Gyan Evans
| Gyan | |
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| Born | ca. 1960 Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Origin | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Adult contemporary, folk, pop rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | Trafalgar, Warner Australia, Universal, Museagency |
Gyan Evans (born ca. 1960, Geelong), who performs as Gyan (/ɡiːˈɑːn/) is an Australian singer-songwriter and record producer. She began her musical career in the Sydney band Haiku before winning the 1986 grand final in the local version of the TV talent quest, Star Search. This led to a recording contract with Warner Music, which resulted in her October 1989 debut self-titled album. It peaked in the top 30 on the ARIA Albums Chart and provided, "Wait" (August), which reached the top 20 on the ARIA Singles Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1990 she won the Best New Talent category.
Gyan Evans was born in about 1960 and was raised in Geelong. Both her parents were English migrants and Gyan is the youngest of their four children. Her older sister Asakti Evans is also a singer. For secondary education Gyan attended Matthew Flinders Girls High School and, at the age of 17, changed her first name to Gyan: "I went to India ... I joined a weird religious cult and I was given that name by an old man with a long beard". By 1989 both her parents were dead.
Gyan eventually signed with the Trafalgar Productions label, which was distributed by Warner Australia. By October 1989 she had released her debut self-titled album, which peaked at No. 27 on the ARIA Albums Chart. It was produced by Charles Fisher (1927, Midnight Oil, Hoodoo Gurus, Olivia Newton-John, Radio Birdman). Fisher had been given Gyan's demos by a mutual friend and together they recorded the album at Trafalgar Studios in Annandale.The Canberra Times' Penelope Layland described the album as "patchy but reasonably successful ... [she] has an excellent voice. However, she also has what some of her contemporaries lack and that is a true sense of musical style and an already well-developed song-writing ability".
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