# Boom Jinx
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{{Short description|Norwegian DJ (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Boom Jinx
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| birth_name = Øistein Johan Eide
| birth_place = [Bergen](/source/Bergen), [Norway](/source/Norway)
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|9|10}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}}
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| genre = {{hlist|[Progressive house](/source/House_music)|[progressive trance](/source/Trance_music)|[deep trance](/source/Trance_music)|[breaks](/source/Breakbeat)|[ambient](/source/Ambient_Music)}}
| occupation = {{hlist|[Producer](/source/Record_producer)|[DJ](/source/DJ)}}
| years_active = 2005-present (as Boom Jinx)
| label = [Anjunabeats](/source/Anjunabeats), Anjunadeep, [Armada Music](/source/Armada_Music), Enhanced Music, Intricate Records, [Distinct'ive Records](/source/Distinct'ive_Records)
| associated_acts = [Andrew Bayer](/source/Andrew_Bayer), [Jaytech](/source/Jaytech), Oliver Smith, Trifonic, [BT](/source/BT_(musician)), [Above & Beyond](/source/Above_%26_Beyond_(band)), [Justine Suissa](/source/Justine_Suissa), Ashley Tomberlin, [Aruna](/source/Aruna_(singer)), [Teebee](/source/Teebee) & [Calyx (artist)](/source/Calyx_(artist)), Matt Lange, [Thomas J. Bergersen](/source/Thomas_J._Bergersen), Soundprank, Janai El-Goni, Meredith Call
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'''Øistein Johan Eide''' ({{IPA|no|ˈœ̂ʏstæɪn jʊˈhɑnː ˈæ̂ɪdə}}; born 10 September 1974 in [Bergen](/source/Bergen)), better known by his stage name '''Boom Jinx''', is a Norwegian [music producer](/source/record_producer) and [DJ](/source/DJ).
==Career==
In 1989, Boom Jinx started making music with [SoundTracker](/source/Ultimate_Soundtracker) developed for the [Commodore Amiga](/source/Amiga) computer. In 1991, he was hired as a freelancer to create music for a US game developer.[{{cite web|url=https://hol.abime.net/hol_search.php?N_ref_artist=1858|title=artist information|accessdate=2009-04-29}}] 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](/source/BBC_Radio_1),[{{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}}] and was licensed to the soundtrack of the television show ''[CSI: Miami](/source/CSI%3A_Miami)''.[{{cite web|url=http://heardontv.com/tvshow/CSI:+Miami/Season+5/Just+Murdered|title=heard on tv|accessdate=2010-04-28}}]
In 2009, Boom Jinx collaborated with San Francisco-based Trifonic to write music for [Electronic Arts](/source/Electronic_Arts)' ''[Need for Speed: Shift](/source/Need_for_Speed%3A_Shift)''.[{{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}}] Tracks co-written with Trifonic were later licensed to ''[CSI Las Vegas](/source/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](/source/MTV_Dance).[{{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}}]
==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](/source/Above_%26_Beyond_(band)) 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](/source/DJ_Magazine)'s Top 100 DJs poll in 2010. He ranked #171 Trance DJ worldwide according to TopDeejays.com June 2014.[{{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}}] He was also named #106 in Trance worldwide according to The DJ List.[{{cite web|url=http://thedjlist.com/djs/BOOM_JINX/|title=Boom Jinx The DJ List Profile|accessdate=2014-06-09}}]
==No Answers In Luck (2015)==
Boom Jinx released an artist album called ''No Answers In Luck'' on [Anjunabeats](/source/Anjunabeats) in 2015, featuring [Justine Suissa](/source/Justine_Suissa), [Teebee](/source/Teebee) & [Calyx](/source/Calyx_(artist)), [Matt Lange](/source/Matt_Lange), and [Thomas J. Bergersen](/source/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](/source/Andrew_Bayer) - To The Six [Original and [Matt Lange](/source/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](/source/Matt_Lange) - Quadcore [Original and Steve Duda Mixes] (Anjunadeep)
*2011 Boom Jinx & [Andrew Bayer](/source/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](/source/Andrew_Bayer) Remix] (Xfer Records)
*2013 Dusky feat. Janai - Lost in you [Boom Jinx Remix] (Anjunadeep)
==Labels==
Boom Jinx is currently signed to [Anjunabeats](/source/Anjunabeats) with additional releases on Anjunadeep, [Armada Music](/source/Armada_Music), Enhanced Music, Intricate Records, [Distinct'ive Records](/source/Distinct'ive_Records) and Silk Music.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Boom+Jinx Boom Jinx Discography]
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Category:Armada Music artists
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