in the early years of bt's career, he became a pioneering artist in the trance genre, this despite the fact that he doesn’t consider himself a dj, since he infrequently spins records and comes from an eclectic music background. when he started out, such common elements as a build, breakdown and drop were unclassified. bt's was a unique interpretation of what electronic music could be. his first recordings, "a moment of truth" and "relativity", became hits in dance clubs in the uk. his productions were not yet popular in the us, and he was initially unaware that he had become popular across the atlantic, where uk djs like sasha were regularly spinning his music for crowds. sasha bought bt a ticket to london, where bt witnessed his own success in the clubs, with several thousand clubbers responding dramatically when sasha played bt's song. he also met paul oakenfold, playing him tracks that would make up his first album. he was quickly signed to oakenfold's record label, a subsidiary of warner brothers.