Junkie XL April 13, 2007
In the spirit of Junkie XL’s upcoming performance at the Heavens tonight, I decided to research this artist and buff up on my knowledge a bit before the show. My first introduction to Junkie XL was recent, with his release of Music from SSX Blur.
Today I downloaded a few of his albums, dating back to Saturday Teenage Kick released in 1998. What I want to know is, how did I miss Junkie XL?! In 1998, I was on the cutting edge of electronic music. Atleast, I thought I was. This album is full of big beats akin that of the Chemical Brothers and Crystal Method. It’s quality stuff that I wish was part of my collection a long time ago.
Billy Club
100 - You’ll have to forgive the sketchy quality of this track. I downloaded the special edition of Saturday Teenage Kick and thought it was too good not to post. If anyone has a better copy, give me a shout.
Some newer stuff:
I (re)discovered Junkie XL for that show as well. I found out that some of my favorite remixes were done by him and was so happy to realize that I was going to see him live!
One of my faves is his remix of sarah mclachlan’s ‘World on Fire’ and a guilty pleasure is his remix of Britney’s ‘And then we kiss’. I can’t believe just admitted that on the interweb!