Junkie XL
Background information
Birth name	Tom Holkenborg
Also known as	JXL
Born	8 December 1967
Origin	Lichtenvoorde, The Netherlands

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He resides in the United States. After producing and touring with the Dutch group Weekend at Waikiki, he split with them in 1995 and began writing his own tracks as Junkie XL in 1997. He has worked with many electronic music artists, including Sander Kleinenberg, DJ Tiësto and Sasha. Tour may mean: Concert tour, series of performances in different markets Tourism, travel for pleasure James Tour, nanoscientist Le Tour de France, the worlds biggest bicycle race This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... See also: 1995 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1995 Record labels established in 1995 1990s in music. ... See also: 1996 in music, other events of 1997, 1998 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic... It has been suggested that Electronica be merged into this article or section. ... Sander Kleinenberg is a Dutch DJ and producer. ... Tijs Verwest on the cover of his DVD Another day at Office (2003) Tijs Verwest (born January 17, 1969) is one of the worlds leading dance DJs and trance musicians. ... Sasha (born Alexander Coe on September 4, 1969), is a Welsh DJ and record producer. ...

In 2002 he left The Netherlands to live and work in the United States where he works on soundtracks for movies and computer games. Also see: 2002 (number). ...

He uses the name JXL in those cases where the term Junkie might cause offense.

Biography

His remix of Elvis Presley's A Little Less Conversation was used in a Nike ad for the 2002 World Cup. He also produced a remixed version of the Sims theme music for the computer game The Sims 2: Nightlife, the soundtrack for the Xbox racing game Forza Motorsport, and the soundtrack for futuristic Xbox racing game Quantum Redshift. He has also provided music for the films Kingdom of Heaven, Domino and DOA: Dead or Alive. His song "Today" was featured as one of tracks on EA's Burnout: Legends, apparently before the album was released. "Today" is also on EA's Burnout: Revenge. He also produced a remix of the Destroy All Humans! theme which can be heard on the credits or from the soundtrack. The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... Forza Motorsport is a racing simulator video game developed by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox gaming system. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... Quantum Redshift is a futuristic racing game, developed by Curly Monsters and published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2002. ... Kingdom of Heaven is a 2005 epic film, directed and produced by Ridley Scott, and written by William Monahan. ... Domino is a 2005 American film loosely based on the true story of Domino Harvey, the English daughter of stage and screen actor Laurence Harvey, who became a bounty hunter working in Los Angeles . ... Destroy All Humans! is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ. It was released for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment systems on June 21, 2005. ...

There are also 2 tracks remixed by Junkie XL found on the Need for Speed: Carbon soundtrack. His works were also included in the video game Test Drive 5. Screenshot of Test Drive I, Atari ST version. ...

JXL is responsible for the SSX Blur original soundtrack; Blur is Electronic Arts' snowboarding game for the Wii. SSX Blur is a snowboarding video game published by EA Sports BIG and developed by EA Montreal for the Wii video game console. ... The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we, IPA: ) is the fifth home video game console released by Nintendo. ...

While JXL is considered to be an electronic music artist, he is surprisingly connected to the heavy metal culture: apart from providing remixes to both Fear Factory and Rammstein, he was signed to the metal-label Roadrunner Records and appeared on Roadrunner United. Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Fear Factory is a Los Angeles, California based metal band. ... Rammstein, is a German industrial metal band. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ... Roadrunner United was a project organized by the heavy metal record label Roadrunner Records to celebrate its 25th anniversary. ...

Currently he is signed to with Artwerk, the new label started up by Video game publishing giant Electronic Arts who for this new venture teamed up with Nettwerk One Music to establish a new music label based in Los Angeles. ^[1]

As from September 2007, the composer and one-man band Tom Holkenborg, alias Junkie XL, is joining the ArtEZ School of Music as its special teacher of 'Composition & Music Design'.^[2]

Discography

• Saturday Teenage Kick (1998)
• Big Sounds of the Drags (2000)
• Radio JXL: A Broadcast From the Computer Hell Cabin (2003)
• Today (2006)
• Music From SSX Blur - iTunes Only (2007)
• Castbreeder - a bootleg live album

Saturday Teenage Kick is Junkie XLs first studio album released in 1998. ... Big Sounds of the Drags is the second album by electronic music producer Junkie XL. Released in 2000. ... Today is the fourth album by electronic music producer Junkie XL (Tom Holkenborg). ... Dark Territory – 5:04 Wanlong Mellow – 3:38 Fly Zone – 4:39 Blackcomb – 4:10 Cortina DAmpezzo – 4:01 A51 – 4:08 LEnvers – 3:14 Love Park – 4:03 Schick 2000 – 4:49 Eichenhof – 3:45 Rail Yard – 4:37 Norikura – 3:38 Le 1936 – 3:46 Snow... This article is about the iTunes application. ...

Selected singles

• "Today" (the title track from his 2006 release Today)
• "Future in Computer Hell" (featured on Sasha's Global Underground 013: Ibiza)
• "A Little Less Conversation" (remix of Elvis Presley's original as JXL)
• "Zerotonine" (featured on Dave Seaman's Global Underground 016: Cape Town)
• "Beauty Never Fades" (feat. Saffron of Republica)
• "Breezer" (with Sasha, featured on Deep Dish's Global Underground 025: Toronto)
• "Obsession" (with DJ Tiësto)
• "Feuer frei! (Rammstein vs. Junkie XL remix)" (B-side on Rammstein's Feuer frei! single)
• "Crusher" (feat. Saffron of Republica) - Theme song of Quantum Redshift
• "Outrageous" (JXL Remix) on the Limited Edition of Britney Spears Greatest Hits: My Prerogative Album with the Bonus Remix CD.
• "Action Radius" (the track from the game Need for Speed: Underground)
• "And Then We Kiss" (Junkie XL Remix) featured on B in the Mix: The Remixes by Britney Spears.
• "What Goes Around..." by Justin Timberlake.
• A remix of "Colossus of Rhodes" from the God of War 2 soundtrack, which was included as an extra on its release.

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Featured Games

• Need for Speed: High Stakes (1999)
• Quantum Redshift (2002)
• Need for Speed: Underground (2003)
• Forza Motorsport (2005)
• The Sims 2: Nightlife (2005)
• Burnout Legends (2005)
• Need for Speed: Carbon (2006)
• God of War 2 (2007)
• SSX Blur (2007)

Quantum Redshift is a futuristic racing game, developed by Curly Monsters and published by Microsoft Game Studios in 2002. ... Need for Speed: Underground is a racing video game, developed and published by Electronic Arts in 2003. ... Forza Motorsport is a racing simulator video game developed by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox gaming system. ... Burnout Legends is another game in the Burnout franchise and the first to be released for Sonys PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo DS. The Playstation Portable version was released alongside Burnout Revenge for PlayStation 2 and Xbox on September 13, 2005. ... God of War 2: Divine Retribution is a upcoming video game for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console, and is the sequel to the original God of War. ... SSX Blur is a snowboarding video game published by EA Sports BIG and developed by EA Montreal for the Wii video game console. ...

References

1. ^ Junkie XL signs to computer game related record label
2. ^ Junkie XL becomes professor at College

External links

• Official site and radio station
• Internet Movie Database entry
• Junkie XL on MySpace