{{Short description|Norwegian DJ (born 1974)}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=September 2015}} {{COI|date=September 2015}} {{notability|Music|date=September 2015}} {{unreliable sources|date=September 2015}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Boom Jinx | image = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Øistein Johan Eide | birth_place = Bergen, Norway | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|9|10}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} | instrument = | genre = {{hlist|Progressive house|progressive trance|deep trance|breaks|ambient}} | occupation = {{hlist|Producer|DJ}} | years_active = 2005-present (as Boom Jinx) | label = Anjunabeats, Anjunadeep, Armada Music, Enhanced Music, Intricate Records, Distinct'ive Records | associated_acts = Andrew Bayer, Jaytech, Oliver Smith, Trifonic, BT, Above & Beyond, Justine Suissa, Ashley Tomberlin, Aruna, Teebee & Calyx (artist), Matt Lange, Thomas J. Bergersen, Soundprank, Janai El-Goni, Meredith Call | website = }}
'''Øistein Johan Eide''' ({{IPA|no|ˈœ̂ʏstæɪn jʊˈhɑnː ˈæ̂ɪdə}}; born 10 September 1974 in Bergen), better known by his stage name '''Boom Jinx''', is a Norwegian music producer and DJ.
==Career== In 1989, Boom Jinx started making music with SoundTracker developed for the Commodore Amiga computer. In 1991, he was hired as a freelancer to create music for a US game developer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?N_ref_artist=1858|title=artist information|accessdate=2009-04-29}}</ref> In 2005, after a career in advertising, video games, television and film, he turned to dance music.
Boom Jinx's track "Manipulator" was featured as "a hot new track" on BBC Radio 1,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/bobbyandnihal/tracklistingarchive.shtml?20060614|title=Tracklisting from Bobby And Nihal's Radio 1 show.|access-date=2010-04-28}}</ref> and was licensed to the soundtrack of the television show ''CSI: Miami''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://heardontv.com/tvshow/CSI:+Miami/Season+5/Just+Murdered|title=heard on tv|accessdate=2010-04-28}}</ref>
In 2009, Boom Jinx collaborated with San Francisco-based Trifonic to write music for Electronic Arts' ''Need for Speed: Shift''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.game-ost.com/albums/2898/need_for_speed_shift_original_videogame_score/|title=Need for Speed: Shift Original Videogame Score|accessdate=2010-04-28}}</ref> Tracks co-written with Trifonic were later licensed to ''CSI Las Vegas'' (episode #1215) in February 2012.
The music video for his 2013 single "When You Loved Me" was added to a playlist on MTV Dance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://anjunanews.blogspot.no/2013/06/boom-jinx-maor-levi-ashley-tomberlin.html|title=Boom Jinx, Maor Levi & Ashley Tomberlin "When You Loved Me" added to MTV Dance UK playlist|accessdate=2013-09-25}}</ref>
==DJ== Boom Jinx has performed as a DJ in North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa since 2009. He went on a 14-city US tour with Above & Beyond in 2009. He also went on solo tours in the USA in 2010 and 2013, two tours in India in 2011, and a Russian tour in 2012. He also had a solo tour of the US in 2014.
Boom Jinx was voted #296 worldwide in DJ Magazine's Top 100 DJs poll in 2010. He ranked #171 Trance DJ worldwide according to TopDeejays.com June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://topdeejays.com/boom-jinx/|title=Boom Jinx DJ Profile - TopDeejays.com|accessdate=2014-06-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929082242/https://topdeejays.com/boom-jinx/|archive-date=2013-09-29|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was also named #106 in Trance worldwide according to The DJ List.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thedjlist.com/djs/BOOM_JINX/|title=Boom Jinx The DJ List Profile|accessdate=2014-06-09}}</ref>
==No Answers In Luck (2015)== Boom Jinx released an artist album called ''No Answers In Luck'' on Anjunabeats in 2015, featuring Justine Suissa, Teebee & Calyx, Matt Lange, and Thomas J. Bergersen.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
==Discography==
===Anjunabeats releases=== *2008 Boom Jinx feat. Key - Eternal Reminiscence [Original and Oliver Smith Mixes] (Anjunabeats) *2009 Boom Jinx & Oliver Smith - Sunrise [Original and Jaytech Mixes] (Anjunabeats) *2009 Boom Jinx & Oliver Smith - Sunrise [Joost van der Vleuten's Sunset Remix] (Anjunabeats) *2011 Boom Jinx feat. Justine Suissa - Phoenix From The Flames [Club and Omnia & The Blizzard Mixes] (Anjunabeats) *2011 Boom Jinx feat. Justine Suissa - Phoenix From The Flames [Maor Levi and Michael Cassette Mixes] (Anjunabeats) *2013 Boom Jinx, Maor Levi & Ashley Tomberlin - When You Loved Me [Original and Remixes] (Anjunabeats) *2014 Boom Jinx & Meredith Call - The Dark [Original and Radio Mixes] (Anjunabeats) *2014 Boom Jinx & Meredith Call - The Dark [The Remixes] (Anjunabeats) *2015 Boom Jinx & Meredith Call - Bring Me Back Around [Original and Radio Mixes] (Anjunabeats)
