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BLP sources|date=April 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Photek| image = Photek_RupertParkes.jpg?| caption =| image_size = 250| background = non_performing_personnel| birth_name = Rupert Parkes| alias = Aquarius Code of Practice Phaze 1 The Sentinel Special Forces Studio Pressure Synthetics System X The Truper| birth_date =| death_date =| origin = St Albans , England , United Kingdom | instrument =| genre = Drum and bass Downtempo Deep house | occupation = Record producer and Disc jockey|DJ Film score|Film score composer | years_active = 1992–present| label = Metalheadz Photek Productions Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary Virgin Records|Virgin Tectonic (record label)|Tectonic | associated_acts = Baby Boys Origination| website = http://photek.fm/ http://.photek.fm| notable_instruments = Photek is Rupert Parkes (born 1972, St Albans , England ), a Los Angeles -based British people|British Grammy Awards nominated http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Grammy_Awards record producer and Disc jockey|DJ IMO Records http://www.imorecords.co.uk/drumandbass/photek-biography/ "Photek Biography", IMO Records , London, 18th October 2011. Retrieved on 23 November 2011.. He joined the drum and bass scene relatively early (his first release was in 1992, a collaboration with Rob Solomon a.k.a. Lexis ), and is still one of its most respected players. In the mid-to-late Nineties he was a very active remix er, and he has also done some soundtrack work, most notably for The Animatrix .
Styles
His early tracks are somewhat ambient music|ambient , but already feature the rhythm pattern of his seminal 1997 work Modus Operandi (album)|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. Photek is also influenced by traditional Japanese music and culture, 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 Seven Samurai|the movie of the same name ).
His 1998 follow up to Modus Operandi was the Form & Function compilation album, featuring older tracks, in both original and remixed form. His album Solaris (Photek album)|Solaris (released in 2000) saw Parkes taking his music in a new direction, with gloomy house tracks alongside free-form ambient noise and the usual snare drum attacks. It included the house single "Mine to Give" (featuring Robert Owens (musician)|Robert Owens ), which Number-one dance hits of 2001 (USA)|reached the top spot of Billboard (magazine)|Billboard s Hot Dance Club Play in 2001.
After Solaris , he paid his way out of his contract with Virgin Records sublabel Science (label)|Science , and continues to release 12-inch singles on his own Photek Productions label. These tracks are more club-oriented and reminiscent of the recent work of Roni Size . 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 .
His most recent compilation album Form & Function Vol. 2 was released on 24 September 2007. He also contributed music to the movie Dreamland (film)|Dreamland . He continues to be based in L.A. working on new, as yet unreleased music - he tweeted in 2009 that he was making dubstep http://twitter.com/photek. In November 2010, Radio 1 DJ Benji B played a brand new track by Photek titled '101', http://soundcloud.com/photek/101-clip-from-benji-bs-radio-1-show-25-11-2010 sparking rumours of new Photek music to be released in early 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00w10rj In January 2011 it was announced via Photek's official website that he would in fact, be releasing a new EP, 'Avalanche', in February and that one of its tracks 'Slowburn' is available for free download from the site. http://www.photek.fm
2011 : New Releases
On 28 February 2011, Photek released the 'Avalanche EP' through his own label, 'Photek Productions', featuring four brand new original tracks plus a remix by Boddika. In an interview with online music blog 'Fact Magazine' in March 2011, Photek disclosed his plans to release a new "...series of EPs where the best content can be cherry-picked for an album at the end of that series." Plus, "I’ve got a release coming out on Pinch (dubstep musician)|Pinch 's label, Tectonic (record label)|Tectonic called 'Closer'". http://www.factmag.com/2011/03/08/photek-the-last-samurai/2/ Photek released his second EP of 2011 in May, titled the Aviator EP on his own label. He then released the aforementioned single 'Closer' on Tectonic (record label)|Tectonic , which featured a remix by label boss Pinch (dubstep musician)|Pinch . Photek has done a number of remixes himself in 2011, for the likes of Moby , Distance (Musician)|Distance , Karin Park and Jess Mills. In December 2011 he was nominated for the 54th Grammy Awards in the 'Best Remix' category for his rework of Daft Punk 's 'End Of Line' for the Tron Legacy soundtrack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Grammy_Awards
cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 425/426
Singles and EPs (incomplete)
As Origination:
"Break Down" (1992, Rudeboy Records)
"Break Down (Remix)" (1992, Rudeboy Records)
"The 5 Tracker" (1992, Rudeboy Records)
"Anything You Want (I Got It)" (1992, Rudeboy Records)
"Sunrise" (1993, Rudeboy Records)
"Music Takes Control" (1993, Rudeboy Records)
"Shine On '94" (1994, Rudeboy Records)
cite web|title=Discogs - Rudeboy Records|url= http://www.discogs.com/label/Rudeboy%20Records|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=31 October 2011
As Photek:
"Natural Born Killa" (1995, Metalheadz)
"The Seven Samurai/Complex" (1995, Photek)
"UFO/Rings around Saturn" (1995, Photek)
"The Water Margin" (1996, Science Records)
"T'raenon" (1996, Op-ART)
"The Hidden Camera" (1996, Virgin) UK Singles Chart|UK #39
"The Third Sequence/Titan" (1996, Virgin)
" Risc vs. Reward|Ni-Ten-Ichi-Ryu (Two Swords Techniques) " (1997, Virgin) UK #37
" Risc vs. Reward ", issued in the US only (1997, Virgin)
"Modus Operandi" (1998, Virgin) UK #66
"Terminus" (2000, Virgin)
"Mine to Give" feat. Robert Owens (musician)|Robert Owens (2001, Virgin) Hot Dance Club Play|US Dance #1, UK #44
"MDZ.04 Album Sampler" (2004, Metalheadz)
"Rinsa" (2005, Photek Productions)
"C Note" (2005, Photek Productions) Also feat. In PlayStation Portable game such as: WipEout Pure
"Quaman" (2005, Photek Productions)
"Love & War" (2007, Sanctuary)
"Avalanche EP" (2011, Photek Productions)
"Aviator EP" (2011, Photek Productions)
"Closer" (2011, Tectonic)
See also
List of number-one dance hits (United States)
List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
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