Lewis Parker is a British hip-hop producer born in
London of
Barbadian descent, who lived in
Canterbury,
Kent. As a teenager, Parker released an
EP,
B Boy Antiks, and a 12" single,
Rise/Visions Of Splendour, through Bite It! - a London-based recording label. He signed an album deal with
Massive Attack's
Virgin Records imprint Melankolic who released his first LP,
Masquerades & Silhouettes, in 1998, and follow-up album
It's All Happening Now four years later, before he went on to produce a number of records for UK Hip-Hop artists such as
Jehst, The Sundragon and Champions of Nature.