Juno Reactor is a musical and performing act known for the cinematic fusion of electronic, orchestral, and global music. Central to the project is Ben Watkins and his collaborations with a constantly changing ensemble of musicians from across the world, including percussionist Mabi Thobejane from
South AfricaThe Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, along with countrymen
AmampondoAmampondo is a South African percussion ensemble which was started by Dizu Plaatjies in Langa Cape Town in 1978. The other founding members were Simpiwe Matole; Michael Ludonga; Mzwandile Qotoyi; Leo Mbizela and Mandla Lande.-Origins:...
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Eduardo NieblaEduardo Niebla is a Spanish guitarist. Besides his work with jazz and Spanish flamenco guitar, he has collaborated with trance group Juno Reactor and early in his career played in Spanish progressive rock band Atila, and the Franco-British progressive rock band Mother Gong.- Solo albums and...
,
Steve StevensSteve Stevens is an American guitarist and songwriter.He is best known for playing for other artists and less known for his critically acclaimed solo efforts , collaborations Steve Stevens (born as Steven Schneider on May 5, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter.He...
,
Greg EllisGreg Ellis is a California-born drummer and percussionist, who is currently a member of World/Psytrance/Tribal band Juno Reactor and the ambient group Biomusique....
,
Taz AlexanderTaz Alexander is a British singer who has toured with Juno Reactor, Alpha-X, and Sin e, among others. She currently resides in London, England.-Career:...
, Ghetto Priest,
Sugizo, born , is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Referred to by his stage name Sugizo, he is best known as lead guitarist of the rock band Luna Sea, who were popular in the 1990s. He started his solo career in 1997 and has since collaborated with many artists...
, and recently
Yasmin LevyYasmin Levy , born on December 23, 1975 in Jerusalem, is an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judaeo-Spanish music.-Career:Her late father, Isaac Levy, was a composer and cantor, pioneer researcher into the long and rich history of the Ladino music and culture of Spanish Jewry and its diaspora, being...
. They also collaborated with composer
Don DavisDonald Romain Davis is an American film score composer, conductor, and orchestrator. Best known for his work on The Matrix, he has worked on a variety of films, from horror to comedy.- Early life :...
for the musical score of the film
The MatrixThe Matrix is a science fiction action franchise created by Andy and Larry Wachowski and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The series began with the 1999 film The Matrix and later spawned two sequels; The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both released in 2003, thus forming a trilogy...
.
History
Juno Reactor was formed as an art project in 1990. Watkins wanted to collaborate with other artists, producing exciting projects that were not commercially driven. He wanted to create experimental music and non-musical soundtracks that would work with installations, art pieces, and film projects.
Juno Reactor released their first single, "Laughing Gas", in 1993 on the NovaMute label. This was soon followed by their debut album,
TransmissionsTransmissions is the 1993 debut album by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor.-Tracklists:#"High Energy Protons" 6:33#"The Heavens" 6:27#"Luna-Tic" 9:01...
. This release was the first artist album in the genre. Later, the band released
LucianaLuciana, released in 1994, is the second album by Juno Reactor. It contains only one track, named "Lu.ci-ana" which runs for 61 minutes and 20 seconds. It differs from Juno Reactor's other releases in that it is a more experimental and dark ambient-focused album, compared to their other psytrance...
on
Alex PatersonAlex Paterson is an English musician and co-founder of the ambient group The Orb, in which he has worked since its inception....
's (
The OrbThroughout 1989, the Orb, along with Martin Glover, developed the musical genre of ambient house through the use of a diverse array of samples and recordings. The culmination of its musical work came toward the end of the year when the group recorded a session for John Peel on BBC Radio 1...
