As JUNKIE XL, Dutch born musician, producer, remixer and one-man band Tom Holkenborg has become synonymous with electronic dance music. With the arrival of his fifth proper studio album, 2008's invigorating Booming Back at You, the club culture icon and L.A. transplant has crafted a disc that not only builds on his beloved back catalogue but is also inspired by today's vibrant new school of dance music and matches the momentum and enthusiasm of his notorious live performances.  Musically never comfortable in one place, his new work highlights surprises for his fans..

He discovered music by learning and playing most instruments, including guitar, bass, piano and drums. Although he was classically trained by his mother (herself an accredited violin teacher), it wasn't long until he discovered synths and joined the Dutch New Wave group Weekend at Waikiki as a multi-instrumentalist and producer. He then expanded his horizon further to form the industrial rock band Nerve with vocalist Phil Mills, and released 2 full-length albums in 1994 and 1995.  During this period, Tom built his music repertoire by freelance producing and quickly landed projects for bands such as Sepultra, Fear Factory and Dog Eat Dog, as well as for video games, movies and TV spots.

The prolific, Venice, California-based Holkenborg's solo efforts also 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 by Depeche Mode's Dave Gahan, Gary Numan, Robert Smith from The Cure, Public Enemy's Chuck D. and included 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 twenty countries.

An electronic music jack-of-all-trades, Junkie has established himself as a world famous club remixer who has turned out epic takes on tracks by the likes of Britney Spears, Coldplay, Justin Timberlake, Scissor Sisters, Rammstein, the aforementioned Fear Factory, Bloc Party, Sarah McLachlan and Avril Lavigne. With an unrivaled work ethic, which routinely includes fourteen-hour days in his home studio, Junkie XL keeps extremely busy creating the music for video games. He has contributed music to "The Sims 2: Nightlife", Xbox games "Forza Motorsport" and "Quantum Redshift", as well as Electronic Art's "Burnout" and "Need For Speed" series. He recently crafted the original soundtrack for SSX Blur, EA's snowboarding game for the Wii.