Quick Facts
Biography
Evan Peter Mast, also known as E*vax, is an electronic music artist and half of the New York-based electronic rock band Ratatat along with the other member Mike Stroud.
Career
Mast has released 7-inch singles on Static Caravan Recordings and Mold Recordings, along with an EP in collaboration with musician Craig Wedren, most known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the band Shudder to Think. Mast also recorded a track titled "The Mule" for the TV show Silicon Valley original soundtrack Silicon Valley (Music from the HBO Original Series), released in 2017.
Mast has written and produced hip hop music as E*vax, his first credit was the track "Look Alive" performed by rapper Despot featuring Mast’s own band Ratatat from the record label Definitive Jux compilation album Definitive Jux Presents IV, released in 2009. Some years later he produced a track titled "$100 Bill" performed by rapper Jay-Z, which is the opening track from Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film The Great Gatsby released in 2013. Once again he collaborated with Despot in 2015, producing the track "House of Bricks", the lead single from the rapper’s debut studio album We’re All Excited. In 2018 Mast worked together with rapper-producer Kanye West on the so called Wyoming Sessions, which led him to write and produce in the Kids See Ghosts's self-titled debut studio album tracks "Feel the Love", "Fire" and "Reborn"; as well as the Nas track "Adam and Eve" from the rapper's twelfth studio album Nasir, and also a track from Teyana Taylor's second studio album K.T.S.E. titled "Rose in Harlem". The next year he co-produced "Selah", the second track from Kanye West's ninth studio album Jesus Is King, while he once again collaborated with Teyana Taylor, producing her single "We Got Love" from her third studio album The Album, released in 2020.
Other ventures
E*vax and his brother E*rock operate their independent record label Audio Dregs. His first album, Parking Lot Music, was released on 4 April 2001. Mast's music uses everyday sounds to create simple electronic beats.
Discography
Studio albums
| Album | ||
|---|---|---|
| Parking Lot Music |
Extended plays
| EP | ||
|---|---|---|
| Glacial Sports | ||
| Foiled | ||
| Cross Country Ski/Clear Red Water | ||
| B. Fleischmann/E*Vax Split | ||
| Zealectronic Beige | ||
| Day Ditty (with Craig Wedren) |
Production and songwriting credits
- Despot - "Look Alive" (featuring Ratatat) - Definitive Jux Presents IV (2009)
- Kid Cudi - "Pursuit of Happiness" (featuring MGMT & Ratatat) from Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
- Kid Cudi - "Alive (Nightmare)" (featuring Ratatat) from Man on the Moon: The End of Day (2009)
- Jay-Z - "$100 Bill" from The Great Gatsby: Music from Baz Luhrmann's Film (2013)
- Despot - "House of Bricks" - We’re All Excited (2015)
- E*vax - "The Mule" from Silicon Valley (Music from the HBO Original Series) (2017)
- Kids See Ghosts - "Feel the Love" (featuring Pusha T) from Kids See Ghosts (2018)
- Kids See Ghosts - "Fire" from Kids See Ghosts (2018)
- Kids See Ghosts - "Reborn" from Kids See Ghosts (2018)
- Nas - "Adam and Eve" (featuring The-Dream) from Nasir (2018)
- Teyana Taylor - "Rose in Harlem" from K.T.S.E. (2018)
- Kanye West - "Selah" from Jesus Is King (2019)
- Teyana Taylor - "We Got Love" from The Album (2020)
- Kid Cudi - "Elsie's Baby Boy (Flashback)" from Man on the Moon III: The Chosen (2020)
- Kid Cudi - "The Pale Moonlight" from Man on the Moon III: The Chosen (2020)