) Inter-Modo label. Juno Reactor left NovaMute and Inter-Modo in 1995 and signed with the
UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
label
Blue Room ReleasedBlue Room Released was an independent record label from London, UK. It operated from 1994 until 2002.It was led by Simon Ghahary and had solid financial backing from Bowers & Wilkins, British loudspeaker company. Their first compilation titled “Outside The Reactor” was released in April 1995 and...
to release the single "Guardian Angel". Their album
Beyond the InfiniteBeyond the Infinite is the third album released by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor.-Track listing:All tracks made by Ben Watkins with collaborators mentioned on the tracklist.# "Guardian Angel" - 7:11...
was released in 1995.
The 1997
Wax Trax! RecordsWax Trax! Records was an independent record label in the United States. Wax Trax! began as a record shop in Denver, Colorado opened by Jim Nash and Dannie Flesher. They sold the store in 1978 and, in November of that year, opened a new one under the same name at 2449 North Lincoln Avenue in...
/
TVT RecordsTVT Records was an independent US record label founded by Steve Gottlieb. Over the course of its 25 year history the label released some 25 Gold, Platinum and Multi-platinum releases. Its roster included Nine Inch Nails, Ja Rule, Lil Jon, Underworld, The KLF, Sevendust, Brian Jonestown Massacre and...
release
Bible of DreamsBible of Dreams is the fourth album released by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor.-Track listing:All tracks made by Ben Watkins with collaborators mentioned on the tracklist....
was Juno Reactor's fourth album. It had a much different sound than the previous albums, and moved away from the traditional dance beats by implementing tribal influences. Watkins collaborated with
AmampondoAmampondo is a South African percussion ensemble which was started by Dizu Plaatjies in Langa Cape Town in 1978. The other founding members were Simpiwe Matole; Michael Ludonga; Mzwandile Qotoyi; Leo Mbizela and Mandla Lande.-Origins:...
, a traditional South African percussion act, on the single "Conga Fury". Watkins and Amampondo went on a five week tour of the US, doing the opening for
MobyRichard Melville Hall , better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, DJ, and photographer. He is known mainly for his sample-based electronic music and his outspoken liberal political views, including his support of veganism and animal rights.Moby gained attention in the early...
. In 1998, Juno Reactor played a live set with Amampondo at
Glastonbury FestivalThe Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts, commonly abbreviated to Glastonbury or even Glasto, is a performing arts festival that takes place near Pilton, Somerset, England, best known for its contemporary music, but also for dance, comedy, theatre, circus, cabaret and other arts.The...
. In 1999, the group collaborated with
The CreaturesThe Creatures were a musical act formed in 1981 as a side-project for Siouxsie and the Banshees members Siouxsie Sioux and Budgie. The Times described their music as "adventurous art rock built around Siouxsie's extraordinary voice and drummer Budgie's battery of percussion".With the dissolution of...
on the track "Exterminating Angel", featured on that group's album
Anima AnimusAnima Animus is the third album to be released by British duo The Creatures aka singer Siouxsie and musician Budgie. The title of the album was inspired by Carl Jung's concept of transgender, the woman inside the man, the man inside the woman. The album was released in 1999.PJ Harvey selected Anima...
.
Watkins released the fifth Juno Reactor album,
ShangoShango is the fifth album released by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor.-Track listing:All tracks made by Ben Watkins with collaborators mentioned on the tracklist.# "Pistolero" - 6:13...
, in 2000. It was the first of his albums on
Metropolis RecordsMetropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
. The first track from the album, "
PistoleroPistolero is a song released by electronica band Juno Reactor, and recorded on their fifth album Shango.The song opens with Spanish acoustic guitar and a female voice saying, "I hate robbing banks" followed by a blast of gun fire that introduces the Goa Trance beat.Pistolero was done in a...
", was a collaboration with
Billy IdolWilliam Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...
's guitarist,
Steve StevensSteve Stevens is an American guitarist and songwriter.He is best known for playing for other artists and less known for his critically acclaimed solo efforts , collaborations Steve Stevens (born as Steven Schneider on May 5, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American guitarist and songwriter.He...
