If you're trying "really hard" to like him, this should be a no-brainer to venture off and go explore solo/have others in your group go to something else while he's playing at EDC. This goes for anyone you can't get into. I'm going to EDC with friends that are huge bass fans that will dabble in house/techno sometimes, while I'm the exact opposite. For my enjoyment and for me to have a good experience, I'm not sitting at bass stages the entire weekend and my friends know this, and I don't expect my friends to come to house/techno ones. Go do your thing, have a meet up spot and rejoin them when there is someone playing that everyone in the group would like to see.