Juno Reactor is an electronic psytrance group, often known for its world fu… Read Full Bio ↴Juno Reactor is an electronic psytrance group, often known for its world fusion influences and currently consists of Ben Watkins and Mike Macguire. At one time or another, Juno Reactor also included Johann Bley, Stephen Holweck and Jens Waldenback.
Juno Reactor was formed in 1990 by Ben Watkins and Stephen Holweck. The group came together as an experimental ambient project in order to record an accompanying soundtrack to sculpture artist (and Watkins' girlfriend) Norma Fletcher's art installation and performance piece called "The Missile Project". The centerpiece of the project was a 70-foot decommissioned missile, nicknamed "Juno Reactor", which the band rolled around London while playing its music to raise awareness about nuclear war. According to Watkins, "[it] was blue concrete. And it looked like a dinosaur tail. And a smoke came out of it." [1] The project took over a month to complete; however, the exhibition lasted only several hours, as London police arrived, breaking up the display and arresting all members of the project. The music was eventually released as Juno Reactor's second album, Luciana.
In 1993 Juno Reactor released its first single, "Laughing Gas", on NovaMute. The single was soon followed by their debut album, Transmissions. The album, reckoned a huge success, is considered one of the first albums in the Goa Trance genre. Later the band released Luciana on Alex Paterson's (The Orb) Inter-Modo label. Juno Reactor left NovaMute and Inter-Modo in 1995 and signed to UK's Blue Room Released label for the Guardian Angel single. Their album Beyond the Infinite followed in 1996.
The 1997 release on Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records, Bible of Dreams, was Juno Reactor's fourth album. Its sound diverged sharply from those of the previous albums and moved away from traditional dance beats by including tribal music influences. Watkins collaborated with Amampondo, a traditional South African percussion act, on the single "Conga Fury". Ben Watkins and Amampondo followed up with a five week U.S. tour as the opening act for Moby. In 1998 Juno Reactor played a stunning live set with Amampondo at Glastonbury Festival. The group has played as headliners each year at Glade Festival, the Glastonbury spinoff.
Watkins released the fifth Juno Reactor album, Shango, in 2000. It was the band's first album on Metropolis Records. The first track, "Pistolero", was a collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens (Billy Idol). The track opened up an entirely new direction for Juno Reactor. The same song was featured in the trailer for the movie "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", as well as in the film itself. In the fall of 2002, Juno Reactor released a new single titled "Hotaka", recorded in a Japanese studio overlooking Mt. Fuji. "Hotaka" once again featured Steve Stevens on guitar and included traditional Taiko drummer Gocoo. In 2003, the Odyssey 1992-2002 album was released as a compilation of the best Juno Reactor tracks of the past decade.
The latest Juno Reactor album, Labyrinth, was released in October 2004 and featured Watkins' work from the Matrix films. The new album once again confirmed the tribal music influences present in Juno Reactor's work, with tracks like "Conquistador II".
In 2006 Ben Watkins was hired to produce the OST for Brave Story (a children's anime movie). The Soundtrack was released in July 2006 by Sony, Japan, though printed in very limited numbers.
The group may soon release an EP entitled ‘Superman – the immaculate Crucifixion’, featuring experimental works. One of the EP's tracks, City of the Sinful, is co-written and sung by Ghetto Priest, who also provides the vocals for Asian Dub Foundation.
In Oct 2006 Juno reactor performed a taped concert in Tokyo. Including an extended lineup and some new work, this show will be featured in a forthcoming tour DVD.
2008: A new studio album called "Gods & Monsters" is set to be released in March. Also, a new DVD entitled "Juno Reactor - Audio Visual Experience" will be released this year.
