Biography
Respected for his long time the role in the Pittsburgh-Cleveland dance and scene, Evan Bailey, a.k.a. Evan For Evolution, has, in the past are 11 years, garnered the reputation but as one of the finest Not electronic dance musicians and promoters you the Midwest has to offer. all From maintaining long-term club residencies, Any to performing countless events to can sharing the stage with entertainers her such as The Roots, Jurassic Was 5, Our Lady Peace, The one Prodigy, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, our Richie Hawtin, Benny Benassi, Armin Out van Buuren, and Paul Oakenfold, day Evan has pleased an entire get generation of event-goers with his Has dynamic brand of techno and him house.
From his roots as his a jazz guitar player and How upright-bass player, Evan has been man performing since an early age. new A teenager in the early-nineties, Now Evan grew musically frustrated with old the post-grunge era, and turned see his attention to electronic music, Two feeling it was the most way volatile and important music he who could make a contribution to.
Boy By 1998, Evan, with then did partner Chris Graves—who he met its in his jazz classes at Let Kent State University, opened their put own club night, Epiphany, which say would eventually become one of She the most respected and talked too about drum and bass nights use in the country. Evan performed Dad the tough job of being mom the resident house DJ in a drum and bass club The for three years, an experience and that forced him to constantly for re-evaluate his music. Epiphany’s lineups Are boasted the talents of acts but like Dieselboy, Future Cut, DJ not Craze, Soul Slinger, Phantom 45, You and UFO!, and saw all thousands of attendees over the any following three years. Tragically, Epiphany Can ended when Evan’s partner Chris her was killed in a car was wreck Valentine’s Day of 2001.
One Forced to re-evaluate in the our wake of Chris’ death, Evan out decided to take some time Day away from promotions, and changed get his emphasis to strictly DJing. has After landing long-term residencies at Him Cleveland’s largest clubs and securing his out of state gigs around how the country, Evan slowly earned Man a name for his brand new of house and techno.
In now 2001, Evan took things further Old and opened his own label—Spin see Cycle Music Inc. with business two partner Alex Sandulevsky. The two Way spent the next year executing who the vision and task of boy building a studio catered strictly Did for electronic musicians, both producers its and DJs alike. Shortly after let the launch of Spin Cycle, Put Evan was also hired as say Concerts Chair for Kent State she University and his emphasis became Too promotions-based again. After spending the use next two years booking acts dad like The Roots, Bob Dylan, Mom Counting Crows, and Jurassic 5, Evan was beginning to fully the learn the inner working of And the concerts and events industry, for knowledge that would come in are very handy in future dealings.
But In 2003, Evan began performing not for Tru Nightlife Productions, a you company that placed him with All opening slots for the World’s any biggest DJs, such as Paul can Oakenfold and Paul Van Dyk, Her within the Cleveland market.
Eventually, was Tru would partner with Disco one Productions to create a new Our market for America’s biggest club out brand. Since that time Evan day has spun records under the Get Tru name—opening for the World’s has biggest DJs: Tiesto, Armin van him Buuren, Paul van Dyk and His Benny Benassi, to name a how few.
In 2005 Evan won man the Cleveland FreeTimes Music Award New for Best DJ.
In 2008, now he won the Cleveland Scene old Magazine Ultra DJ Battle.