. The track was featured during the trailer for the movie
Once Upon a Time in MexicoOnce Upon a Time in Mexico is a 2003 action film written, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the final film in the "Mariachi Trilogy", which also includes El Mariachi and Desperado. Antonio Banderas reprises his role as El Mariachi...
, as well as in the film itself. In the fall of 2002, Juno Reactor released a new single titled "Hotaka". It was recorded in a Japanese studio overlooking Mt. Fuji. "Hotaka" featured Stevens on guitar, and included traditional
Taikomeans "drum" in Japanese . Outside Japan, the word is often used to refer to any of the various Japanese drums and to the relatively recent art-form of ensemble taiko drumming...
drummers
GocooGocoo, or GOCOO are seven female and four male Taiko drummers from Tokyo . Gocoo performed at major Blues & Roots, Rock & Pop and alternative Rock festivals, in live clubs, classic theatres and concert halls or at techno events. Lead drummer, Kaoly Asano , attracts much attention as a female Taiko...
. In 2003, the album
Odyssey 1992–2002 was released as a compilation of the best Juno Reactor tracks of the decade.
The sixth Juno Reactor album,
LabyrinthLabyrinth is the sixth studio album released by the multi-genre electronica group Juno Reactor. It was released on in the United States and on in Japan.-Overview:...
, was released in October 2004, and featured Watkins' work from the
Matrix filmsThe Matrix is a science fiction action franchise created by Andy and Larry Wachowski and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The series began with the 1999 film The Matrix and later spawned two sequels; The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, both released in 2003, thus forming a trilogy...
. The album once again featured the tribal influences present in their music through tracks like "Conquistador II".
In 2006, Watkins was hired to compose an orchestral score for
Brave Storyis a Japanese fantasy novel written by Miyuki Miyabe. It was serialized in various regional newspapers between the November 11, 1999 and February 13, 2001 before being published in two hardcover volumes by Kadokawa Shoten in March 2003...
, a Japanese
animeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
feature film. Sony Japan released the soundtrack, which was recorded at the
Slovak Radio Concert HallThe Building of Slovak radio is a building in Bratislava.It is shaped like an inverted pyramid. Architects of this project were Štefan Svetko, Štefan Ďurkovič and Barnabáš Kissling and it was completed in 1983. The building is 80 metres high and has a concert hall with a large concert organ...
in
SlovakiaThe Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
with the Slovak National Symphony Orchestra. The album was written by "Ben Watkins aka Juno Reactor".
In 2008 Ben Watkins collaborated with anime director
Koji Morimoto, born December 26, 1959) is an animator and one of Japan’s premier anime directors.- Biography :Born in Wakayama, Japan, he graduated from the Osaka School of Design in 1979 and a couple years later joined the studio Annapuru as an animator for the TV series “Tomorrow's Joe”...
for
Genius Party Beyond, an anthology of short animated films from
Studio 4°Cis a Japanese animation studio founded by Eiko Tanaka in 1986. The name comes from the temperature at which water is most dense.-History:STUDIO4°C has produced numerous feature films, OVAs, and shorts. Early film titles include; Memories , Spriggan and Princess Arete...
.
Juno Reactor's album
Gods & MonstersGods & Monsters is the seventh album by the electronic goa trance band Juno Reactor. The album was released on April 22, 2008, though Metropolis began shipping it in early April.- Track listing :# "Inca Steppa" – 7:45# "Tokyo Dub" – 7:07...
was released in March 2008, and featured the introduction of Ghetto Priest and
Sugizo, born , is a Japanese musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. Referred to by his stage name Sugizo, he is best known as lead guitarist of the rock band Luna Sea, who were popular in the 1990s. He started his solo career in 1997 and has since collaborated with many artists...
into the Juno Reactor fold, along with Eduardo Niebla, Xavier Morel, and Yasmin Levy. In 2009, the band toured with drummer
Budgie-External links:*...
