2008 has been an incredible year for
JUNKIE XL (aka Tom Holkenborg). Since the release of
BOOMING BACK AT YOU (Artwerk Music), his fifth studio album earlier this year, the Venice, CA-based producer, composer and performer has appeared at Ultra Music Festival, SXSW, Coachella and Pemberton; graced the covers of
Electronic Musician,
DJ Times and
LA City Beat; and now has been nominated for his first GRAMMY® Award.
The dance floor maven was selected in the “Best Remixed Recording (Non-Classical)” category for his Junkie XL remix of Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake’s “4 Minutes.” The song appeared on her chart-topping album
Hard Candy. His ‘Junkie XL dirty dub’ appears on the “4 Minutes” single package. Check out the song via
www.myspace.com/junkiexl.
Meanwhile, JUNKIE XL is currently in the studio working on his next project, composing the score for the summer 2009 feature film
Bandslam, written and directed by Todd Graff. The film—centered on a high school outcast and a popular girl who form an unlikely bond through their shared love of music—stars Alyson Michakla, Vanessa Hudgens, and newcomer Gaelen Connell, along with a cameo from David Bowie. He also continues to lend his creative juices to the video game world as an exclusive remixer for Electronic Arts' remix album for their
Mirror’s Edge™ title available now. Holkenborg joins an elite roster of electronic producers to remix the title track “Still Alive” performed by Swedish rock/pop star Lisa Miskovsky.
About JUNKIE XL:
Producer, composer and performer JUNKIE XL aka Tom Holkenborg’s solo efforts include 1998’s
Saturday Teenage Kick, 2000’s
Big Sounds of the Drags, 2003’s
Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin, 2006’s
Today and 2008’s
Booming Back At You.
Radio JXL: A Broadcast from the Computer Hell Cabin included collaborations with Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, Gary Numan, Robert Smith from The Cure, and Public Enemy’s Chuck D. and featured his breakthrough collaboration with the late Elvis Presley). When he reworked The King’s moderately successful 1968 single “A Little Less Conversation” for a 2002 Nike World Cup Commercial, the updated version unexpectedly catapulted Junkie into the spotlight. The song became a #1 hit in more than 20 countries. An electronic music jack-of-all-trades, Junkie XL has established himself as a world famous club remixer who has turned out epic takes on tracks by the likes of Madonna, Britney Spears, Coldplay, Justin Timberlake, Eagles of Death Metal, Scissor Sisters, Rammstein, the aforementioned Fear Factory, Bloc Party, Sarah McLachlan and Avril Lavigne. He also keeps extremely busy creating the music for video games contributing music to “The Sims 2: Nightlife,” Xbox games “Forza Motorsport” and “Quantum Redshift,” as well as Electronic Art’s “Burnout,” “SSX Blur” and “Need For Speed” series. Many of the songs that appear on his most recent offering
Booming Back At You—including “More,” “Cities In Dust” and “Mad Pursuit”--have been utilized in various films, TV shows, trailers, games, mix albums and soundtracks. Recent highlights include high-profile exposure on the CW hit series
Gossip Girl with “Cities In Dust” and “Booming Right At You,” which has been used on ABC’s promos for
Ugly Betty,
Lost and
Grey’s Anatomy.
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