Modus Operandi

Modus Operandi

Photek is Rupert Parks, an early progenitor of jungle and precision-driven drum & bass. While living in Ipswich, England, Rupert Parks began making electronic music with a record shop owner named Rob under the name Origination. Parks soon departed Origination for a solo career as Photek. After releasing a series of successful 12-inch records in England, Photek/Parks put out a highly acclaimed recording titled <I>The Hidden Camera</I>. On <I>Modus Operendi</I>, Parks enters into an even more minimalist phase of electronic composition while embracing disparate musical influences, including jazz and the hardened Detroit techno scene. Employing complex, intricate beats and a forbidding, tension-filled atmosphere, Photek's stripped-down sound on this recording establishes Parks as one of electronic music's premier experimental artists. <I>--Mitch Myers</I>