, of the band Siouxsie and the Banshees.
Movies and television
Juno Reactor produced and wrote
Traci LordsTraci Lords , also known as Traci Elizabeth Lords and Tracy Lords, is an American film actress, producer, film director, writer and singer...
's American hit "Control". As an instrumental it was featured on the soundtrack to the movie
Mortal Kombat. It was used in the fight between Liu Kang and Reptile. The group also appeared on the
soundtrack-Tracks :In order by movie appearance#"Theme From Mortal Kombat "##Main title sequence##Liu Kang vs. Shao Kahn#"X-Squad "##Shao Kahn's invasion on Earth...
to the sequel,
Mortal Kombat: AnnihilationMortal Kombat: Annihilation is a 1997 American martial arts action film that was the sequel to 1995's Mortal Kombat, and was directed by John R. Leonetti, who had served as the cinematographer for the previous film...
, with the track "Conga Fury".
Later, Ben Watkins in collaboration with
Don DavisDonald Romain Davis is an American film score composer, conductor, and orchestrator. Best known for his work on The Matrix, he has worked on a variety of films, from horror to comedy.- Early life :...
, spent 6 months In LA working with Don Davis and the Wachowski Brothers for the
MatrixThe Matrix is a 1999 science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, starring Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, and Hugo Weaving...
series of films and video games. Ben Watkins Scored to picture over an hour of Music, finalizing in the colossus of "Navras" a masterpiece of electronic - world music and full orchestra
Animatrix also featured pre-existing tracks "Masters Of The Universe" (in
Kid's Story) and "Conga Fury (Animatrix Remix)" (in
Final Flight of the Osiris).
Brave Storyis a Japanese fantasy novel written by Miyuki Miyabe. It was serialized in various regional newspapers between the November 11, 1999 and February 13, 2001 before being published in two hardcover volumes by Kadokawa Shoten in March 2003...
also saw Ben Watkins Score his first full orchestra feature, released in Japan where it was the no1 film for 6 weeks.
Many other tracks have been sync'd into films some are listed below. Their single "Guardian Angel" was featured as the opening theme of the
animeis the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
series
Texhnolyzeis a Japanese animated television series directed by Hiroshi Hamasaki, from a screenplay by Chiaki Konaka, and produced by Yasuyuki Ueda, with original character design by Yoshitoshi ABe....
. "Guardian Angel" was also featured in the movie
Drive, starring
Mark DacascosMark Alan Dacascos is an American actor and martial artist. He won numerous karate and various styles of kung fu championships between the ages of 7 and 18....
and
Kadeem HardisonKadeem Hardison is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Dwayne Wayne on A Different World, a spin-off of the long-running NBC sitcom The Cosby Show.-Childhood:...
. Other Juno Reactor tracks appear on movies such as
Eraser,
VirtuosityVirtuosity is a 1995 techno-thriller film directed by Brett Leonard. The movie tells the story of a virtual villain's successful attempt to escape into the "real world". SID 6.7, the villain program portrayed by Russell Crowe, is eventually transplanted into an android body and escapes...
,
Lost In Space, the 1999 film
BeowulfBeowulf is a 1999 film loosely based on the Old English epic poem Beowulf. Unlike most film adaptations of the poem, this version is a science-fiction/fantasy film that, according to one film critic, "takes place in a post-apocalyptic, techno-feudal future that owes more to Mad Max than Beowulf."...
, and
Once Upon a Time in MexicoOnce Upon a Time in Mexico is a 2003 action film written, edited and directed by Robert Rodriguez. It is the final film in the "Mariachi Trilogy", which also includes El Mariachi and Desperado. Antonio Banderas reprises his role as El Mariachi...
. Juno Reactor soundtracks have also been played during
baseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
,
basketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, and
gridiron footballGridiron football , sometimes known as North American football, is an umbrella term for related codes of football primarily played in the United States and Canada. The predominant forms of gridiron football are American football and Canadian football...
games, and the
JapanJapan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese
Grand PrixGrand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. It quickly evolved from a simple road race from one town to the next, to endurance tests for car and driver...