Lineup:
Ben Watkins
Taz Alexander (vocals & dance)
Mabi Thobejane (congas)
Michael LaDonga (African drums)
Simpiwe Marele (African drums)
Mandala Lande (African drums)
Greg Ellis (drum kit)
Paul Jackson (bass)
Steve Stevens (guitar)
Squid (Ghetto Priest) (rap & dance)
Xavier Morell (dj)
Play List:
Conquistador I & II
Biot Messiah
Giant
War Dogs
Komit
City of the Sinful (New)
God is God
Mutant Message
Hotaka
Pistolero
Conga Fury
Nitrogen II
Insects
Rotorblade
Zwara
Hule Lam
Masters of the Universe
Angels & Men
Wavg (?New?)
Guardian Angel
Juno Reactor are also providing part of the soundtrack for Genius Party, a forthcoming Studio 4°C Animation
Their remix of Traci Lords' song "Control" as an instrumental was featured on the soundtrack for the Mortal Kombat movie. They returned for the sequel Mortal Kombat Annihilation with tracks like "Conga Fury". Later, the group, in collaboration with Don Davis, had a number of tracks featured on the soundtracks for the Matrix series of films (most notably the famous freeway chase scene in The Matrix Reloaded, which featured "Mona Lisa Overdrive", as well as the Animatrix, which featured the track, "Masters Of The Universe" on the segment, "Kid's Story" and "Conga Fury (Animatrix Remix)" on the segment, "Final Flight of the Osiris" ). Their single "Guardian Angel" was featured as the opening theme of the anime series Texhnolyze. "Guardian Angel" was also featured in the movie Drive starring Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison. Other Juno Reactor tracks appear on movies such as Eraser, Virtuosity, Lost In Space, the Romeo + Juliet trailer, Beowulf and even Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Juno Reactor soundtracks have also been played during baseball, basketball, and gridiron football games, the Japanese Grand Prix, and appear on the PlayStation 2 games Jet Moto 3 and Frequency, as well as the Xbox game Mad Dash Racing. Juno Reactor also scored the entirety of the Mark of Kri game.
The name Juno is the name of an Ancient Roman goddess. In this fashion, Juno Reactor symbolizes a "powerhouse of the ancient religions". One of the band's logos is actually a form of the symbol associated with the asteroid Juno.
The title of the album Beyond the Infinite could be a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the sequence "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite". This may be related to the several occurrences of their sampling of this movie on the Transmissions album.
Discography:
Main Albums
Transmissions (NovaMute Records 1993)
Beyond the Infinite (Blue Room Released 1995)
Bible of Dreams (Blue Room Released 1997)
Shango (Metropolis Records 2001)
Labyrinth (Metropolis Records, Universal Music 2004)
Gods & Monsters (2008)
Singles & EPs:
Luciana (Inter-Modo 1994)
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 Mixes) (1997)
Pistolero (Blue Room Released 2000)
Masters Of The Universe (2001)
Hotaka (2002)
The Zwara EP (2003)
Live Recordings & Compilation Albums:
Odyssey 1992-2002
Shango Tour 2001 Tokyo (Live In Tokyo) (2002)
Juno Reactor was formed in 1990 by Ben Watkins and Stephen Holweck. The group came together as an experimental ambient project in order to record an accompanying soundtrack to sculpture artist (and Watkins' girlfriend) Norma Fletcher's art installation and performance piece called "The Missile Project". The centerpiece of the project was a 70-foot decommissioned missile, nicknamed "Juno Reactor", which the band rolled around London while playing its music to raise awareness about nuclear war. According to Watkins, "[it] was blue concrete. And it looked like a dinosaur tail. And a smoke came out of it." [1] The project took over a month to complete; however, the exhibition lasted only several hours, as London police arrived, breaking up the display and arresting all members of the project. The music was eventually released as Juno Reactor's second album, Luciana.
In 1993 Juno Reactor released its first single, "Laughing Gas", on NovaMute. The single was soon followed by their debut album, Transmissions. The album, reckoned a huge success, is considered one of the first albums in the Goa Trance genre. Later the band released Luciana on Alex Paterson's (The Orb) Inter-Modo label. Juno Reactor left NovaMute and Inter-Modo in 1995 and signed to UK's Blue Room Released label for the Guardian Angel single. Their album Beyond the Infinite followed in 1996.
