“We are very, very sweaty,” Adam Hyde, one half of EDM duo Peking Duk, tells the Straight on the phone from Seattle. “Especially myself—I get sweaty very easily. It used to almost bother me. But now at our shows, people seem to get just as sweaty and covered in vodka as we are. It’s a kind of mutual sweatfest.”

Peking Duk might be one of the wettest acts at this weekend’s FVDED in the Park festival, but don’t let a little perspiration put you off. Those willing to stand front and centre can expect some banging big-room singles—or, as Hyde puts it, “a big weird orgy of sounds”—so exciting that you won’t even care that you forgot to leave a towel in the car for the drive home.

Uncontrollable sweating is not the only obstacle Hyde and his musical partner Reuben Styles have overcome in the past few years. Despite the group’s small discography, the boys’ talent in the studio has secured them triple-platinum status in their native Australia. Although, as Hyde suggests, “we’re still shit at DJing,” the duo has successfully toured a number of far-flung continents. And regardless of the fact that they’ve now hit the big time, the pair are still down to have a beer with anybody.

“We have a pretty good story about that,” Hyde recalls. “There was this one fan—a guy called David Spargo. He’s just a legend. He wanted to come and hang out with us, but obviously, he didn’t have any way to get backstage. So he walks up to the green room, and on the way, he thinks ‘Fuck it. I’ll just change Peking Duk’s Wikipedia page and write myself in as a family member.’

“He had to go through a solid number of security guards to even get through the first area,” Hyde continues. “But somehow, it worked. The last guard comes up to us, and says ‘Hey. I’ve got your family here.’ And we’re like ‘What?’ And he says ‘It’s your brother David Spargo.’ This guy runs past the last line of defence shouting ‘Yeah, boys, come on—check your Wikipedia.’ He had a funny vibe, so we told him to get the fuck into the green room with us and get some beers in. And we all got really drunk together.”

Peking Duk’s welcoming attitude is a reflection of its infectiously upbeat stage show. While songs like “High” and “Take Me Over” have already cemented the duo’s status as festival gods among Aussie youths, the group is now excited to be winning over the True North.

“Holy shit, Vancouver is beautiful,” Hyde says. “We’re from Canberra, but your city sort of feels like home to us in a way. We’ve got a lot of good friends that we’ve made there—old and new. And the shows have just been really great. On our first tour of Canada, there was no one at our gigs, but the next time we came people must have told their friends, because before we knew it we were playing in front of heaps of people. It’s a really exciting feeling, and it motivates us to keep writing better tunes and play better sets.

“[Australian DJ] Tommy Trash once said that ‘Peking Duk tastes good, but it sounds even better,’ ” Hyde continues. “That’s become a motto for us. Every day we work on achieving it.”

Peking Duk plays at FVDED in the Park at Surrey’s Holland Park on Sunday (July 3).