Rupert Parkes (born 6 September 1971),[1] known as Photek, is a Los Angeles-based British electronic music DJ/record producer, and TV and film score composer.

He received three consecutive Grammy Award nominations in the category of Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical for Daft Punk's[2] "End of Line" from the Tron: Legacy movie soundtrack in 2012, Moby's[3] "Lie Down in Darkness" in 2013 and One Love/People Get Ready" in 2014.

His first instrument was a tenor saxophone, but when a piano arrived in the family home his focus shifted to composition as opposed to performance.

[9] The album comprised four tracks that had previously only been available on limited release vinyl in the early 1990s, plus six remixes and versions by Photek himself as well as other contemporaries Digital, Peshay & Decoder, Doc Scott, and J Majik.

In 2000, Photek released his Solaris album, turning his attention from drum and bass to Chicago house and minimal techno.

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.

Additional production work on the Nine Inch Nails album With Teeth led to his remix of their track, "The Hand That Feeds", which got him KROQ daytime rotation.