Juno Reactor

Juno Reactor live 2008

Juno Reactor is an English music project with changing musicians from all over the world producing electronic music .

Act

It is known for their orchestral pieces of psytrance . In addition to Ben Watkins as head of the project, there were and are changing guest musicians. Juno Reactor was founded in 1990 and became famous for the work on soundtracks of the Matrix trilogy.

In 1994, Juno Reactor attracted attention when she was recruited by Traci Lords to produce her debut album.

Due to the numerous stylistic changes, Lars von Ragazzi described it as "almost impossible" to describe or narrow down the sound of this project. The debut album Transmissions was based on techno , the successor Beyond the Infinite on the emerging Goa / Psytrance . On the third album, world music elements such as drums were added, which is why the music is also known as "Ethno-Goa". Lars von Ragazzi described God Is God together with Laughing Gas , Conga Fury , Pistolero and Master of the Universe as an “excellent insight into the universe of this band”. Numerous Juno Reactor plays deal with religious subjects.

Ben Watkins performs worldwide as a DJ under the name Juno Reactor .

Discography

Ben Watkins, Earthcore 2008

Studio albums

1993: Transmissions
1994: Lu.Ci-Ana
1995: Beyond the Infinite
1997: Bible of Dreams
2000: Shango
2004: labyrinth
2008: Gods & Monsters
2013: The Golden Sun of the Great East
2018: The Mutant Theater

Live albums, remix albums, best of

2003: Odyssey 1992-2002 (Best of)
2011: Inside the Reactor (remix album)
2012: "From the Land of the Rising Sun" - Inside the Reactor II (Remix album)
2015: The Golden Sun ... Remixed

Singles and EPs

1994: Laughing Gas
1994: High Energy Protons
1995: Guardian Angel
1996: Samurai ( EP )
1997: Jungle High
1997: Conga Fury (EP / single)
1997: God Is God
1999: Pistolero
2000: Nitrogen (Part 1 & 2)
2000: Masters of the Universe
2002: Hotaka (EP / single)
2003: Zwara (EP)

Soundtracks

Movie

1998: I'm Here… Another Planet on Lost in Space - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Juno Reactor with The Creatures )
2003: Conga Fury (Animatrix Mix) on The Animatrix - The Album
2003: Mona Lisa Overdrive and Burly Brawl on The Matrix Reloaded : The Album (with Don Davis )
2003: The Trainman Cometh , Tetsujin and Navras on The Matrix Revolutions : Music From The Motion Picture (with Don Davis)
2003: Guardian Angel (Full Version - US Exclusive Only) on Texhnolyze : Music Only Music but Music

The track Shango could be heard in the intro of the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider , Labyrinth in the trailer for the Venezuelan film Secuestro Express . In the movie Legion , Mutant Message was part of the soundtrack.