Evan White, born in vancouver and living in the bay area. the name is built from the cities he has lived in, vancouver, deland and luxembourg. asked to name his own genre he said he was still trying to figure that out, then landed on chill electronic with the caveat that plenty of it does not fit.
he came to this late and from somewhere unusual. sixteen years in finance, last job chief operating officer at a hedge fund, and he only went full time in music around 2024.
Matter of Time with alex maher, on the Dream State ep in may 2021, is the one that did it. nine weeks on billboard's dance chart and more than a hundred and thirty million streams since.
his second biggest record is a remix, and it is one for this page: I Do, reworked for DRAMA and out on their own label in july 2022. he also remixed Satin Jackets, further up here, on Relapse in november 2022, and motown has licensed him two marvin gaye reworks, Ain't No Mountain High Enough in may 2025 and Night Life on 24 july 2026.
When I hear a song I like, I'll stop it halfway through and start trying to recreate it, because I want to feel and play the music, rather than just experience it.
vandelux to edm identity, 31 august 2025
two albums so far, When the Light Breaks in september 2023 and Closer on 10 october 2025, the second of them written around becoming a father. he closes lollapalooza on sunday 2 august, and headlines malkin bowl in stanley park in vancouver, his home town, on 4 september.
quotes are verbatim from the artists' own public posts and interviews, spelling and all. more profiles coming, 179 to go.