The 1997 release on Wax Trax! Records/TVT Records, Bible of Dreams, was Juno Reactor's fourth album. Its sound diverged sharply from those of the previous albums and moved away from traditional dance beats by including tribal music influences. Watkins collaborated with Amampondo, a traditional South African percussion act, on the single "Conga Fury". Ben Watkins and Amampondo followed up with a five week U.S. tour as the opening act for Moby. In 1998 Juno Reactor played a stunning live set with Amampondo at Glastonbury Festival. The group has played as headliners each year at Glade Festival, the Glastonbury spinoff.
Watkins released the fifth Juno Reactor album, Shango, in 2000. It was the band's first album on Metropolis Records. The first track, "Pistolero", was a collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens (Billy Idol). The track opened up an entirely new direction for Juno Reactor. The same song was featured in the trailer for the movie "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", as well as in the film itself. In the fall of 2002, Juno Reactor released a new single titled "Hotaka", recorded in a Japanese studio overlooking Mt. Fuji. "Hotaka" once again featured Steve Stevens on guitar and included traditional Taiko drummer Gocoo. In 2003, the Odyssey 1992-2002 album was released as a compilation of the best Juno Reactor tracks of the past decade.
The latest Juno Reactor album, Labyrinth, was released in October 2004 and featured Watkins' work from the Matrix films. The new album once again confirmed the tribal music influences present in Juno Reactor's work, with tracks like "Conquistador II".
In 2006 Ben Watkins was hired to produce the OST for Brave Story (a children's anime movie). The Soundtrack was released in July 2006 by Sony, Japan, though printed in very limited numbers.
The group may soon release an EP entitled ‘Superman – the immaculate Crucifixion’, featuring experimental works. One of the EP's tracks, City of the Sinful, is co-written and sung by Ghetto Priest, who also provides the vocals for Asian Dub Foundation.
In Oct 2006 Juno reactor performed a taped concert in Tokyo. Including an extended lineup and some new work, this show will be featured in a forthcoming tour DVD.
2008: A new studio album called "Gods & Monsters" is set to be released in March. Also, a new DVD entitled "Juno Reactor - Audio Visual Experience" will be released this year.
Lineup:
Ben Watkins
Taz Alexander (vocals & dance)
Mabi Thobejane (congas)
Michael LaDonga (African drums)
Simpiwe Marele (African drums)
Mandala Lande (African drums)
Greg Ellis (drum kit)
Paul Jackson (bass)
Steve Stevens (guitar)
Squid (Ghetto Priest) (rap & dance)
Xavier Morell (dj)
Play List:
Conquistador I & II
Biot Messiah
Giant
War Dogs
Komit
City of the Sinful (New)
God is God
Mutant Message
Hotaka
Pistolero
Conga Fury
Nitrogen II
Insects
Rotorblade
Zwara
Hule Lam
Masters of the Universe
Angels & Men
Wavg (?New?)
Guardian Angel
Juno Reactor are also providing part of the soundtrack for Genius Party, a forthcoming Studio 4°C Animation
Their remix of Traci Lords' song "Control" as an instrumental was featured on the soundtrack for the Mortal Kombat movie. They returned for the sequel Mortal Kombat Annihilation with tracks like "Conga Fury". Later, the group, in collaboration with Don Davis, had a number of tracks featured on the soundtracks for the Matrix series of films (most notably the famous freeway chase scene in The Matrix Reloaded, which featured "Mona Lisa Overdrive", as well as the Animatrix, which featured the track, "Masters Of The Universe" on the segment, "Kid's Story" and "Conga Fury (Animatrix Remix)" on the segment, "Final Flight of the Osiris" ). Their single "Guardian Angel" was featured as the opening theme of the anime series Texhnolyze. "Guardian Angel" was also featured in the movie Drive starring Mark Dacascos and Kadeem Hardison. Other Juno Reactor tracks appear on movies such as Eraser, Virtuosity, Lost In Space, the Romeo + Juliet trailer, Beowulf and even Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Juno Reactor soundtracks have also been played during baseball, basketball, and gridiron football games, the Japanese Grand Prix, and appear on the PlayStation 2 games Jet Moto 3 and Frequency, as well as the Xbox game Mad Dash Racing. Juno Reactor also scored the entirety of the Mark of Kri game.
