Editing Photek (section)

===Early career 1993–1999===
Parkes began his first forays into releasing music in 1993 under a plethora of different names. Some of the early releases include the [[jungle music|jungle]]-styled tracks "Jump" under the name Studio Pressure<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Studio-Pressure-Jump/master/476767|title=Studio Pressure – Jump|website=Discogs.com|date=3 September 1993 |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> on Certificate 18, 'Dolphin Tune' under the name Aquarius<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://api.discogs.com/artists/2015|title=Aquarius|website=Discogs.com|access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> on [[LTJ Bukem]]'s [[Good Looking Records]] and 'Pulse Of Life' under the name The Sentinel<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Sentinel-Heavy-Vibes-Pulse-Of-Life/master/30596|title=The Sentinel – Heavy Vibes / Pulse Of Life|website=Discogs.com|date=3 September 1994 |access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> on Basement Records. The first release under the Photek production name came in 1994 with ''Touching Down... Planet Photek'', released on his own Photek label. Photek's breakthrough release in 1995 was the ''Natural Born Killa'' [[drum'n'bass]] EP for [[Goldie]]'s [[Metalheadz]]. In 1996, Photek contributed one track on the ''[[Wipeout 2097]]''/''Wipeout'' XL soundtracks.

Photek's debut album was ''[[Modus Operandi (Photek album)|Modus Operandi]]'' in 1997, through [[Virgin Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/07/28/photek-reflects-on-modus-operandi-his-classic-1997-debut-album/|title=Photek reflects on Modus Operandi, his classic 1997 debut album that changed the face of jungle|website=Factmag.com|date=28 July 2012}}</ref> In 1997, Virgin Records released Photek's "Ni Ten Ichi Ryu".<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor-first=Colin|editor-last=Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=309}}</ref> A year later, Photek released his second album ''Form & Function''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/form-function-mw0000044223|title=Form & Function - Photek &#124; Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=16 December 2019}}</ref> 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.