I love Photek's production work, because it isn't cluttered and he allows things to breathe and the drums to take precedent. It's so wonderful how everything has its own spot in the mix at the precise moment when needed.
What is the most hip thing, that the drums are really doable to play! everything is so natural, ofcourse some technique needed but nothing is too much, super doable and after all super tasty and melodical approach on drums.
I was 23 when this came out... i'm now 45. My kids just look at me weird when I play this in the car (and of course with two 10" speakers in the trunk).
No disrespect intended. But your kids need educating. I had to educate my kids in the fine arts of Photek and d&b..they love it now because of there master 😂
I wanted to argue that this track was far ahead of its time, but in reality it's timeless and boundaryless. Betting it will sound as fresh in 2298. Forever grateful for the music ❤️
Not gonna lie, I had this track on an endless loop when I first bought the CD back in 1999. I actually found it relaxing, it helped me fall asleep. Truly a masterpiece...
SAME THING, same damn year too! I'd never heard of jungle but this was the first CD i bought... at the Bahrain airport. the drums reminded me of rain. big up fellow human :)
Wow, now this takes me back... so good. Back in the day when DNB/jungle was so full of promise. I felt its emergence and the invention of the breakbeat was on par with that of jazz. Listening to this again raises the hairs on my arms.
This is still the future of dnb. Producers like myself will make this sound possible once again, and all shall know this sound is what's up, what's been up, and will always be on top.
@TeckGeck Fellow Junglist! I’d link my music, but I produce nothing like this at the moment. I’m currently more into the minimal scene at the moment. But I appreciate the reply, because this will really help me realign my focus!
photek and plug had that sound. so different than moving shadows stuff. much more minimal and orchestral. I liked it all. And on the other side Technical Itch.. the heavy shit.
Tunes like this remind me of three things: Wipeout 2097 Designer's Republic MTV's Amp All else is irrelevant. Photek is legendary and any contrarians are irrelevant. Disagrees and thumbs down are irrelevant.
@@DereckDotCom unrelated & kinda off topic: th-cam.com/video/xy3hUZDbLNI/w-d-xo.html also the grid racing videogame ost and if you havent heard it the set of allison Wonderland ... or miss monique ... if tunnel is your thing: aluhut-de.jimdofree.com/infotainment/musik/relax-chillout/ you can find amelie Lens & Charlotte de Witte together there. And if you are very high check out: th-cam.com/video/3LQYUBw_Icc/w-d-xo.html or th-cam.com/video/EU7rfzujdJQ/w-d-xo.html
intentlyserious What other tunes have that effect that you know of. It sounds easy but i never programmed drums. I just djed. So it's a jedi death blow to me.
You can never go wrong with photek..... From beginning to end..... I mean sure there's goldie and the posse..... But note everyone's a junkie...... Photek is a testament to that
This, along with Ni Ten Ichi Ryu, are the absolute pinnacle of the art form for me. Although I don't do straight dnb per se, I've tried incorporating some ideas and drawn inspiration from the effortless rhythm/flow in my own stuff. Though I can't even come close to the master...
@@dan.j.boydzkreationz dude I love tool but the band is not it's own genre and ya can't go comparing mainstream prog metal to decently slept on drum and bass
Hip hop had a good run through the 90s and early 00s but as of late most of it is kinda embarrassing comparatively imo, still some great rappers out there but yeah. Such is the way with art; it manifests, breaks ground and is then commercialised for profit, and in doing so its essence, earnest and character - that is to say its soul - is essentially destroyed. Standouts remain but so often is the case that a kind of taint persists that's quite hard to separate from the general image of the genre of origin.
When u don't hear this track in a few years and 04:45 happens, and u bust out laughing cause ur fucking tickled to death cause this track go so STOOPID! Damn it's that good. Its finna be 30 fucking years old, still sounds so fresh.
Ahahahahahahahahahaha this EXACT THING just happened to me, churning through work emails and forgot all about the stuttered drum section and just broke out cackling like a madman
@@damirvukalic Absolutely sure. Type Photek documentary into TH-cam and you'll see all three of them (Source Direct is two blokes James Baker and Phil Aslett).
Good shout. The Tighten Up break is not the easiest one to sample and program as well as Photek has done here. Source Direct's Snake Style is another absolute banger with this break.
