It’s easy to describe multi-instrumentalist Evan Voytas as a pop singer, but his musical background is more complex than the description allows. More interesting, too.
The East coast native dove into the world of jazz as a teenager, and later played lead guitar on tour with a few major label pop acts (Teddy Geiger, Hillary Duff). Somewhere in between, he lived in both Harlem and the middle of nowhere on a Pennsylvania farm, reading up on religion and New Age spirituality. After moving to Los Angeles, he began working with Flying Lotus and Gonjasufi. Oh yeah, and Kate Moss stars in his latest video.
The genre-hopping artist released the EP Tomorrow Night We’ll Go Anywhere last year, featuring blissed-out songs with chill disco synths, falsetto vocals and yes, some subtle jazz stylings. Check out the title track and video featuring the supermodel on his site.
And though he may have a slight fear of interviews, the mild-mannered Voytas was kind enough to swing by our studio and talk about everything from songwriting and Neil Young to vegetarianism and the politics of doing good.
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