.
Ben Watkins is now working on
Iron SkyIron Sky is an upcoming Finnish science-fiction comedy film from the makers of the Star Wreck series Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning. The film is directed by Timo Vuorensola and produced by Tero Kaukomaa of Blind Spot Pictures production company. The film stars Udo Kier and Tilo Prückner...
with Laibach www.ironsky.net as well as
Bunraku, also known as Ningyō jōruri , is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theater, founded in Osaka in 1684.Three kinds of performers take part in a bunraku performance:* Ningyōtsukai or Ningyōzukai—puppeteers* Tayū—the chanters* Shamisen players...
Both will be released sometime in 2011.
Video games
Their work appears in the
PlayStationThe is a 32-bit fifth-generation video game console first released by Sony Computer Entertainment in Japan on December 3, .The PlayStation was the first of the PlayStation series of consoles and handheld game devices. The PlayStation 2 was the console's successor in 2000...
game
Jet Moto 3Jet Moto is a series of futuristic racing games for the PlayStation video game console. Jet Moto and Jet Moto 2 were developed by SingleTrac, known for Twisted Metal and Twisted Metal 2. SingleTrac then left Sony, the publisher of the series, and Jet Moto 3 was developed by Pacific Coast Power &...
,
PlayStation 2The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...
's
Frequency, and the
XboxThe Xbox is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Microsoft. It was released on November 15, 2001 in North America, February 22, 2002 in Japan, and March 14, 2002 in Australia and Europe and is the predecessor to the Xbox 360. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console...
game
Mad Dash RacingMad Dash Racing is a racing game for the Xbox and was released as a launch title in November 2001...
. Juno Reactor also scored the PlayStation 2 game
The Mark of KriThe Mark of Kri is an action-adventure game developed by SCE San Diego Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The game was released for the PlayStation 2 on July 19, 2002 in North America, March 14, 2003 in Europe and October 23, 2003 in Japan....
.
Juno Reactor also has a song in the game
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4. "Masters of the Universe", from the album
ShangoIn the Yorùbá religion, Sàngó is perhaps one of the most popular Orisha; also known as the god of fire, lightning and thunder...
, was briefly heard during the
Lara Croft: Tomb RaiderLara Croft: Tomb Raider is a 2001 adventure thriller film adapted from the Tomb Raider video game series. Directed by Simon West and starring Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, it was released in U.S. theaters on June 15, 2001. The film was a commercial success...
movie trailer. The trailer for
Secuestro ExpressSecuestro Express is a 2005 Venezuelan crime film directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz and starring Mía Maestro, Jean Paul Leroux and Rubén Blades...
includes an excerpt from the song "War Dogs" off of the
Labyrinth album. Also from
Labyrinth, the song "Mutant Message" is featured in the
Legion trailer.
Full-length albums
- Transmissions
Transmissions is the 1993 debut album by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor.-Tracklists:#"High Energy Protons" 6:33#"The Heavens" 6:27#"Luna-Tic" 9:01...
(NovaMute RecordsNovamute Records was the electronic music subsidiary of Mute Records which was started in 1992.In the beginning the label licensed records/music from small labels like Tresor and Plus 8.-Artists:* 3 Phase* Acid Casuals* Aftrax* Beyer and Lenk...
1993)
- Luciana
Luciana, released in 1994, is the second album by Juno Reactor. It contains only one track, named "Lu.ci-ana" which runs for 61 minutes and 20 seconds. It differs from Juno Reactor's other releases in that it is a more experimental and dark ambient-focused album, compared to their other psytrance...
(Inter-Modo 1994) (61-minute track originally recorded for The Missile Project traveling art installation)
- Beyond the Infinite
Beyond the Infinite is the third album released by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor.-Track listing:All tracks made by Ben Watkins with collaborators mentioned on the tracklist.# "Guardian Angel" - 7:11...