I wonder if anyone else can remember walking around the city at night in that sketchy part of downtown and hearing the bass and following it to an obscure gay bar and it becoming your favorite place to dance and get fucked up
its greyed out and unplayable on Spotify, so weird. I was lucky enough to find this record in a used CD shop a few days ago, so grateful but I wonder why its not on any streaming services? Could be a copyright thing
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Legend has it that Ancient Samurai contacted Photek to learn the art of sound production.
Cuckoo;)
Legend has it he wNt back in time and played his music during their duels
@@deanose7680 based comment lol
😂
Anyone that is starting to build songs on a computer, needs this as part of their curriculum, autodidact or otherwise.
Agreed agreed agreed...
This was done meticulously on a sampler...
It's like you should know how to draw by hand b4 moving on to a graphics program
Autodidact. Why? But you did. Chose the word ‘autodidactic’? Agreed
@@williamblewis8039 Just fixed that for you, may you live in peace.
I still haven't found another on par with Photek. A hero amongst the imitators.
The guy is a scientist. True Drum & Bass formula for the ear piece 🧪
@@The_Iron_Pilgrim that was presice, well said and accurate.
Okay boomer
@Chris Baldwin DJ Krust The End of Everything is excellent.
Like Vibert / Plug 'Drum & Bass for Papa' - A must LISTEN if you like early photek.
damn this still holds up 22 years later, timeless
hell yeah it does.
Was just saying that....
WAY ahead of his time. Modus Operandi was late 90s and fucking dad. Capturing the whole entire vibe. Photek was the other side of the edge.
I love Photek's production work, because it isn't cluttered and he allows things to breathe and the drums to take precedent. It's so wonderful how everything has its own spot in the mix at the precise moment when needed.
Stevan Jasiunas Fantastic analysis your right. Ive always wonder how he gets that complex mix of breaks etc , yet his tracks sound quite minimal.
What is the most hip thing, that the drums are really doable to play! everything is so natural, ofcourse some technique needed but nothing is too much, super doable and after all super tasty and melodical approach on drums.
Stevan Jasiunas true. Shame he’s turned into a complete brostep dick
wtf dude, while some of his new stuff is very different he still makes some bangers
It's virtuoso work if you ask me. Photek was the most thought provoking dnb for me at that time.
I was 23 when this came out... i'm now 45. My kids just look at me weird when I play this in the car (and of course with two 10" speakers in the trunk).
Your cool man with great taste.
Riggleboy Awesome, love it 😊
your kids should be proud
should have indoctrinated them with jungle dnb from when they were just infants.
No disrespect intended. But your kids need educating. I had to educate my kids in the fine arts of Photek and d&b..they love it now because of there master 😂
I wanted to argue that this track was far ahead of its time, but in reality it's timeless and boundaryless. Betting it will sound as fresh in 2298. Forever grateful for the music ❤️
Love u
this music just knocks me out, cant think clear, just felling myself and my heartbeat.
It is the single best dnb tune ever realised.
Not gonna lie, I had this track on an endless loop when I first bought the CD back in 1999. I actually found it relaxing, it helped me fall asleep. Truly a masterpiece...
SAME THING, same damn year too! I'd never heard of jungle but this was the first CD i bought... at the Bahrain airport. the drums reminded me of rain. big up fellow human :)
Back when drums were the true hero of electronically produced music. Aquarius is a personal hero of mine
Photek was a true pioneer, no doubt about it
Indeed
Wow, now this takes me back... so good. Back in the day when DNB/jungle was so full of promise. I felt its emergence and the invention of the breakbeat was on par with that of jazz. Listening to this again raises the hairs on my arms.
This is still the future of dnb. Producers like myself will make this sound possible once again, and all shall know this sound is what's up, what's been up, and will always be on top.
DnB is still good lol. It's the type of genre that really will never get old.
@@darklightprojector2688
Do you have a link to your stuff? It's rare finding fellow Jungle artists
@TeckGeck
Fellow Junglist! I’d link my music, but I produce nothing like this at the moment. I’m currently more into the minimal scene at the moment. But I appreciate the reply, because this will really help me realign my focus!
@@darklightprojector2688 so link that!
aaaand another masterpiece forgotten by Spotify and Apple Music :/
I feel sorry for the Newbies living an age now...sorry
(I have to say i'm very happy i raved & partied through the 1990s ) TIMELESS !!
Learned about photek in 2001
53 so i remember inn 88 when it all first started with Spiral Tribe , still dropping to this day .
photek and plug had that sound. so different than moving shadows stuff. much more minimal and orchestral. I liked it all. And on the other side Technical Itch.. the heavy shit.
