Junkie XL
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Junkie XL (also JXL ) is a musician, born Tom Holkenborg in Lichtenvoorde, The Netherlands on 8 December, 1967. 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.
In 2002 he left Holland to live and work in the United States where he works on soundtracks for movies and computergames.
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)
- "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)
- "Crusher" (feat. Saffron of Republica) - Theme song of Quantum Redshift
- "Outrageous JXL remix" feat. on the Limited Edition of Britney Spears Album with the Bonus Remix CD.
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 is signed to metal-label Roadrunner Records and has appeared on Roadrunner United.
Discography
- Saturday Teenage Kick (1998)
- Big Sounds of the Drags (2000)
- (2003)
- Today (2006)
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