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| Background information | |
| Origin | St Albans, England |
| Genre(s) | Drum and bass Downtempo Deep House |
| Years active | 1992-present |
| Label(s) | Astralwerks Photek Productions |
Photek is Rupert Parkes (born 1972, St Albans, England), a Los Angeles-based record producer and DJ. St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Downtempo (or Downbeat) is a laid-back Electronic music style similar to Ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike Deep house is a style of House music which fuses elements of Chicago house 80's soul jazz-funk and Detroit techno Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Astralwerks is a New York based Record label that releases primarily Electronic music. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. St Albans is the main urban area of the City and District of St Albans in southern Hertfordshire, England, around north of central London. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience He joined the drum and bass scene relatively early (his first release was in 1992, a collaboration with Rob Solomon a. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) k. a. Lexis), and is still one of its most respected players. In the mid-to-late Nineties he was a very active remixer, and he has also done some soundtrack work, most notably for The Animatrix. A remix is an alternative version of a song different from the original version The Animatrix is a collection of nine animated Short films released in 2003 and set in the fictional universe of ''The Matrix'' series
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His early tracks are somewhat ambient, but already feature the rhythm pattern of his seminal 1997 work Modus Operandi, which embodies most of his mid-nineties style: atmospheric, but at the same time very cold and paranoid, consisting mostly of jazz-influenced, highly complex drum patterns and sequenced double bass lines, sometimes with minimalistic synth melodies on top. Ambient music is a Musical genre in which sound is more important than notes Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Modus Operandi is the debut album by British Drum and bass artist Photek. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States The double bass is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed String instrument used in the modern symphony orchestra. His 1998 follow up to Modus Operandi was the Form & Function album. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Form & Function is the second album by British Drum and bass artist Photek. This album is the Photek equivalent to the sophomore slump, but it still achieved higher than average reviews. Photek is also influenced by traditional Japanese music, with song titles as "Ni-Ten-Ichi-Ryu (2 Swords Technique)" (named after the Hyoho Niten Ichi-ryu technique) and "The Seven Samurai" (named after the movie of the same name). The modern Japanese music scene includes a wide array of performers in distinct styles both traditional and modern ranging from rock electro punk folk metal reggae salsa and tango Origin Around 1640 Musashi intended to pass on his art to three successors from among his thousand students specifically to Terao Magonojo, his younger brother is a 1954 Japanese film co-written edited and directed by Akira Kurosawa. His album Solaris (released in 2000) saw quite a bit of change to his music, with gloomy house tracks alongside free-form ambient noise and the usual snare drum attacks. Solaris is the third album by British Drum and bass artist Photek. 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The snare drum is a Drum with strands of snares made of curled metal wire metal cable plastic cable or gut cords stretched across the a drumhead typically It included the house single "Mine To Give" (featuring Robert Owens), which reached the top spot of Billboard magazine's "Hot Dance Music/Club Play" in 2001. Robert Owens (born 1961 is an R&B / Urban and House music vocalist best known for his work with the Chicago house group Fingers Inc These are the Billboard magazine Hot Dance Club Play number one hits of 2001. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Billboard 's Hot Dance Club Play chart (also known as Club Play Singles, and formerly known as Hot Dance Music/Club Play and Hot Dance/Disco After Solaris, he paid his way out of his contract with Virgin Records sublabel Science, and continues to release 12-inch singles on his own Photek Productions label. Virgin Records is a British Record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell These tracks are more club-oriented and reminiscent of the recent work of Roni Size. Roni Size (born Ryan Williams, October 29, 1969 in Bristol) is a British music producer and DJ who came to prominence Parkes also worked with Nine Inch Nails on the album With Teeth by providing additional programming on "All The Love In The World" and remixing the single "The Hand that Feeds", he's rumored to also have been working with Pharrell. With Teeth is the fifth studio album by American Industrial rock act Nine Inch Nails, released in 2005 on Interscope Records. His latest album Form & Function Vol. 2 was released on 24 September 2007. Form & Function Vol 2 is the Photek 's 4th official studio album Events 622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. He also contributed music to the movie Dreamland. Dreamland is an American Drama film that was released on December 19, 2006.
Other monikers
- Special Forces
- Studio Pressure
- Aquarius
- Sentinel
- The Truper
- System X
- Synthetics
- Code Of Practice
Album discography
- The Hidden Camera EP (1996)
- Risc vs. Reward (1997)
- Modus Operandi (1997)
- Form & Function, a collection of early work and remixes (1998)
- Solaris (2000)
- Form & Function Vol. 2 (2007)
See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the U.S. Dance chart
External links
- Official website
- Blog at MySpace
- Photek at Allmusic
- Photek at Last.fm
- Photek at the Internet Movie Database
- Photek at rolldabeats
- Photek at Discogs
- Photek discography at MusicBrainz
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