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BLP sources|date=March 2011Infobox musical artist | name = Junkie XL| image = Junkie-xl.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = Tom Holkenborg| alias = Junkie XL, JXL| birth_date = Birth date and age|1967|12|8| death_date =| origin = Lichtenvoorde , Netherlands | instrument = Keyboard instrument s, guitar , Drum kit|drums http://www.popinstituut.nl/muzikanten/tom_holkenborg.547.html Muzikant – Tom Holkenborg. Retrieved 2007-09-05.| genre = Electronica | years_active = 1988–present| label = Artwerk| associated_acts = A Forest Called Mulu Mambo Jambo Nerve Weekend at Waikiki| website = http://www.junkiexl.com/ www.junkiexl.com| notable_instruments = Tom Holkenborg (born December 8, 1967 in Lichtenvoorde , Gelderland , Netherlands ), better known as Junkie XL or JXL , is a Netherlands|Dutch musician . He uses the name JXL in cases where the term "Junkie" might cause offense. XL is for "Xpanding Limits".IMO Records. http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/junkie-xl-biography/ "JunkieXL Biography", '' IMO Records ' Retrieved on 29 February 2011.
Biography
He discovered music by learning and playing many instruments, including guitar , Bass guitar|bass , piano , and Drum kit|drums . Although he was classically trained by his mother (herself an accredited violin teacher), it was not long until he discovered synthesizer s and joined the Dutch New Wave group Weekend at Waikiki as a multi-instrumentalist and producer. In 1993, Holkenborg then produced the second metal album Almost a Dance by Dutch band The Gathering (band)|The Gathering . He then expanded his horizon further to form the industrial rock band Nerve (band)|Nerve with vocalist Phil Mills (vocalist)|Phil Mills and released 2 full-length albums in 1994 and 1995. During this period, Holkenborg built his music repertoire by freelance producing and quickly landed projects for bands such as Sepultura , Fear Factory , and Dog Eat Dog (band)|Dog Eat Dog , as well as for video games, movies, and TV spots.
Holkenborg’s solo efforts include 1998’s Saturday Teenage Kick , 2000’s Big Sounds of the Drags and 2003’s Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin . The latter counted collaborations with Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan , Gary Numan , Robert Smith (musician)|Robert Smith from The Cure , and Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy ’s Chuck D. . The U.S. release included his breakthrough remix of Elvis Presley 's moderately successful 1968 single " A Little Less Conversation " for a 2002 Nike World Cup Commercial. The updated version unexpectedlyCitation needed|date=October 2010 catapulted Holkenborg into the spotlight. The song became a No. 1 hit in more than twenty countries. Today (Junkie XL album)|Today and Booming Back at You (BB@Y) are his latest solo efforts.When|date=October 2010 Holkenborg is known as a talented remixer, drawing critical acclaim with remixes of tracks by Britney Spears , Bloc Party , Michael Bublé , Coldplay , Avril Lavigne , Sarah McLachlan , Rammstein , Scissor Sisters , Justin Timberlake , and the aforementioned Fear Factory . With an extraordinaryPeacock term|date=November 2010 work ethic, which routinely includes fourteen-hour days in his studio,Citation needed|date=October 2010 Holkenborg keeps extremely busy creating the music for video games. He has contributed music to Sims theme music for the computer game The Sims 2 , the soundtrack for the Xbox racing game Forza Motorsport , and the soundtrack for futuristic Xbox racing game Quantum Redshift . He has also provided music for the films Kingdom of Heaven (film)|Kingdom of Heaven , Domino (film)|Domino , and DOA: Dead or Alive . His song "Today" was featured as one of the tracks on EA's Burnout: Legends , apparentlyclarify|date=October 2010 before the album was released. "Today" is also on EA's Burnout: Revenge . He also produced a remix of the God of War|God of War 2 theme. Holkenborg remixed Yonderboi 's "People Always Talk About The Weather" in exchange of Yonderboi 's remix of Today (Junkie XL abum)|Today . His cover of the Siouxsie And The Banshees song " Cities in Dust ", which featured Lauren Rocket, is also on EA's Burnout: Paradise .
Holkenborg is responsible for the SSX Blur original soundtrack, along with contributions to many of the other SSX games in the franchise, and EA's Need For Speed: Pro Street .
CurrentlyWhen|date=October 2010 he is signed to Artwerk, the new Los Angeles-based label formed by Electronic Arts and Nettwerk One Music.cite web|url= http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php? id=21896_0_2_0_C |title=Junkie XL signs to computer game related record label |publisher=Side-line.com |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2012-03-25
In September 2007, Holkenborg joined the ArtEZ School of Music as its special teacher of Composition & Music Design.cite web|url= http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php? id=22552_0_2_0_C |title=Junkie XL becomes professor at College |publisher=Side-line.com |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2012-03-25 He now lives in Malibu, CA.
Holkenborg's single "More" was released in Fall 2007.cite web|url= http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php? id=25831_0_2_0_C |title=Junkie XL goes for a fuck more |publisher=Side-line.com |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2012-03-25 Both Joost van Bellen and Gerald van der Kaapcite web|url= http://www.geraldvanderkaap.com/ |title=geraldvanderkaap.com |publisher=geraldvanderkaap.com |date= |accessdate=2012-03-25 have been shooting the video for the clip in New York together with female singer Lauren Rocket. "More" is also featured on the soundtrack of Need for Speed: ProStreet .
Tom Holkenborg remixed the Eagles of Death Metal's "Don't Speak" for the 2008 Nike advert "Take it to the Next Level".cite web|url= http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php? id=31788_0_2_0_C |title=New Junkie XL remix for Nike advert |publisher=Side-line.com |date=1999-02-22 |accessdate=2012-03-25 On August 17,Year needed|date=October 2010 his manager confirmed to a Dutch magazine that Junkie XL has written and produced 3 tracks for Britney Spears ' upcoming album. He also added that it is still unknown whether the tracks will be on the record.
His song "Dark Territory" is included on newer Zune models.
The Sims 3 (console video game)|The Sims 3 (console) (2010)
FIFA 09 (2008)
Tap Tap Dance (2008)
UEFA Euro 2004 (2004)
Saints Row The Third (2011)
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Commons category|Junkie XL
http://www.junkiexl.com/ Junkie XL official website
IMDb name|0432725|Junkie XL
http://www.youtube.com/user/junkiexlmusic JunkieXL YouTube Video Page at YouTube
http://www21.sbs.com.au/alchemy/index.php? pg=ct& ct=1& sc=2& id=633 JunkieXL Interview with Alchemy SBS Radio 2008
" http://www.jivemagazine.com/article.php? pid=3314 JunkieXL – Mass Consumption", JIVE Magazine , May 2, 2005
http://www.onbeat.com/interviews_JunkieXL.php Interview with Garrett Shatzer for Onbeat, 2006
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