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Juno Reactor Imagination, Use It As A Weapon, the legendary soundscapes of the electronic music pioneers, 1993 2000. Five classic albums newly mastered in one set Transmissions, Luciana, Beyond the Infinite, Bible of Dreams and Shango. Includes a print signed by frontman Ben WatkinsIncludes music featured in the films The Matrix Reloaded, The Animatrix, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Mortal Kombat AnnihilationComposer, producer, musician and performer Ben Watkins is an essential innovator of modern electronic music and a pioneer of Trance. Over the course of nearly 30 years, Watkins has created a unique driving fusion of electronica, orchestral and global music executed on an epic amp symphonic scale. As well as releasing a string of influential albums as Juno Reactor, Watkins tracks have been placed in numerous highprofile feature films, television programmes and computer games and Ben Watkins composed large sections of the original score for the films The Matrix Reloaded and The Matrix Revolutions, as well as composing the entire orchestral score for Japanese anime feature film Brave Story.Juno Reactor was formed as an art project in 1990. Ben Watkins wanted to collaborate with other artists, producing exciting projects that were not commercially driven. He wanted to create experimental music and nonmusical 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, Transmissions. Later, the band released Luciana on Alex Paterson039s The Orb InterModo label. Juno Reactor left NovaMute and InterModo in 1995 and signed with the UK label B Room to release the single Guardian Angel. Their album Beyond the Infinite was released in 1995.The 1997 Bible of Dreams was Juno Reactor039s fourth album. It had a very different sound from the group039s previous albums, and moved away from the traditional dance beats by implementing tribal influences. Watkins collaborated with Amampondo, a traditional South African percussion act, on the single Conga Fury.Watkins and Amampondo went on a fiveweek tour of the US, opening for Moby. In 1998, Juno Reactor played a live set with Amampondo at Glastonbury Festival. Watkins released the fifth Juno Reactor album, Shango, in 2000. It was the first of his albums on Metropolis Records. The first track from the album, Pistolero, was a collaboration with Billy Idol039s guitarist, Steve Stevens. The track was featured during the trailer for the movie Once Upon a Time in Mexico, as well as in the film itself.Juno Reactors stunning live performances are global, Burning Man USA, Glastonbury UK, Roskilde Denmark, Fuji Rock Japan, The Glade UK, Boom Portugal, Ozora Hungary, Summer Sonic Japan BoomTown Fair UK, and many more.
