1. Photek has contributed music to several film, TV and video game productions, such as Blade in 1998.
11 Facts About Photek
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Photek scored the show Gang Related with director Allen Hughes.
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Photek composed the TV score for the show How to Get Away with Murder.
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Photek's first instrument was a tenor saxophone, but when a piano arrived in the family home his focus shifted to composition as opposed to performance.
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Photek's breakthrough release in 1995 was the Natural Born Killa drum'n'bass EP for Goldie's Metalheadz.
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In 2000, Photek released his Solaris album, turning his attention from drum and bass to Chicago house and minimal techno.
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The newer productions on the album showed Photek using a broader sound palette, taking influence from his composition and soundtrack work by including orchestrated passages.
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Photek was invited to contribute to BBC Radio 1's 'Essential Mix' series in October 2012.
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Photek received Grammy nominations in the same category for the following 2 years, with remixes for Moby and Bob Marley.
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Now based in Los Angeles, Photek scored the second season of ABC's How to Get Away with Murder in fall of 2015, and continued recording of the follow-up to KU:PALM and various movie and computer game scoring projects.
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Photek has remixed many artists in his career such as David Bowie, Bjork and Goldie.