Detroit Metro Times and Real Detroit/Mixworks 20/20 Award-winning international techno DJ and electronic musician born and raised in 313. Left there for good back in 2004 and now I'm having the time of my life living in both Chicago and Berlin and touring around the world.
Known aliases: DJ T-1000, X-313, TXC, Signal to Noise Ratio, Hardsignal, Detroitrocketscience, The Neon Sex Fiend, The Inside and more. I'm perhaps best known for my Tresor Berlin album "Progress."
First-ever UR "Assault DJ." Early alliance with Submerge and Mad Mike (who got me started in the techno business). Owner of the Generator label (which put out the first Marco Passarani and Sean Deason records), as well as Pure Sonik Records and my new CD-only label xfive. I also did a label a long time ago called Technika and discovered the Black industrial band Code Industry.
Teamed with Pop Culture Media to help produce the 2002 edition of the DEMF, which culminated in record-breaking attendance and Dave Clarke's triumphant return to America among other musical highlights. I also used to be a radio personality in a former life, hosting WDET's first-ever EBM/electronic music program "Fast Forward" for five years.
I have been featured and quoted in such books as "The Rough Guide to Techno," "Techno Rebels," "Beats," "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life," "Djax-Up-Beats: The Power of the Underground," "Localizer 1.0", and Japan's "Techno: Black Machine Music and Galactic Soul," and "Techno Disc Guide." I am also featured in the films "High Tech Soul," "Tresor: The Vault," and had a 2007 feature in "Slices" DVD magazine.
As an illustrator, I've worked for label clients Transmat, Djax-Up-Beats, Astralwerks, +8, New Religion, Seventh Sign, AW Recordings, and many others. I've also put out my own comic books in the '80s and '90s like JOHNNY GAMBIT, GENERATOR COMICS, and THE SEXY ADVENTURES OF ORIETTA ST. CLOUD.
I've had successful gallery shows at the Open Door Gallery and the No Friction Cafe in Chicago, Le Fromager Gallery/Restaurant in Paris, the Crewest Gallery in Los Angeles, and Galerie Zero in Berlin. I've also done a number of private commissions for clients in the UK and USA. I have put new paintings aside this year to concentrate on comics and album covers.
OUT NOW: Alan D. Oldham "The Art of Transformation 2" limited-edition lowtempo/experimental CD on xfive and Mauser "Jack Orchestra" EP on Generator. COMING SOON: the debut CD from my trip-hop project The Inside (also on xfive), and back to Detroit Techno with new DJ T-1000 tracks (hear below). I've also done some EBM/Industrial tracks for Chicago's own LadyParasyte.
No, I don't want to give you a track for your digital label for no advance.
ATTENTION PROMOTERS! For all booking requests worldwide leave me a message! If you contact me direct, no agency fees apply!
Also check my sites for more updates:
www.puresonikrecords.net
www.alanoldham.com and
www.generatormusic.com
