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Photay
From the perspective of people who categorize music by genres and types, Evan Shornstein, better-known under his production moniker Photay, has created lots of different kinds of sounds over the past decade. There’s the Hudson Valley-raised, Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist composer’s quasi-IDM and electronic almost-pop tracks with the occasional vocal; the improvised organic and and experimental music sessions he participates in alongside new age giants, Laraaji and Carlos Niño; the diaspora electronic folk-jazz he makes with veteran musicians from all over the globe; and the disco and house adjacent records he tag-team DJs with Brooklyn producer Cesar Toribio and engineer Phil Moffa (who also masters all of Photay’s records — and those of dance-music dons around the world). But if you’ve listened closely to Shornstein’s prodigious output, you know that separating and classifying the work is actually contrary to the energy of Photay music. That what on-the-surface may lazily appear as differences, is actually brought together by a shared sonic warmth, a hardware pastoralism at play. Whatever category he engages, Photay makes outdoor music under the spell of the elements, for the purpose of different human movements — some physical, some spiritual, some emotional, some philosophical.

Songs

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Outré Lux (feat. Madison McFerrin)
Photay
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No Sass
Photay
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Reconstruct (feat. Seafloor)
Photay
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Illusion Of Seclusion
Photay
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Derecho
Photay

Albums

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Windswept: Expansions

2025
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Waking Hours

2020
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Windswept

2024
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Onism

2017
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An Offering

2022
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Photay

2014
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On Hold

2021
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Waking Hours: Remixed

2020

Singles & EPs

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Aeolian

Single • 2025
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Villain (feat. golda may)

Single • 2021
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Is It Right?

Single • 2020
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Jet Stream

Single • 2025
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The People

Single • 2020
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The People

Single • 2020
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Air Lock (Air Tight Mix)

Single • 2024
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Warmth in the Coldest Acre

Single • 2020
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Roaming

Single • 2021
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Quest of the Pseudacris

Single • 2020

Videos

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Evan Shornstein & Will Epstein - Three Might Slip

Photay • 290 views
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Illusion of Seclusion

Photay • 49K views
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Air Lock

Photay • 26K views
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Derecho

Photay • 42K views
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Monday

Photay • 5.9K views
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Reconstruct (feat. Seafloor)

Photay • 344K views
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The People

Photay • 22K views

Playlists by Photay

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Music Videos

Playlist • Photay • 3.1K views
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Remixes

Playlist • Photay • 303 views
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Extravagant Frequencies Releases

Playlist • Photay • 43 views
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Windswept

Playlist • Photay • 2.1K views
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LIVE

Playlist • Photay • 92 views
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Films

Playlist • Photay • 34 views
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A.M.

Playlist • Photay • 738 views
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Spectral Delights

Playlist • Photay • 76 views
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Discography

Playlist • Photay • 629 views
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Extravagant Frequencies Radio

Playlist • Photay • 75 views

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