Junkie XL, the pseudonym of Tom Holkenborg, musician, composer, DJ, producer, born in 1967 on December 8 in the Netherlands.
Thanks to his mother - a music teacher in the violin class, Tom from an early age learns to play musical instruments - piano, guitar, drums. However, the true love of music comes only after the appearance of a real synthesizer in the life of the boy. As a multi-instrumentalist and then producer, Tom joins the local band Weekend at Waikiki, which performs songs in the style
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Junkie XL, the pseudonym of Tom Holkenborg, musician, composer, DJ, producer, born in 1967 on December 8 in the Netherlands.
Thanks to his mother - a music teacher in the violin class, Tom from an early age learns to play musical instruments - piano, guitar, drums. However, the true love of music comes only after the appearance of a real synthesizer in the life of the boy. As a multi-instrumentalist and then producer, Tom joins the local band Weekend at Waikiki, which performs songs in the style of new rave. Then Tom gets into the rock band “Nerve”, in which he works as a writer and producer: thanks to Tom, the band releases 2 full-fledged albums.
Until 1998, the musician produced some artists, such as:
"The Cure" ), Dave Gahan (“Depeche Mode”), Chuck D (“Public Enemy”).
In 2002, the musician, at the request of Nike, remixed Elvis Presley's famous song "A Little Less Conversation", which hit the top positions of the charts in more than 20 countries. The name of Tom Holkenborg (Junkie XL), as a talented remixer, begin to recognize and offer contracts. Soon there are songs for the simulator “The Sims2: Nightlife”, for the games “Quantum Redshift” and “Forza Motorsport”. Following them, the musician releases soundtracks for movies
Dominoes "DOA: Dead or Alive" and "Kingdom of Heaven"
In the fall of 2007, Tom became a teacher of composition and musical design at the ArtEZ School of Music. In the same year, the musician wrote a musical accompaniment to the computer game Need for Speed: ProStreet.
Discography
1998 - Saturday Teenage Kick
Big Sounds of the Drags (2000)
2003 Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin (Original Traks)
2006 - Today
2007 - Music from SSX Blur
2007 - More
2007 Need for Speed: ProStreet
2008 Booming Back at You
2009 - Beauty Never Fades & Breezer
2009 Cosmic Rave/Dream On
2010 - FairLight EP