Junkie Xl
- January 5, 2024
- Dj
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Junkie Xl |
| Occupation | Dj |
| Date Of Birth | Dec 8, 1967(1967-12-08) |
| Age | 57 |
| Birthplace | Lichtenvoorde |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Birth City | Gelderland |
| Horoscope | Sagittarius |
Junkie Xl Biography
| Name | Junkie Xl |
| Birthday | Dec 8 |
| Birth Year | 1967 |
| Place Of Birth | Lichtenvoorde |
| Home Town | Gelderland |
| Birth Country | Netherlands |
| Birth Sign | Sagittarius |
Junkie Xl is one of the most popular and richest DJ who was born on December 8, 1967 in Lichtenvoorde, Gelderland, Netherlands. Instrumentalist from the house and electronic genres, who has released albums of his own like His debut, Saturday Teenage Kick and Synthesized. He also worked in the film industry for additional music as well as a composer in the lead role.
He worked with composer of film scores He collaborated with film score composer Hans Zimmer on The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel. on The Dark Knight Rises and Man of Steel.
To go along with his numerous artist albums and EPs, Holkenborg has been creating original music for video games since the mid-1990s. In addition to composing the soundtrack for Xbox racing games Forza Motorsport and Quantum Redshift, Holkenborg is responsible for the SSX Blur soundtrack. He has also licensed a number of his album tracks for video game use. “Future in Computer Hell (Part 2)”, “Synasthesia”, and “Dance USA”—all taken from his album Big Sounds of the Drags—were licensed to the racing video game TD Overdrive: The Brotherhood of Speed (2002). The title track for Today is featured on the soundtrack for the video games Burnout Legends and Burnout Revenge, while “More”—taken from his fifth album, Booming Back at You—is featured on the soundtrack to EA Games’ Need for Speed: ProStreet, which also includes a full score from Holkenborg. His cover of Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Cities in Dust” is featured on Electronic Arts’ Burnout Paradise. He has written additional music for and licensed music to The Matrix: Path of Neo, Destroy All Humans!, The Sims 2: Nightlife, The Sims 3, Need for Speed: Underground, Need for Speed: Carbon, FIFA 08, and FIFA Street 3, among others. He composed the soundtrack for EA’s Darkspore.
In 1997, Holkenborg released Saturday Teenage Kick, his first album under the “Junkie XL” moniker. Featuring singles such as “Billy Club”, “Def Beat”, and “Dealing with the Roster”, the album combined pounding breakbeat rhythms with elements of rock and psychedelia. Many of the album’s songs featured lyrics and vocals by Patrick “Rude Boy” Tilon, vocalist for the Dutch rap rock band Urban Dance Squad. After a brief tour with The Prodigy and festival dates at Fuji Rock and Roskilde, Holkenborg made a name for himself in the upcoming U.S. rave scene. His second LP, Big Sounds of the Drags, was released in 1999, and also featured a number of collaborations with Tilon, including “Action Radius”, “Power of Big Slacks”, “Zerotonine”, “Love Like a Razorblade”, “Legion”, and “Next Plateau”. “Future in Computer Hell (Part 2)”, the last track on the album, was featured prominently on Welsh DJ and producer Sasha’s mix album Global Underground 013: Ibiza.
He was born in Lichtenvoorde, Netherlands, he later settled in Los Angeles, California.
Junkie Xl Net Worth
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Source Of Income | DJ |
| House | Living in own house. |
Junkie Xl is one of the richest Dj from Netherlands. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Junkie Xl 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was a part of Weekend at Waikiki an New Wave group that also recorded albums for groups like The Gathering and Fear Factory.
He has composed music for films like Megamind along with 300: Rise of an Empire.
Thomas Holkenborg (born 8 December 1967), also known by his stage name Junkie XL or occasionally JXL, is a Dutch composer, multi-instrumentalist, DJ, producer, and engineer.
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Holkenborg’s music has also been featured in a number of international ad campaigns for major brands like Nike, Adidas, Heineken, and Cadillac. His remix of Eagles of Death Metal’s “Don’t Speak” was used in the 2008 Nike “Take it to the Next Level” commercial, which was directed by Guy Ritchie. “Today” was featured on ESPN commercials for Major League Soccer, while “A Little Less Conversation” provided the soundtrack to Nike’s 2002 World Cup campaign.
Facts & Trivia
Junkie Ranked on the list of most popular DJ. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Netherlands. Junkie Xl celebrates birthday on December 8 of every year.
While making inroads as a film composer – contributing to movies like Blade (1998) and The Beach (2000) – Holkenborg was asked to remix Elvis Presley’s 1968 single “A Little Less Conversation” (with three different music videos) for a 2002 Nike World Cup commercial, titled “Secret Tournament”. The occasion marked the first time Presley’s estate had granted permission for any of Presley’s materiel to be remixed. The song reached No. 1 in 24 countries, including the United Kingdom, Japan, Australia and Mexico, and was released as a single under the name “Elvis vs. JXL”. The song was also featured as the title song to the NBC TV series Las Vegas, and in feature films like Shark Tale, Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, MegaMind , and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of The Shadows”.