25 years ... Still killz
25 years*
When AI inevitably takes control of the world, Photek will be their anthem. Autechre will be their translator.
Brilliant
Photek... sharp as a katana as always.
Photek is an absolute genius
This is 20 years old, right? Like I haven’t come from the future to listen to the past? Brill!
hell yea dude
I was wondering where my time traveling machine went.
Still got my vinyl... luv it!
Can remember picking this up from black market records with my weekly £10 pocket money and rushing back home on the 48 bus to tear up my mum's ears 😂
Bought this on CD and was all in. Found it weird that there were so many remixes but it's still my favourite Photek release.
Tunes like this remind me of three things:
Wipeout 2097
Designer's Republic
MTV's Amp
All else is irrelevant. Photek is legendary and any contrarians are irrelevant. Disagrees and thumbs down are irrelevant.
You may be interested in BallisticNG - but it is very hard game. I am 100+hours in and still struggle to get platinum medals
@@DereckDotCom
unrelated & kinda off topic:
th-cam.com/video/xy3hUZDbLNI/w-d-xo.html
also the grid racing videogame ost
and if you havent heard it the set of allison Wonderland ... or miss monique ...
if tunnel is your thing:
aluhut-de.jimdofree.com/infotainment/musik/relax-chillout/
you can find amelie Lens & Charlotte de Witte together there.
And if you are very high check out:
th-cam.com/video/3LQYUBw_Icc/w-d-xo.html
or
th-cam.com/video/EU7rfzujdJQ/w-d-xo.html
Being here because a video game or a TV show brought you here is what's irrelevant.
This is soo far ahead of its time! New school sorry but us oldies loved playing this on vinyl!
Photeknology ❤
My heart completely stops @ 4:45- 4:52 breathing taking 15 years later.
oh yeh. fucken brilliant
a common drum edit 4 or 5 years before this tune was made..pretty simple, just cut off your drum edits half way..that's it!!
intentlyserious What other tunes have that effect that you know of. It sounds easy but i never programmed drums. I just djed. So it's a jedi death blow to me.
threadpusher Yeah, its a simple technique but when done fairly musically, its "breathtaking" indeed.
+threadpusher It's warping down low in such a gentle and Glitchy way . you're right. it's almost too good XD
NOW, THIS IS WHAT JUNGLE IS SUPPOSED TO SOUND LIKE!!!
When D&B brings about a state of "no mind" you know you are onto some gooooood shit.
Dr Hoffmans Home of Audio Journeys perfect comment for a near perfect song. 10/10 would read
Nothing is this banging. Nothing.
Its secret weapons grade. You cant pull it out on the reg cause many arent ready
We are brothers.
One of the first tracks that got me hooked in the late 90's!
You can never go wrong with photek..... From beginning to end..... I mean sure there's goldie and the posse..... But note everyone's a junkie...... Photek is a testament to that
This and hidden camera are my 2 fav photek tunes
This is a f*cking masterpiece
As a drummer you have my respect Photek.
I still get influenced today by these loops while playing acoustic drums
it set the tone for me when I was a teenager, always shaping how I thought about it
Time machine for me right here
i love eating cereal to this song...
Lol
Morning wood
great info - needed that..now i finally know :)
Production's immense on this. Absolutely merked it. 🔥✊🔥
Photek's 7 Samurai from Form & Function
Forgot about this masterpiece!!!
Memories + Goosebumps
Photek is a badman 😎
This, along with Ni Ten Ichi Ryu, are the absolute pinnacle of the art form for me.
Although I don't do straight dnb per se, I've tried incorporating some ideas and drawn inspiration from the effortless rhythm/flow in my own stuff. Though I can't even come close to the master...
I cant think of another genre since dnb that was so progressive and foward thinking from 96/2000
James Brett that and tool lol
@@dan.j.boydzkreationz dude I love tool but the band is not it's own genre and ya can't go comparing mainstream prog metal to decently slept on drum and bass
More like 94 to 01
Hip hop had a good run through the 90s and early 00s but as of late most of it is kinda embarrassing comparatively imo, still some great rappers out there but yeah. Such is the way with art; it manifests, breaks ground and is then commercialised for profit, and in doing so its essence, earnest and character - that is to say its soul - is essentially destroyed. Standouts remain but so often is the case that a kind of taint persists that's quite hard to separate from the general image of the genre of origin.
i've been searching for that lost track for so looooong | PHOTEK that was.
