A good origin story is hard to come by these days, but Evanora: Unlimited’s entry into music is one of biblical proportions. The Oakland-born artist, real name Orion Ohana, wasn’t born in a manger, though he did spend his infant years, from as early as six months old, sleeping in a dog bed behind the speakers of a jungle rave. Born to DJ and producer parents, it was during this time that he would adopt his first nickname, House Pet, which would later become his first producer alias. At six years old, he was already producing remixes of children’s song “The Cat Came Back” on Ableton, though it wouldn’t be for another decade until Ohana’s journey really gets started.
Now 22, Ohana is part of a younger generation of artists taking over the global underground with his nihilistic take on rave music. Having garnered a reputation as one of the internet’s cool kids, he currently has no permanent address, instead travelling from city to city, scene to scene, like a modern-day troubadour for the information age. Often spotted with blood running down his face, his fashion taste sits somewhere in between a mediaeval peasant, eurotrash and an extra in a slasher film. The aesthetic feeds into his provocative live shows, which combine hardcore, punk and rap with a raucous on-stage persona that’s so engrossing that when he climbs down onto the dancefloor, it‘s not uncommon to see audiences encircle him, intently watching his every move.
A good origin story is hard to come by these days, but Evanora: Unlimited’s entry into music is one of biblical proportions. The Oakland-born artist, real name Orion Ohana, wasn’t born in a manger, though he did spend his infant years, from as early as six months old, sleeping in a dog bed behind the speakers of a jungle rave. Born to DJ and producer parents, it was during this time that he would adopt his first nickname, House Pet, which would later become his first producer alias. At six years old, he was already producing remixes of children’s song “The Cat Came Back” on Ableton, though it wouldn’t be for another decade until Ohana’s journey really gets started.
Now 22, Ohana is part of a younger generation of artists taking over the global underground with his nihilistic take on rave music. Having garnered a reputation as one of the internet’s cool kids, he currently has no permanent address, instead travelling from city to city, scene to scene, like a modern-day troubadour for the information age. Often spotted with blood running down his face, his fashion taste sits somewhere in between a mediaeval peasant, eurotrash and an extra in a slasher film. The aesthetic feeds into his provocative live shows, which combine hardcore, punk and rap with a raucous on-stage persona that’s so engrossing that when he climbs down onto the dancefloor, it‘s not uncommon to see audiences encircle him, intently watching his every move.
A good origin story is hard to come by these days, but Evanora: Unlimited’s entry into music is one of biblical proportions. The Oakland-born artist, real name Orion Ohana, wasn’t born in a manger, though he did spend his infant years, from as early as six months old, sleeping in a dog bed behind the speakers of a jungle rave. Born to DJ and producer parents, it was during this time that he would adopt his first nickname, House Pet, which would later become his first producer alias. At six years old, he was already producing remixes of children’s song “The Cat Came Back” on Ableton, though it wouldn’t be for another decade until Ohana’s journey really gets started.
Now 22, Ohana is part of a younger generation of artists taking over the global underground with his nihilistic take on rave music. Having garnered a reputation as one of the internet’s cool kids, he currently has no permanent address, instead travelling from city to city, scene to scene, like a modern-day troubadour for the information age. Often spotted with blood running down his face, his fashion taste sits somewhere in between a mediaeval peasant, eurotrash and an extra in a slasher film. The aesthetic feeds into his provocative live shows, which combine hardcore, punk and rap with a raucous on-stage persona that’s so engrossing that when he climbs down onto the dancefloor, it‘s not uncommon to see audiences encircle him, intently watching his every move.