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needleaudio · 2012-03-17, 15:39:57

Every now and then I wonder whether most producers' aliases have some sort of meaning / story behind them.

Which ones do you know of?

For example Akufen's comes from acouphène (french for 'tinnitus')

Evangelink · 2012-03-17, 15:53:44

Perhaps this could be expanded to cover forum members names as well...

needleaudio · 2012-03-17, 17:04:20

yeah why not! I actually have wondered what Evangelink stands for - this is the perfect opportunity for unveiling the mystery haha.

randomg17 · 2012-03-17, 22:11:05

Diplo is because Diplodocus was his favourite dinosaur as a kid, wasn't it?

Hervé is the French version of Harvey, his surname.

Is Justice from Metallica's '...And Justice for All'? It'd make sense because of all the heavy metal imagery they use, the fact they used to play 'Master of Puppets' all the time, and that their myspace is etjusticepourtous, which is the album's title in French.

Daft Punk is from a review about their previous band, some critic called the band's music 'daft punk'.

Attack Yourself! · 2012-03-18, 00:38:01

I think DJ Sneak's name comes from the graffiti tags he used to paint.

Lemonick · 2012-03-18, 12:18:44

Coni comes from Nico (ni-co -> co-ni) since his name is Nicolas I guess
Manaré is his real name
And I've read something about Djedjotronic... If I remember well, his name is Jérémy and 'Djedjo' was his nickname during school, now I can't remember about 'Tronic'... For the frenchies, it was in Trax magazine some time ago

Attack Yourself! · 2012-03-18, 16:43:45

Also La Roux got her name from a book of baby names. Apparently it means "The Red-Haired One".

Tape Deck Apocalypse · 2012-03-18, 23:35:58

Herman Melville is Moby's great-great-great-grandfather or something like that.

Skelefunk · 2012-03-19, 01:00:11

Finn means white haired warrior in old irish i think

Fisticuffs · 2012-03-19, 02:05:28

My own DJ name came down to a toss up between Fisticuffs and Have At Thee! I sometimes regret my decision.

auxrevoir · 2012-03-19, 05:46:45

i'm not French, but doesnt 'Beataucue' mean assfuck in french? lol

Mendoza · 2012-03-19, 13:08:32

(2012-03-18 12:18:44)Lemonick Wrote: Coni comes from Nico (ni-co -> co-ni) since his name is Nicolas I guess
Manaré is his real name
And I've read something about Djedjotronic... If I remember well, his name is Jérémy and 'Djedjo' was his nickname during school, now I can't remember about 'Tronic'... For the frenchies, it was in Trax magazine some time ago

The tronic comes from Technotronic an electronic music duo from the 90s, who are quite known for their track Pump Up The Jam

Lemonick · 2012-03-19, 15:45:28

(2012-03-19 05:46:45)auxrevoir Wrote: i'm not French, but doesnt 'Beataucue' mean assfuck in french? lol

yeah, "beataucue" for "bite au cul", wich literally means "dick in ass"

matz8916 · 2012-03-20, 02:50:00

Im from Quebec and always thought Beataucue was just that... a "beat on cue"..................................

and a more direct translation would be "beat to the cue"

Yekrats · 2012-03-20, 03:53:12

Although he is English I believe Riton is a French nickname for Henry, which is Riton's real name.

Kamex · 2012-03-22, 16:12:23

Not 100% sure on these ones, but from what i've read/heard:

- M.A.N.D.Y. stands for Me And You
- ZZT stands for Zombies Zand Tiga? or Zombie Zombie Tiga i'm not quite sure
- Les Petits Pilous means 'A Small Something?' in French
- Eats Everything is pretty self explanatory, apparently he eats...A LOT
- Clouds is a combination of both the members' surnames, well not really, it's more just one of their surnames.
- Ado is an abbreviation of his first name, Adrian.
- Boy 8-Bit is used because his first piece of gear was an 8-Bit controller.
- BS1 is abbreviated from Be As One
- NT89 is again abbreviated 'NT' being his initials, 89 i assume is the year he was born.

Miklopa · 2012-03-22, 17:43:03

(2012-03-22 16:12:23)Kamex Wrote: - ZZT stands for Zombies Zand Tiga? or Zombie Zombie Tiga i'm not quite sure

ZZT stands for "Zombie Nation & Tiga",the second Z is actually an N sidewards

Yekrats · 2012-03-22, 17:49:42

(2012-03-22 17:43:03)Miklopa Wrote:
(2012-03-22 16:12:23)Kamex Wrote: - ZZT stands for Zombies Zand Tiga? or Zombie Zombie Tiga i'm not quite sure

ZZT stands for "Zombie Nation & Tiga",the second Z is actually an N sidewards

And everyone now goes "Oooohhhh I see it now!" :)

Kamex · 2012-03-23, 00:32:06

(2012-03-22 17:43:03)Miklopa Wrote:
(2012-03-22 16:12:23)Kamex Wrote: - ZZT stands for Zombies Zand Tiga? or Zombie Zombie Tiga i'm not quite sure

ZZT stands for "Zombie Nation & Tiga",the second Z is actually an N sidewards

I now feel smarter after reading that.

screendeath · 2012-03-23, 03:16:09

(2012-03-22 16:12:23)Kamex Wrote: - Clouds is a combination of both the members' surnames.

This one's untrue lol

soundboz · 2012-03-23, 07:56:12

I thought ZZT had to do with ZTT *shrug*

Kamex · 2012-03-23, 08:53:47

(2012-03-23 03:16:09)screendeath Wrote:
(2012-03-22 16:12:23)Kamex Wrote: - Clouds is a combination of both the members' surnames.

This one's untrue lol

Yeah you're right, it's more one than the other haha.

Niko · 2012-03-23, 12:49:57

(2012-03-22 16:12:23)Kamex Wrote: - Les Petits Pilous means 'A Small Something?' in French

a small pillows i guess hahaha

Lemonick · 2012-03-23, 18:15:24

"Pilous" doesn't really mean something in particular, it can be for example a dog's name or something like that

beetnik · 2012-03-24, 15:04:05

i thought it was little pills but then again i don't really know french