Junkie XL

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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) 		Remarks
NL NL
1997 Saturday Teenage Kick NL41 (23 weeks)
NL
2000 Big Sounds of the Drags NL40 (7 weeks)
NL
Roadrunner, Manifesto
2003 Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin NL13 (13 weeks)
NL
Roadrunner, cook , Arista
2006 Today NL36 (6 weeks)
NL
Roadrunner, Ultra
2008 Booming back to you NL59 (3 weeks)
NL
2012 Synthesized NL53 (2 weeks)
NL
without label

Singles

Chart placements

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US NL NL
1999 Zerotonine
Big Sounds of the Drags 		- - - - - NL24 (2 weeks)
NL
2000 Love Like Razorblade
Big Sounds of the Drags 		- - - - - NL39 (2 weeks)
NL
2002 A Little Less Conversation
ELV1 and Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin 		DE8 (20 weeks)
DE 		AT3
gold
gold

(22 weeks)AT 		CH1
platinum
platinum

(31 weeks)CH 		UK1
platinum
platinum

(16 weeks)UK 		US50
gold
gold

(9 weeks)US 		NL2 (15 weeks)
NL
Second release 2005, vs. Elvis Presley
2003 Between These Walls
Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin 		- - - - - NL35 (4 weeks)
NL
feat. Anouk

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

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

Filmography (selection)

Main compositions

Complementary music

Video games

swell

  1. ↑ Chart positions albums: NL
  2. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US NL
  3. ↑ Music Sales Awards: AT CH UK US

Web links

Commons : Junkie XL  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
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