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DJ T-1000

Real Name:
Alan Oldham
Profile:
One of Detroit's most talented and venerated techno mixers, DJ T-1000 has been instrumental in the Motor City scene as a label-head and producer as well as DJ. Born Alan Oldham, he spent time as a graphic-design specialist and comics illustrator while studying media at Detroit's Wayne State University. Hired by Derrick May to illustrate the sleeves on a few Transmat releases, Oldham became interested in Detroit's electronic scene, and gradually transformed his Fast Forward radio program on WDET from industrial and fusion into techno. During the show's run, from 1987 to 1992, Oldham introduced thousands of area listeners to Detroit techno via productions from May, Kevin Saunderson, Juan Atkins, Underground Resistance, and Carl Craig — as well as other techno figures like Joey Beltram, Moby, 808 State, and LFO. The show ended in 1992 when an offer to tour with Underground Resistance as the replacement DJ for Jeff Mills proved too difficult to resist. Also in 1992, he formed his own Generator label, the origin of seminal releases by Oldham projects like X-313 ("Interferon", "World Sonik Domination") and TXC as well as tracks by Dave Clarke and Woody McBride. In 1996, Oldham closed Generator and opened a new label, Pure Sonik Records. He also began DJing around the world, gaining a reputation as one of the best Detroit DJs among considerable competition. The DJ T-1000 mix albums Supercollider (a Generator label retrospective) and Live Sabotage: Live in Belgium displayed his mixing genius, while his debut production full-length, Progress, appeared on Tresor in 1999. Oldham also began recording another album, for Astralwerks. In addition, he has recorded for Djax-Up-Beats (also did label artwork), Matrix, and Communique, and has done remix work for Terry Lee Brown, Jr. and the Punisher.
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Discography

Releases:
Liquid Metal Meltdown (10")   Generator Records 1993
Nikita (12", Ltd)   Generator Records 1993
Electrohead (12", W/Lbl, Promo)   EAR (Electro Audio Response) 1995
Liquid Metal Monster (2 versions)   Generator Records 1995
Liquid Metal Mixdown EP (12", EP)   Generator Records 1996
Downshifter EP (EP) (2 versions)   Pure Sonik Records 1997
Minimal Science EP (EP) (2 versions)   Pure Sonik Records 1997
Pure Sonic Manifesto (2x12")   Pure Sonik Records 1997
Supercollider - A Generator Label Retrospective (CD, Mixed, Comp, Promo, Ltd)   Generator Records 1997
Thesis EP (12", EP)   Pure Sonik Records 1997
Thesis Part Two (12")   Pure Sonik Records 1997
A Pure Sonik Evening (Album) (2 versions)   Pure Sonik Records 1998
Jetset Lovelife EP (12", EP)   Tresor 1998
Live Sabotage: Live In Belgium (CD)   X-Sight Records 1998
Minimal Science EP (12", EP)   Axodya 1998
Pure Sonik Remixes (2 versions)   Pure Sonik Records 1998
Signals And Minimalism (3 versions)   Pure Sonik Records 1998
Track Machine (12", S/Sided, Ltd)   Pure Sonik Records 1998
Codes And Structures Volume One (12")   Pure Sonik Records 1999
Codes And Structures Volume Two (2 versions)   Pure Sonik Records 1999
Progress (Album) (2 versions)   Tresor 1999
Hyper-Stylized Life (12")   Pure Sonik Records 2001
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Now Invisible EP (12", Cle)   Pure Sonik Records 2001
Last DJ On Earth (CD, Comp, Mixed)   Pure Sonik Records 2001
The Last DJ On Earth (CD, Comp, Mixed)   Primal Rhythms 2001
Neutra EP (12", EP)   Pure Sonik Records 2002
Bout To Bang It (Remixes) (12")   Inzec 2003
Neutra E.P. (12", EP)   Inzec 2003
Minimal Soul (File, MP3)   Minimalsoul 2008
Blaster (12")   Pure Sonik Records 2009
Remixes:
Sense 8 (2 versions) The Genetic (T 1000 Mix) Greyboy Records 1992
Impact State Anthology (12") Impact State (DJ T-100... Plastic City America 1996
Comin' From Tha D (Installment 3.0) (2 versions) Mirage (DJ T-1000 Remix) Intuit-Solar 1999
Production:
#1 (12")   Generator Records 1992
#2 - 20 Hours To Paradise EP (EP) (2 versions)   Generator Records 1993
Co-production:
Transporter (2x12") Faces Generator Records 1994
Tracks Appear On:
Digital Sects E.P. (12", EP) The Menacer Matrix Records (Detroit) 1993
Escape Into The Void (Comp) (2 versions) Hunter-Killer Version 1 Submerge Recordings 1993
Generator: World Sonik Domination Volume One (Comp) (2 versions) Liquid Metal Meltdown Kickin Records ... 1994
Mixmag Live! Vol. 13 (Techno Fruit) (Album) (2 versions) The Menacer DMC Publishing 1994
Out Of The Purple Haze (2x12") Dark Metals Communique Records 1995
A Tale Of 3 Cities (2 versions) Hello Teenage Europa Emergency Broadcast 1996
Depth Charge 4 (CD, Comp) Perfect Skin Submerge Recordings 1996
Detroit : Beyond The Third Wave (Comp, Album) (6 versions) Solid Signal Astralwerks ... 1996
Generator Unreleased (12") Rocks Your Sorry Ass Generator Records 1996
Transcore Version 5.0 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Electro Head Javelin Ltd 1996
World Sonik Domination Volume Two (CD, Comp) Throx, Martinique Generator Records 1996
Believe (CD) DJ T-1000 Rocks Your S... X-Sight Records 1997
Fine Audio DJ Mix Series Vol. 2 (CD, Comp, Mixed) Track Machine Fine Audio Recordings, Fine Audio Recordings 1998
Acid Drops Vol. 3 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) They Will Betray You Cameleon, Nova Tekk 1999
Annex 2 (CD) I Am Pure Evil Tresor 1999
Kaktus Discos Uno (CD, Comp, Promo) Pure Code Kaktus (3) 2000
Generator Retrospective Volume One (2x12", TP, W/Lbl, Promo, Sti) Liquid Metal Meltdown Generator Records 2002
Generator: Detroit 2002 (Comp) (2 versions) 'Bout To Bang It Generator Records ... 2002
Palazzo Volume Two (CD, Comp, Mixed) Bout To Bang It (DisX3... T:Classixx 2004
The Marcia Blaine School For Girls - School Disco Volume 2 (CDr, Mixed) Unknown Metal-On-Metal 2004
Tresor Compilation Vol. 13: It's Not Over (2xCD) The After Hours Tresor 2005
Electrotechno (CD, Ltd) Northwest To Tokyo Submerge Recordings 2006
The Art Of Transformation (CD, Comp, Ltd) Elektroberlin, The Fiv... Xfive. 2006
Tresor. Atmospheres (File, MP3) Berlin Tresor 2006
The Art Of Transformation 2 (CD, Ltd, Album) Underwater, Berlin, Co... Xfive. 2008
Vintage Synth Technique (12", Comp) Minimal Soul Minimalsoul 2009
Mixmag Classics (CD, Comp, Mixed) The Menacer DMC Publishing  
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