I got the wax right here my dude.
What an absolute banger of a track!
what a tune
When u don't hear this track in a few years and 04:45 happens, and u bust out laughing cause ur fucking tickled to death cause this track go so STOOPID!
Damn it's that good. Its finna be 30 fucking years old, still sounds so fresh.
10 seconds of shit that didn't need to be in there
@@charliechang7986 um yeah, I don't think u understand DnB or genius artistry, lol.
Ahahahahahahahahahaha this EXACT THING just happened to me, churning through work emails and forgot all about the stuttered drum section and just broke out cackling like a madman
I have exactly the same reaction, every single time!
@@charliechang7986 lol, this idiot.
I’m Photek years old 😂😂😂
out of this world
F***ing sharp fight between chopsticks and hot sushi!!!
yes yes yes, so good!
why is this the one album not on apple music? modus operandi is on there but this will always be the ultimate photek album for me.
Same w/ Spotify, just noticed this
So true!!! I’m still looking for it!
Most banging tune ever. Fact.
absolutely nothing goes harder than this does it
rupert always had a place in a rekkid bag, alongside dev mixrace (paradox)
You made me cry 😢
I loved this on CD
Thanks for uploading track keep it old school
Still the rawest sh*t
so good!
a true school of good knocks
The Pinnacle nuff said
This and Water Margin. Feudal Dynastic epicness
Incredibly sophisticated (y)
What a tune!...
very creative musician.respect
That drop at 47 secs in...
This would fit right in a Japanese level in a Splinter Cell game
Photek ~ Seven Dislikes
Unfathomable
Seven people have declared that they hate all that is right and good in the universe.
good one mate made my day ;)
Only Kings They must have been the seven samurias that photek chopped up to perfection. 😅😅😅
Seven haters who challenged the samurai...and lost.
This Real💯🔥
아 모르겠고 듣는 순간 모아이 바로 딱 떠오름. 노래 멜로디가 없으니까 다르다고 주장할수 있을지언정 그냥 이노래 처음부터 끝까지 ㅈㄴ 모아이 그저체임
🗿
딱걸렸네
The perfect complement to Source Direct's Snake Style.
^ Truth
Guess why.. Because it's the same dude under different name. Photek.
@@damirvukalic Falsehood. SD and photek are friends and colleagues.
@@Rufusdos You sure about that?
@@damirvukalic Absolutely sure. Type Photek documentary into TH-cam and you'll see all three of them (Source Direct is two blokes James Baker and Phil Aslett).
very very nice like 1998
samurai dnb
武士 ドラムとベース
そうです
combat tune
bk samurai Breaks . jungle warefare 3 . sample CD
Good shout. The Tighten Up break is not the easiest one to sample and program as well as Photek has done here. Source Direct's Snake Style is another absolute banger with this break.
This is awesome!
probably one of ruperts finest tracks
damn this is good!
the unmagnificent 7 who dislike
iphone kids ... trying to blast beats from a 2 watt speaker... 😂
very good track
Superb timelessness
I could watch"Ninja Scroll"on mute with this joint looped in the background,blazing mad trees!
Popeye bingo
Ace!
so bad ass
懐かしい！
power
Running ön Rooftops
Ninja Scroll shit
서태지 모아이 존나 많이 들었는데 듣자마자 모아이 뮤직비디오 이스터섬 바다가 바로 떠오르네ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 시발 배신감
ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ시원한 바다가 바로 펼쳐짐
Read My Lips" Photek (Rupert Parkes) :(
fucking heavy. love it
Drum and Samurai
Katana breaks
I wonder if anyone else can remember walking around the city at night in that sketchy part of downtown and hearing the bass and following it to an obscure gay bar and it becoming your favorite place to dance and get fucked up
Kinda funny you would say this was playing at a gay bar.
Nah man, that's only you.
hot
G.o.d.L.i.k.e
photek rule
IMO, this tracks' about one thing:
@ 04:45
yeah, the breaks are godly in this track
This gets me each and every time.
Geez Subs abound :)
Hi, do you have the rest of this album? I can’t seem to find it anywhere.
its greyed out and unplayable on Spotify, so weird. I was lucky enough to find this record in a used CD shop a few days ago, so grateful but I wonder why its not on any streaming services? Could be a copyright thing
I emailed photek... off his web site and heard nothing
Using S0uls33k program, mates. ;)
@@timmy2toes74 ive got the album in FLAC if youd like
@@judef I don’t know what that means…