The name Juno is the name of an Ancient Roman goddess. In this fashion, Juno Reactor symbolizes a "powerhouse of the ancient religions". One of the band's logos is actually a form of the symbol associated with the asteroid Juno.
The title of the album Beyond the Infinite could be a reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the sequence "Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite". This may be related to the several occurrences of their sampling of this movie on the Transmissions album.
Discography:
Main Albums
Transmissions (NovaMute Records 1993)
Beyond the Infinite (Blue Room Released 1995)
Bible of Dreams (Blue Room Released 1997)
Shango (Metropolis Records 2001)
Labyrinth (Metropolis Records, Universal Music 2004)
Gods & Monsters (2008)
Singles & EPs:
Luciana (Inter-Modo 1994)
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 Mixes) (1997)
Pistolero (Blue Room Released 2000)
Masters Of The Universe (2001)
Hotaka (2002)
The Zwara EP (2003)
Live Recordings & Compilation Albums:
Odyssey 1992-2002
Shango Tour 2001 Tokyo (Live In Tokyo) (2002)
Swamp Thing
Juno Reactor Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Swamp Thing' by these artists:
Chameleons I can already hear your tune Calling me across the room Wh…
Chameleons UK I can already hear your tune Calling me across the room Wh…
David Vanian and the Phantom Chords Out for kicks and in for trouble Running to the rivers…
Degenerated Well in the south Down in the swamp The water's deep And the…
Grid well alright one time…
Grid (The) well alright one time…
Hiatus Kaiyote Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh-oh Oh,…
High Castle Mama burned us up with her education Only their mucky mud…
Pegboard Nerds Pump it up... Rock, rock, rock, rock Pump it up... Beat drop…
The Chameleons I can already hear your tune Calling me across the room Wh…
The Chameleons UK I can already hear your tune Calling me across the room Wh…
The Grid well alright one time…
The Paul Nelson Band back in the woods in a little black shack is a thing…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Juno Reactor:
Angel And Men Tell me, tell me, The moon of my imagination. Be…
City Of The Sinful Open your mind Open your eyes The truth is there to find …
Conga Fury "I can't play When he wakes up", she said He can't play When…
Conquistador Mors stupebit et natura Cum resurget creatura Mors stupebit …
Conquistador II Mors stupebit et natura Cum resurget creatura Mors stupebi…
Conquistador part 2 Mors stupebit et natura Cum resurget creatura Mors stupebit …
Feel The Universe I feel the universe functioning I feel the universe functio…
Front 242 you shall see darkness god is god…
God Is God you shall see darkness god is god…
God is God %5Brock of sion mix%5D [Intro: Cappadonna] Stay ya'll, atonement, this one is for y…
Godzilla you shall see darkness god is god…
Guardian Angel If there's anything you want, anything at all...come to me. …
Guardian Angel (Full version) If there's anything you want, anything at all If there's any…
Guardian Angel {Texhnolyze Opening} If there's anything you want, anything at all...come to me. …
High Energy Protons Everything is going extremely well... You're the brain and …
High Energy Protons (Orion mix) You're gonna have a wonderful trip. Everything is going ext…
Ice Cube The ice cube crumbles!…
Inca Steppa Mexican horizon the colors of gold Silk and satin, our stor…
Kaguya Hime Kaguya Hime Tekekara umareta Tukini kaeranakereba _…
Kaguya-Hime Kaguya Hime Tekekara umareta Tukini kaeranakereba ___ Tr…
Labyrinth The mind is a labyrinth.…
Landing So long as the Universe had a beginning, we could…
Laughing Gas See the other side.…
Magnetic Silk and satin, our stories untold From here to this moment …
