Alan Oldham
26-09-2006, 11:45 PM
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BERLIN/CHICAGO -- Detroit-born, Chicago-and-Berlin-based Alan D. Oldham (a.k.a. DJ T-1000) has made his reputation over the years as being Detroit's lone flag-bearer for the harder edge of the techno spectrum. But he has long been a fan of the genre formerly known as trip-hop and other non-techno forms as well.
A few of his downtempo experiments have been featured on his DJ T-1000 albums "A Pure Sonik Evening" (1998), "Progress" (1999), and "Neutra" (2002). But these gems were lost in the sauce as CD bonus tracks in a then vinyl-centric techno market.
Now in 2006, ten years after the debut of Pure Sonik, the xfive. label is born. If Generator was "rave" techno, and Pure Sonik was stripped-down, purpose-made techno, then xfive. can only be described as post-techno.
CD-only format and limited to only 100 signed and numbered copies, xfive. is dedicated to lowtempo and experimental music from Oldham and select guests.
The first release on xfive. is "The Art of Transformation," Oldham's first in over four years. The project is a compilation of both old and all-new tracks designed to showcase Alan's versatility as a producer and composer, with such styles as d&b, electro, minimal, trip-hop/lowtempo all represented. Also an up-and-coming painter who has shown in art galleries in Chicago, Paris, and currently Los Angeles, "The Art of Transformation" was partly designed as background music for Oldham's gallery shows and art installations.
Tracklisting:
1. Alan D. Oldham. Nico.
2. Detroitrocketscience. Sounds Like Space.
3. DJ T-1000. Elektroberlin.
4. DJ T-1000. The Five Fighting Styles Of The Four Elements.
5. Alan D. Oldham. The Intuitionist.
6. Alan D. Oldham. Dissolve.
7. Detroitrocketscience. Phaedra.
8. The Inside. Cosima (Instrumental).
9. The Inside. Vamp.
10. DJ T-1000. Tonight.
Director's commentary for each track and soundclips up now at www.digitalsweatshop.blogspot.com
BERLIN/CHICAGO -- Detroit-born, Chicago-and-Berlin-based Alan D. Oldham (a.k.a. DJ T-1000) has made his reputation over the years as being Detroit's lone flag-bearer for the harder edge of the techno spectrum. But he has long been a fan of the genre formerly known as trip-hop and other non-techno forms as well.
A few of his downtempo experiments have been featured on his DJ T-1000 albums "A Pure Sonik Evening" (1998), "Progress" (1999), and "Neutra" (2002). But these gems were lost in the sauce as CD bonus tracks in a then vinyl-centric techno market.
Now in 2006, ten years after the debut of Pure Sonik, the xfive. label is born. If Generator was "rave" techno, and Pure Sonik was stripped-down, purpose-made techno, then xfive. can only be described as post-techno.
CD-only format and limited to only 100 signed and numbered copies, xfive. is dedicated to lowtempo and experimental music from Oldham and select guests.
The first release on xfive. is "The Art of Transformation," Oldham's first in over four years. The project is a compilation of both old and all-new tracks designed to showcase Alan's versatility as a producer and composer, with such styles as d&b, electro, minimal, trip-hop/lowtempo all represented. Also an up-and-coming painter who has shown in art galleries in Chicago, Paris, and currently Los Angeles, "The Art of Transformation" was partly designed as background music for Oldham's gallery shows and art installations.
Tracklisting:
1. Alan D. Oldham. Nico.
2. Detroitrocketscience. Sounds Like Space.
3. DJ T-1000. Elektroberlin.
4. DJ T-1000. The Five Fighting Styles Of The Four Elements.
5. Alan D. Oldham. The Intuitionist.
6. Alan D. Oldham. Dissolve.
7. Detroitrocketscience. Phaedra.
8. The Inside. Cosima (Instrumental).
9. The Inside. Vamp.
10. DJ T-1000. Tonight.
Director's commentary for each track and soundclips up now at www.digitalsweatshop.blogspot.com