===Anjunadeep releases=== *2006 Boom Jinx - Come Play Perfect / Too Free To Follow [Original Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2006 Boom Jinx - Too Free To Follow [Posh Mix] (Anjunadeep) *2007 Boom Jinx feat. Thomas J. Bergersen - Remember September [Original and Duderstadt Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2008 Boom Jinx - Too Free To Follow [Posh Mix] [Stephen J. Kroos Remix] (Anjunadeep) *2009 Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer - To The Six [Original and Matt Lange Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2009 Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer - To The Six [Club & Martin Roth Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2009 Boom Jinx & Jaytech - Milano [Original and Ad Brown Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2010 Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer - By All Means / So It Goes [Original and Club Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2010 Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer - Keyboard Cowboys [Original and Jay Lumen Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2010 Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer - Fracture [Original, David West and Paul Beckwith Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2010 Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer vs. Trifonic & Matt Lange - Quadcore [Original and Steve Duda Mixes] (Anjunadeep) *2011 Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer - By All Means [Solarity Remix] (Anjunadeep) *2011 Boom Jinx & Soundprank - Pieces Of The Puzzle [Original and Solarity Mixes] (Anjunadeep)
===Other releases=== *2006 Boom Jinx - Suncast [Original, Rune Lindbaek, Lee Coombs, Neophasic, NineLives The Cat and Molomekaniske Remix] (Ruthless Recordings) *2006 Boom Jinx - Come On Over [Original and Dub Mixes] (Play Recordings) *2006 Boom Jinx - Manipulator [Original and (Praesul Records) *2007 Boom Jinx - Flicker [Original, Shiloh Mixes and Joel Armstrong Mixes] (Hunya Munya Records) *2010 Boom Jinx pres. BJX - Suncast [Original, Rune Lindbaek, Lee Coombs, Neophasic, NineLives The Cat and Molomekaniske Remix] (Distinctive Records] *2010 Boom Jinx pres. BJX - Come On Over [Club Dub, Dub Menace and Plaza De Funk Mixes] (Distinctive Records) *2010 Boom Jinx pres. BJX - Manipulator / Think Fast / The Blueberry Bounce [Original and Opencloud Mixes] (Distinctive Records) *2012 Boom Jinx & Daniel Kandi - Azzura [Original Mix] (Enhanced Recordings) *2014 Boom Jinx & Judah - Please Believe Me [Radio Edit] (Armada Music) *2014 Boom Jinx & PROFF - Blue Angel [Original and Remixes] (Intricate Records) *2018 Z:N vs Boom Jinx & Katrine Stenbekk - Come Alive [Original Mix, Deep Vocal Mix and Deep Dub Mix] (Silk Music) *2023 Thomas Bergersen & Boom Jinx - Am I Real [Original Mix] (Nemesis Productions LLC)
===Remixes=== *2005 Tilt - New Day [Boom Jinx Remix] (Lost Language) *2005 Tilt - New Day [Boom Jinx Dub] (Lost Language) *2006 Kyau vs. Albert - Kiksu [Boom Jinx Remix] (Anjunabeats) *2006 Can Costa & Josh Collins - Peyote Ugly [Boom Jinx Now! Mix] (CPR Digital) *2006 Jacob Todd & Jordan Nafie - Shattered [Boom Jinx's Los Locos Mix] (CP Recordings) *2006 Kyau & Albert - Kiksu [Boom Jinx Remix] (Euphonic) *2007 David West Ft. Inkfish - Searching For Substance [Boom Jinx Remix] (West Recordings) *2008 DJ Ella Shine Like A Superstar - [Boom Jinx Remix] (Microphone Records) *2008 LP Feat. Ashley Lawson - Clique [Boom Jinx Remix] (Shiznit Recordings) *2009 Hybrid - Finished Symphony [Boom Jinx Remix] (Distinctive Records) *2010 Zenith Nadir feat. Katana - Forever [Boom Jinx Club Mix] (Studio Kitty Recordings) *2011 Steve Duda - Fish [Boom Jinx & Andrew Bayer Remix] (Xfer Records) *2013 Dusky feat. Janai - Lost in you [Boom Jinx Remix] (Anjunadeep)
==Labels== Boom Jinx is currently signed to Anjunabeats with additional releases on Anjunadeep, Armada Music, Enhanced Music, Intricate Records, Distinct'ive Records and Silk Music.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Boom+Jinx Boom Jinx Discography]
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Boom Jinx}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:Norwegian trance musicians Category:Chiptune and tracker musicians Category:Norwegian record producers Category:Norwegian electronic dance music DJs Category:Anjunabeats artists Category:Monstercat artists Category:Armada Music artists