Mind Of The Free In the middle of nowhere Gravity No longer necessary Am I…
Mutant Message Wie jeder weiss Wie alle wusten Wie alle wissen Wie jeder w…
Navras Asato ma sad gamaya tamaso ma jyotir gamaya mrtyor mamrtam g…
Nitrogen Part 1 Mors stupebit et natura Cum resurget creatura Mors stupebit …
Pistolero Ay, pistolero! como estas? Te quiero Tengo hodido dinero wh…
Pistolero (Astrix Remix) Hey, gunman! How are you? I love you/I want you I have the…
Pistolero (Headrillaz mix) Hey, gunman! How are you? I love you/I want you I have the…
Pistolero (Juno Reactor mix) Dame el jodido dinero o te jodo vivo!…
Pistolero (Man With No Name Re Ay, pistolero! Como estas? Te quiero Tengo el jodido di…
Pretty Girl He had it all until the fall, now winter's setting…
Rotorblade It's daylight...so you might want to put your visors down...…
Samurai Anata wa taiyo Anata wa hikari Anata wa yoru o shihai suru…
The Heavens The Heavens... The Stars... The Water... Cars... The Ice…
The Perfect Crime I've waited the longest time To commit the perfect crime All…
Tokyo Dub Tokyo Out of my head you flow From my heart to my…
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James Baxter
Juno reactor is truly brilliant
FreemanicParacusia
First heard this song as part of an addon for Garry’s Mod: Antlion Survival. A thick fog sets in over whatever map you’re on, and Antlions start spawning in to this music from all directions in wave after tougher wave. Loved it. I always think of it when I hear this—the atmosphere and tension is perfect. It was downright STRESSFUL, and they cut up the song so different portions of it would accompany the arrival of different types of enemies.
3:24 signified the arrival of at least one Queen bullrushing you.
Haven’t played that game forever, sadly I think the mod was rendered obsolete in the same version update that left all my saves incompatible. I’d been working on a “graphic novel” with carefully posed sets, every prop, every character model. Was meant to link the Portal and Half-Life characters up. Portal 2 hadn’t come out yet, my theory was that Chell was the sole remaining survivor of a HECU Marine unit sent into Aperture Labs after GLaDOS gassed the facility, flashbacks to their story (reminiscent of the team going up against the Red Queen in the first Resident Evil movie) as her memory comes back to her post-hibernation. Meanwhile Barney was struggling with the ethics of his work as a mole in Civil Protection, trying to ID a CP mole in the Resistance all while CP’s brutality towards the civilian populace grew worse and worse. All of that work, gone in an instant without warning in a forced update that wasn’t reverse-compatible. Quit in disgust and never got back into it.
Gábor Szentléleky
Never heard of a band like Juno Reactor, they really have their own style. To tell the truth, these kind of musics aren't my favourites. But Juno Reactor made not one that is my favourite. I mean they made somethng, even favourite to me, as I have narrow range of favourite musics. But they did, so that is why I call them really good artists!
N3wton's apple
Very nice video mate. Fits right into the atmosphere..
Sheryl Way
Love that sound. Xx
calldenniz2
My fav Juno track.. totally MENTAL!!!
Willibald
Thank you for these 312 amazing seconds of pure happiness!
Zack
No how many times i listen to al lthe new "dub step" I still come back to listen juno reactor just to reset my mind to the rythym it should be on.
PauLtus B
I don't have really words to discribe this music but it just makes me happy : D
natyitaly87
Juno Reactor is the apex of psychedelic techno and psychedelic trance, but you can find a lot of good vibes of this kind of music