DJing at the same parties, shared similar slots, and also used the same rooms, which eventually led to b3b sets and culminated into making music together.

Apart from edIT and Glitch Mob, he also wrote ad music and jingles for Face the Music, showing up in commercials for the likes of Scion, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, and Calvin Klein.