Photek Archive

Drumtrip Sessions #08 – DJ Vapour

Session number eight is supplied by DJ Vapour. As well as running his own successful drum and bass imprint 36 Hertz, Vapour has had releases on labels such as Dread, 31 Records, C.I.A. and Basement. He is known as one of the scene’s premier remixers, updating classic tracks like Maximum Style, We Are IE, Living In

Law – Deep Jungle Vol 6

Time for the 7th installment and 6th volume of my Deep Jungle series which started back in 2007. So far the series has visited a lot of the smooth and atmospheric moments from 1994/1997 on labels such as Good Looking, Basement, Photek and more, mostly the more drum and bass styled productions after 1994s jungle

Drumtrip Sessions #01 – DJ Extreme

Welcome to the new regular feature Drumtrip Sessions. Drumtrip Sessions will exclusively showcase the mixing and selecting talents of DJ’s from across the word. Spinning hardcore, jungle, drum and bass, and maybe even a few surprises. It is a pleasure to be able to launch the Sessions with a mix by DJextreme. Extreme is responsible for countless

Law – System X vs The Truper Mix

If you haven’t worked out by now, I am a bit obsessive over Rupert Parkes’ AKA Photek’s early works in the first half of the 90s. Some of his most elusive and hardcore drum and bass productions were not under the Photek moniker but recorded under a series of different names. In this mix we feature probably

Law mix for Two Hungry Ghosts

I was asked if one of my old mixes could be showcased on eclectic music blog Two Hungry Ghosts, but I thought I would go one better than that and actually create a new mix just for the site. So I did. This happened “There was a period (roughly) between 1993 to 96 where jungle

Law – Deep Jungle Volume 4

Despite the name this will be the 5th installment of my Deep Jungle series, and the first in quite a while. On a rainy afternoon there is not much else to do but dig through the tracks, get a bit dusty and drink copious amounts of tea; and this mix is the end result. The mix covers