Boom Jinx
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Boom Jinx, real name Øistein Johan Eide is an Norwegian trance music producer. He debuted on the music scene with the 12" Come Play Perfect / Too Free To Follow EP as his debut release on Anjunabeats in 2006.
In 1989 Øistein Eide started making music with Soundtracker - a pattern based audio sequencer for the Commodore Amiga computer. In terms of audio specifications, the Amiga was basically an 8 bit 4 voice sampler. With a burning passion to create, young Øistein spent more time making music than attending classes at Norwegian elementary school. When signing for freelance project development with major US video game producer in 1991, he set a goal on making a career in music.
By 2003, Øistein Eide had produced music for more than 50 commercials. His work was being exposed to millions of people worldwide through international commercials and websites for high-profile brands and personalities. At the height of his freelance career, he was offered full-time employment at one of the leading sound and music production companies in Norway.
In order to freely express his feelings for music and to escape from the clichés of his professional assignments Øistein Eide starts creating music under the artistic name Boom Jinx. Despite a limited number of releases since 2005, Boom Jinx has developed a well deserved reputation amongst his peers for productions that showcase a stunning level of intricate detail and subtle nuances. His tracks got support from industry heavyweights such as Above & Beyond, Tiësto, Paul van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren and Marco V.
Boom Jinx's debut single "Come Play Perfect" and "Remember September" were highly appreciated by the leading DJ Magazine and URB. Away from the trance music his breakbeat production "Manipulator" was premiered on BBC Radio 1 as a "hot new track" alongside Nelly Furtado, and was also licensed by the hit television show CSI: Miami.