Photay is the stage name of Evan Shornstein, an American musician and DJ from Woodstock, New York.
While a student at Purchase College, Shornstein took a trip to Guinea to study drumming, and the influence of this exposure led to the creation of an EP, released as Photay in 2014 on the label Astro Nautico. He released several remixes for the Ninja Tune label soon after. A full-length album, Onism, followed in 2017 on Astro Nautico. In 2020, a sophomore full-length, Waking Hours, arrived on the label Mexican Summer, and in 2022, he released On Hold, a record stitched together from samples of telephone hold music. In 2024, Photay released a new album, Windswept, on Mexican Summer. Windswept explores natural phenomena, notably ‘wind’.
Discography
- Albums
- Onism (Astro Nautico, 2017)
- Waking Hours (Mexican Summer, 2020)
- On Hold (Mexican Summer, 2021)
- An Offering with Carlos Niño (Self-released, 2022)
- Windswept (Mexican Summer, 2024)
- EPs
- Photay (Astro Nautico, 2014)
- Sadie (Astro Nautico, 2016)
References
- Review of Onism, Pitchfork Media
- ^ Photay at Allmusic
- Get Familiar: Photay. XLR8R, September 27, 2017.
- Photay – “Villian” (Feat. golda may). Stereogum, January 15, 2021.
- Waking Hours review, PopMatters, June 12, 2020.
- ^ Interviews, Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews &; Hussain, Shahzaib (2024-08-14). "Photay's 'Air Lock' Is Elemental Euphoria | News". Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews. Retrieved 2024-09-27.
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