Photek
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Rupert Parkes (born 6 September 1971), known as Photek, is a Los Angeles-based British electronic music DJ/record producer, and TV and film score composer. Photek was born and raised in St Albans, England.
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It is catalogued under topics including 1971 births, Astralwerks artists and English drum and bass musicians.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1972
Discography
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- Listeners
- 335,225
- Total plays
- 3,383,032
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A fixture on the UK jungle scene since the early nineties, Photek a.k.a. Rupert Parkes is best known for his role in developing the "intelligent" drum & bass genre. Over the course of his career as Photek, Parkes has developed a sound that is simultaneously individual, innovative and accessible, earning him much respect and popularity amongst critics and music fans alike. The strength of the sound finds foundation in Photek's incredibly detailed drum programming <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- photek.fm
- Image
- Photek photo by Faria Raji.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1972-05-13
- Commons category
- Photek
- start of work period
- 1992-00-00
- social media followers
- 18653
- pseudonym
- Photek
- name in native language
- Photek
- birth name
- Rupert Parkes
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11 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Education
- Early career 1993–1999
- 2000–2012
- Grammy nominations
- Recent activities
- Remixes
- Discography
- Awards and nominations
- References
- External links
Rupert Parkes (born 6 September 1971), known as Photek, is a Los Angeles-based British electronic music DJ/record producer, and TV and film score composer. Photek was born and raised in St Albans, England.
Photek has contributed music to several film, TV and video game productions, such as Blade in 1998. He also scored the show Gang Related with director Allen Hughes.
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