Alan D. Oldham "The Art of Transformation"

[Alan Oldham]

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

[The Overfiend]

Blue Note Much?
There is a recording artist and dj under the name xfive as well.

[Alan Oldham]

Blue Note Much?

Yes.

There is a recording artist and dj under the name xfive as well.

Oops.

[xfive]

The Art of "Borrowing"

[Buttman]

lol sampling?

[Adverse]

hehehehe

[koma]

i see its "xfive.", with a dot at the end, which is legally enough

waiting for the copy, then I can write something.
took down some samples, sounds good...

[eyeswithoutaface]

well i maybe wrong but Chris has not released under the xfive name yet, although i know he intends to, but has released as Villian, so legally its not an issue anyway. Just an unfortunate coincidence looks like. Either way still be cool to get a copy, looks interesting

[The Overfiend]

lol must be demo time.

[eyeswithoutaface]

no this is an actual release tony, not a demo

[The Overfiend]

Lmao, jokes on you chief.

[eyeswithoutaface]

i got the joke wiseguy, look up sarcasm ;)

[dirty_bass]

My anal retentive detector seems to be reading quite high in this thread

[1992]

Why do famous techno artists like T-1000 and even Acen need to write in 3rd person? I noticed even some friends who write on Myspace do this to themselves as well. Writing in 3rd person just seems kinda lame to me and its extremely unnessessary. Bob Dole did this too, he didn't become president.

I like T-1000's music though, but the techno stuff. I would still like to find "Thesis" on 12" at some point. This was the track that Alen always opened with for a time, even on his mix CDs. I didn't like it or any of the tracks Alen played at first but they all grew on me.