Considering Autonomic crew, Loefah and so much other stuff take Photek as one of their main influences what are the old jungle crew doing? Are they actually making anything?
I want to hear 2010 Photek!
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:11 pm
by prisoner
photek is one person, rupert parkes.
last i heard he was living in LA and making music for movies, etc.
not sure if he still djs/produces dnb.
the last dnb stuff he was doing was with Infiltrata who is now 12th Planet.
cant say any of the post 2000 dnb stuff he did was any where near the brilliance of his metalheadz era stuff.
early photek is pretty much the pinnacle of drum & bass imo.
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:12 pm
by whatevertheweather
I think Photek is in the states, possibly writing hip hop and other bits with heads like DJ Craze.
Photek is the one. Got to be as important as anyone else in the progression of the UK scene.
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:20 pm
by -dubson-
whatevertheweather wrote:Photek is the one. Got to be as important as anyone else in the progression of the UK scene.
yeh the amount of music which references him now is mental.
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:32 pm
by reverendmedia
Solaris (2000) was much overlooked (perhaps because of it's departure from his signature Metalheadz style). It had some very luscious and rich house music production. Ahead of it's time?
Also contained some proto dubstep? Half time 140 with emphasis on bass?
reverendmedia wrote:Solaris (2000) was much overlooked, with some very luscious and rich house music production. Ahead of it's time?
i think it got quite a bit of attention. the tune with manos was played alot by house djs.
there just wasn't much dnb on it so the jungle/dnb scenes didn't really care about it.
the album was alright, i wouldn't call it visionary though.
might have to give it another listen...
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:39 pm
by reverendmedia
prisoner wrote:
reverendmedia wrote:Solaris (2000) was much overlooked, with some very luscious and rich house music production. Ahead of it's time?
i think it got quite a bit of attention. the tune with manos was played alot by house djs.
there just wasn't much dnb on it so the jungle/dnb scenes didn't really care about it.
the album was alright, i wouldn't call it visionary though.
might have to give it another listen...
Just edited my post before I saw yours! I didn't give it much attention when released for the very reason you mentioned (i.e. not much dnb and my musical palette wasn't quite developed enough to fully appreciate the house tunes.....). Checked it out after unearthing it a while back and couldn't believe the depth of some of the tunes on there. Some proper 'soundscapy' stuff, similar to the kind of thing that Roska might produce nowadays?
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Dec 30, 2009 7:58 pm
by JazzyJazzy
prisoner wrote:cant say any of the post 2000 dnb stuff he did was any where near the brilliance of his metalheadz era stuff.
early photek is pretty much the pinnacle of drum & bass imo.
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:39 am
by pdomino
One word for me....
"KNITEVISION"
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:43 am
by boot
He did the soundtrack for The Italian Job didn't he?
As well as worked on stuff for Blade, Six Feet Under, some other movies and TV shows. Prob loaded now hahaha
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:53 am
by klauss
pdomino wrote:One word for me....
"KNITEVISION"
word
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 7:28 pm
by pdomino
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 9:44 pm
by tacospheros
reverendmedia wrote:Solaris (2000) was much overlooked (perhaps because of it's departure from his signature Metalheadz style). It had some very luscious and rich house music production. Ahead of it's time?
Also contained some proto dubstep? Half time 140 with emphasis on bass?
that tune is gangster.now i wanna hear the rest of solaris.
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:04 pm
by dirt
Its all about this >
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:14 pm
by deepfiend
Can't Come Down is a percy, wish he would make more than soundtracks. That said, the stuff he did for the Animatrix were pretty amazing.
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:24 pm
by symmetricalsounds
i do love photek but some of the hiphop he did has some of the worst people spitting on it i'd ever heard...far too many great producers who have shit people mc'ing on their tracks, annoying as hell especially when you know they could have anyone they want on there.
Re: What are Photek ect. up to these days?
Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:34 pm
by Lode_Runner
Great producer, 'Consciousness' is an legendary tune. I liked some of his house stuff he bought out, had some great production qualities to it, have to dig that Solaris EP out