(Blue Room ReleasedBlue Room Released was an independent record label from London, UK. It operated from 1994 until 2002.It was led by Simon Ghahary and had solid financial backing from Bowers & Wilkins, British loudspeaker company. Their first compilation titled “Outside The Reactor” was released in April 1995 and...
1995)
- Bible of Dreams
Bible of Dreams is the fourth album released by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor.-Track listing:All tracks made by Ben Watkins with collaborators mentioned on the tracklist....
(Blue Room ReleasedBlue Room Released was an independent record label from London, UK. It operated from 1994 until 2002.It was led by Simon Ghahary and had solid financial backing from Bowers & Wilkins, British loudspeaker company. Their first compilation titled “Outside The Reactor” was released in April 1995 and...
1997)
- Shango
Shango is the fifth album released by the multi-genre encompassing trance group Juno Reactor.-Track listing:All tracks made by Ben Watkins with collaborators mentioned on the tracklist.# "Pistolero" - 6:13...
(Metropolis RecordsMetropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
2000)
- Labyrinth
Labyrinth is the sixth studio album released by the multi-genre electronica group Juno Reactor. It was released on in the United States and on in Japan.-Overview:...
(Metropolis RecordsMetropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
, Universal Music 2004)
- Gods & Monsters
Gods & Monsters is the seventh album by the electronic goa trance band Juno Reactor. The album was released on April 22, 2008, though Metropolis began shipping it in early April.- Track listing :# "Inca Steppa" – 7:45# "Tokyo Dub" – 7:07...
(Metropolis RecordsMetropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
2008)
- Inside The Reactor (Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
2011)
Singles and EPs
- Laughing Gas (1993)
- High Energy Protons (1994)
- Guardian Angel (1995)
- Samurai (1996)
- Conga Fury (1996)
- Jungle High (1997)
- God Is God (1997)
- GOD IS GOD!! (Front 242
Front 242 is a pioneering Belgian electronic music group that came into prominence during the 1980s. They are known for being the premier pioneer of electronic body music and as a major influence on the electronic and industrial music genres.-Formation:...
Mixes) (1997)
- Pistolero
Pistolero is a song released by electronica band Juno Reactor, and recorded on their fifth album Shango.The song opens with Spanish acoustic guitar and a female voice saying, "I hate robbing banks" followed by a blast of gun fire that introduces the Goa Trance beat.Pistolero was done in a...
(Blue Room ReleasedBlue Room Released was an independent record label from London, UK. It operated from 1994 until 2002.It was led by Simon Ghahary and had solid financial backing from Bowers & Wilkins, British loudspeaker company. Their first compilation titled “Outside The Reactor” was released in April 1995 and...
2000)
- Nitrogen (2000) - 2 tracks taken from "Shango"
- Masters of the Universe
"Masters Of The Universe" is a song by Juno Reactor. It appeared on their album Shango, and was released as a single in 2001.-Appearances in Media:* Can be heard in the beginning of 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider's Theatrical Trailer....
(2001)
- Hotaka (2002)
- The Zwara EP (2003)
- Song to the Siren (2009)
- Fear Not (with Laibach
Laibach is a Slovenian avant-garde music group associated with industrial, martial, and neo-classical musical styles. Laibach formed June 1, 1980 in Trbovlje, Slovenia . Laibach represents the music wing of the Neue Slowenische Kunst art collective, of which it was a founding member in 1984...
, 2009)
Live recordings and compilation albums
- Odyssey 1992–2002
- Shango Tour 2001 Tokyo (Live In Tokyo) (2002)
External links
- JunoReactor.com - Juno Reactor official website
- Interview with Ben Watkins by Special Radio
- Extensive Juno Reactor discography at Discogs
Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Juno Reactor on Last.fm
Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
, a social music profiling service