Photomat started in the summer of 2009 when three electronic musicians Hesam ohadi (aka Idlefon), Siavash Amini (aka The Waterfront) and Nima Pourkarimi (aka Umchunga) began jamming together. Shortly after, Pouya Bakhshehi joined the band as the bassist and they started experimenting with vocals. After a year of working on vocal based electronica the band began working on some instrumental pieces which lead to a couple of live performances in 2010. Read more on Last.fm