Junkie XL
Junkie XL (born December 8, 1967 in Lichtenvoorde ; actually Tom Holkenborg ), also JXL , is a Dutch DJ and music producer. It can be assigned to Progressive House and partly also to Big Beat .
Career
After his first musical steps with the band Weekend at Waikiki, Tom Holkenborg went into business for himself in 1995 and began to publish his own tracks in 1997 under the name Junkie XL. Since then he has worked with numerous artists on the electronic music scene, including Sander Kleinenberg , Dave Gahan , Tiësto and Syntax .
He became known to a wide audience in 2002 with the remix of Elvis Presley's A Little Less Conversation , which was created for an advertising campaign for the sporting goods manufacturer Nike for the 2002 World Cup. With this single he reached number 1 in the charts in Great Britain and Switzerland and the top 10 in Austria and Germany . This was the first remix of an Elvis song released with the consent of the Elvis heirs. However, they also insisted that it be published under the abbreviation JXL in order not to allow any unpleasant allusions to Elvis' past.
Since 2010 and working on the film Megamind , he has been part of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions .
Discography
Albums
year | title |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
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1997 | Saturday Teenage Kick |
NL41 (23 weeks) NL |
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2000 | Big Sounds of the Drags |
NL40 (7 weeks) NL |
Roadrunner, Manifesto
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2003 | Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin |
NL13 (13 weeks) NL |
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2006 | Today |
NL36 (6 weeks) NL |
Roadrunner, Ultra
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2008 | Booming back to you |
NL59 (3 weeks) NL |
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2012 | Synthesized |
NL53 (2 weeks) NL |
without label
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Singles
Chart placements
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1999 | Zerotonine Big Sounds of the Drags |
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NL24 (2 weeks) NL |
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2000 | Love Like Razorblade Big Sounds of the Drags |
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NL39 (2 weeks) NL |
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2002 | A Little Less Conversation ELV1 and Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin |
DE8 (20 weeks) DE |
AT3 ![]() (22 weeks)AT |
CH1 ![]() (31 weeks)CH |
UK1 ![]() (16 weeks)UK |
US50 ![]() (9 weeks)US |
NL2 (15 weeks) NL |
Second release 2005, vs. Elvis Presley
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2003 | Between These Walls Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin |
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NL35 (4 weeks) NL |
feat. Anouk
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More singles
- 1997: Billy Club (Saturday Teenage Kick)
- 1997: Def Beat (Saturday Teenage Kick)
- 1998: Saturday Teenage Kick (Saturday Teenage Kick)
- 1999: Check Your Basic Groove (Big Sounds of the Drags)
- 2000: Bon Voyage (Big Sounds of the Drag)
- 2002: Obsession (In My Memory; with Tiësto )
- 2003: Catch Up to My Step (Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin; feat. Solomon Burke )
- 2003: Don't Wake Up Policeman (Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin; feat. Peter Tosh & Friends)
- 2006: Today (Today)
- 2006: Neem Mijn Hand ( feat.Henny Vrienten )
- 2007: Dark Territory
- 2007: More (Booming Back at You)
- 2008: Cities in Dust (Booming Back at You)
Guest Posts
- 2000: Dance Valley 2000 ( Dance Valley Crew )
Advertising campaigns
- Nike Olympics (2000) - Worldwide
- Nike World Cup (2002) - Worldwide
- Cadillac Super Bowl (2004) - USA
- Heineken (2004) - Worldwide
- Opel Minerva Disco King (2004) - Europe
- Nordstrom Silverscreen (2005) - USA
- Adidas (2006) - Worldwide
- VISA Downtown (2007) - USA
- Nike European Cup (2008) - Worldwide
- Maandag Vernieuwen (2009) - Netherlands
- Pink Ribbon: Together We Are Stronger (2010) - Netherlands
- Postcode Loterij (2010) - Netherlands
Remixes
- Airbourne - Blackjack (from EAs Need for Speed: ProStreet )
- Avril Lavigne - Girlfriend
- Ayumi Hamasaki - Vogue
- Bloc Party - Sundays
- Britney Spears - Gimme More , And Then We Kiss , Outrageous
- BT - Somnambulist (Simply Being Loved)
- Coldplay - Talk
- Conjure One - Center of the Sun
- Crookers - cool color
- Culture Club - I'll Tumble 4 Ya
- Dance Valley 2000 - Dance Valley 2000
- Dave Gahan - Dirty Sticky Floors
- Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence
- Tanith - TANITH
- Eagles of Death Metal - Don't Speak
- Editors - Camera
- Elvis - A Little Less Conversation
- Fact - Lights of Vein
- Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice
- Fear Factory - Cars , Bionic Chronicle , Blueprint , Burn
- Fischerspooner - Emerge
- Gerard Marino - God of War End Title (from Sony's God of War )
- Hans Zimmer - Inception , Kung Fu Panda 2 , Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows , The Dark Knight Rises movie scores
- Infusion - Legacy
- Jape - I'm a Man
- Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around ... Comes Around
- Lisa Miskovsky - Still Alive (by EAs Mirror's Edge )
- Madonna - 4 minutes
- Mark Mothersbaugh - The Sims Theme (by EAs The Sims )
- Melody Miyuki Ishikawa - Feel the Rush
- Michael Bublé - Sway , Spider-Man Theme
- Mylène Farmer - XXL
- Nami Tamaki - Believe
- Natalie Imbruglia - Beauty on the Fire
- Niyaz - Dilruba
- Rammstein - fire free!
- Ryukyu Underground - Seragaki
- Sarah McLachlan - World on Fire
- Scissor Sisters - The Land of a Thousand Words , Mary
- Sex Pistols - Come on Everybody
- Shanks & Bigfoot - Sing-A-Long
- Soulfly - Umbabarauma
- T. Rex - Get It On
- Crew Cuts - Sh-Boom
- Tiësto - UR
- Tom Jones - Feels Like Music (from EAs FIFA 09 )
- UNKLE - Burn My Shadow
- Way Out West - Ub Devoid
- Yonderboi - People Always Talk About the Weather
Filmography (selection)
Main compositions
Complementary music
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Video games
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swell
Web links
- Official Homepage (English)
- Junkie XL in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Junkie XL at Discogs (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Junkie XL |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | JXL; Tom Holkenborg (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch DJ, film and computer game composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 8, 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichtenvoorde , the Netherlands |