DJ T-1000

Detroit-born producer, DJ, label owner, and graphic designer Alan D. Oldham, also known as DJ T-1000, is responsible for dozens of banging, sci-fi-influenced techno records as well as some of the most iconic record artwork in the genre's history. He began providing label graphics for releases on Derrick May's Transmat Records in 1987, as he brought techno to the Detroit radio airwaves. During the early '90s, he founded Generator Records and began releasing music under the Terminator 2-inspired moniker DJ T-1000, additionally forming the project X-313. He launched Pure Sonik Records later in the decade, and appeared on Tresor with his 1999 full-length Progress. The now Berlin-based figure continues to receive acclaim for his visual art as well as his music, with releases on his own imprint as well as others such as BPitch Control, Third Ear Recordings, and Rekids (2023's Functionality EP).