Alan Oldham
Alan D. Oldham (born ) sometimes performing as DJ T-1000, is an American techno DJ, producer, label owner, graphic artist, and painter. Career. Alan D. Oldham was born around 1963. From 1987 to 1992, he hosted "Fast Forward" on WDET-FM, Detroit's NPR affiliate. He played techno and industrial as well as hip hop and punk. He got the job as a college internship. Derrick May asked Oldham to produce art for "Nude Photo", a single May released as "Rhythim Is Rhythim" in 1987. Oldham also drew the comic strip "Danger Girl" for "Muzik". In 1990, Oldham's  creative association with Netherlands-based began with his Signal-To-Noise Ratio music project being signed by the label, along with his first label art to appear on Djax. Oldham went on to produce hundreds of art pieces for Djax that appeared as label art, slipmats, calendars, posters, T-shirts, album covers, CD booklets, and four Miss Djax promotional comics released over the years. In 1992, after Jeff Mills' departure from the electronic group he co-created, Underground Resistance, Oldham, who had been serving in the office as UR's "Minister of Information," was tapped to join the group on  its Australian Tour as the band's new DJ. All UR members had code-names, so DJ T-1000, named after the liquid-metal cyborg in the film "T2" was born. Labels. After the success of UR's Australian Tour, Oldham was approached by leader Mike Banks to create a new label to run through a pressing and distribution business he was starting, called Submerge. The label Oldham would launch was called Generator. In 1996, Oldham began his own Pure Sonik imprint, a label solely for his output at DJ T-1000. And in 1997, Oldham signed with Tresor Records to release  the "Jetset Lovelife" EP, followed by his debut album, "Progress". Oldham's music has also appeared on React, Inzec, Astralwerks, xfive., Theory, Third Ear, Minimalsoul, and Nachstrom Schallplatten (a collaboration with Alexander Kowalski a.k.a. d_func). Art. Oldham created the comic characters "Johnny Gambit" and "Vectra: Black Girl from the Future". He has shown art in galleries and shops in Paris, Los Angeles, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Barcelona, and has participated in the Berlin art markets Comics Invasion and Signs of Dexterity. His full gallery debut in Vienna is planned for 2015.