Junkie XL

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Junkie XL (also known as JXL) is musician Tom Holkenborg, born in Lichtenvoorde, The Netherlands on 8 December 1967. 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.

In 2002 he left The Netherlands to live and work in the United States where he works on soundtracks for movies and computer games.

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

Some of his better-known songs include:

* Today (the title track from his 2006 release Today)
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Future in Computer Hell (featured on Sasha’s Global Underground 013: Ibiza)
* A Little Less Conversation (remix of Elvis Presley’s original)
* Zerotonine (featured on Dave Seaman’s Global Underground 016: Cape Town)
* Beauty Never Fades (feat. Saffron of Republica, featured in a promotional video of the game EvE-Online)
* 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.

1	Cities in Dust full track	616
2	Booming Right At You full track	507
3	You make me feel so good full track	423
4	Stratosphere full track	387
5	More full track	374
6	1967 Poem full track	311
7	Clash full track	304
8	Beauty Never Fades (Animatrix edit)	244
9	New Toy full track	241
10	Zage full track	229
11	Today	223
12	No Way full track	205
13	Not Enough full track	195
14	Action Radius	187
15	Def Beat	160

Top Albums

Booming Back At You
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Big Sounds of the Drags
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Radio JXL: A Broadcast From the Computer Hell…
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Music From SSX Blur
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LCDBill wrote:
7 days ago

little more action please

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staR-Kron wrote:
7 days ago

For me, Today is one of the best albums of all time !

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Stevmann wrote:
last month

dunno

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Huggkruka wrote:
last month

Some help please, what album is most similar to Booming Back at You? His softer stuff seems more generic, I want those great bass sounds and the mean base :D

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Diega_07 wrote:
last month

great!

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geewee wrote:
last month

Check out "Nerve" (http://www.last.fm/music/Nerve) if you want some pre-Junkie material by Tom Holkenborg. Be prepared for some industrial metal. Phill Mills was also in this combo.

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Huggkruka wrote:
last month

This is SO good, why oh why didn't I look at the Lastfm recommendations before!

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dandysaturnine wrote:
last month

such a tease <33333

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[deleted-user] wrote:
last month

Big Sounds of the Drags was first, really love Radio JXL tho, especially 3PM and 7AM ambient. one of my fav artists :) a natural
v1adiS wrote:
last month

A51 nice track

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ilhamiaral wrote:
last month

wonderfully exciter

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MoerserBeatz wrote:
July 2008

Saturday Teenage Kick stays Fav 4 me... Greetz, Mörser out

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RS3York wrote:
June 2008

@6630RPY My first JXL cd was "Big Sounds of Drags". I got "Saturday Teenage Kick" afterwards, and I'm glad I did. If things had gone the other way I probably would have enjoyed "Big Sounds" less. The thing about JXL is that he's very willing to change sounds from album to album (even song to song if you look at the "Radio JXL" set). This is great if you like a variety of sounds and styles but if you prefer artists that 'know their neighbourhood and like to stay home' then album hopping with JXL might be a touch surprising for you. I'd say go with "Saturday Teenage Kick", then you can hear the beginning of his sound. [I own or have listened to all the JXL albums except "Today" and the NFS: Pro Street soundtrack. So I cannot comment on those 2 albums.] Good luck in your search!

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yiep wrote:
June 2008

Start with Big Sounds of the Drag :)

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6630RPY wrote:
June 2008

Hello,fellow JXL listeners,can you give me an advice from which his album I should start my "quest",because I found "Booming Back At You" very specific album :)

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isaace wrote:
May 2008

ace

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breakbeatmonkey wrote:
May 2008

true that

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pjs18 wrote:
May 2008

Nothing beats the good ol' groovy Big Sounds of the Drags! :D

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ThePengwin wrote:
May 2008

The man knows how to make a fill :D

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ragsnotriches wrote:
May 2008

Not a massive fan of Booming Back. Still loving Radio JXL though ... double disc fun!

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