24Seven - Music: A little more Elvis please.

Byline: Debbie Johnson

WILL Young made chart history, earlier this year, when he notched up the fastest-selling chart debut of all time.

Just three months later it looks like history is set to be re-written again - thanks to a relatively unknown Dutch DJ.

This week Junkie XL's - that's Tom Holkenborg - went to number 1 meaning Elvis will have had 18 No 1s - one more than The Beatles and more than any other artist in the pop chart's 50 year history.

The track has been A-listed by Radio 1, it is the most played prereleased tune on national radio and the soundtrack to the latest Nike advert featur-ing former Manchester United striker Eric Cantona.

The 34-year-old Amsterdam-based DJ and producer seems to be slightly taken aback by all the interest in the track.

``It's a great honour to be the first person to get Elvis's estate's official seal of approval. Everything else which has happened is amazing.

``It is weird to think that I could be responsible for Elvis making chart history. I hope I don't end up upsetting too many Beatles fans,'' he jokes.

JXL finds himself in the unenviable position of going head to head with this country's favourite pop princess Kylie whose latest single Love At First Sight is also released this week.

``I wasn't one of those boys who used to have a poster of Kylie on my bedroom wall but I have always been a big fan of hers. Can't Get You Out Of My Head is an amazing track and I'm still a huge fan.''

While he might be making his name for a collaboration with a star who died nearly 25 years ago, JXL has been working with a couple of well-known names who are still very much alive on his forthcoming album, which is scheduled for release in the autumn.

``Saffron from Republica is on four tracks,'' he says.

And continuing his current revival, electro pop king Gary Numan is also featured on one of the tracks.

JXL says: ``Gary Numan is a personal hero of mine.

``I was a little overawed when I first met him. For the first 50 minutes he was in the studio all I could think was `Wow it's Gary Numan'. But he is a great guy.''

If all this isn't enough to keep him more than busy, JXL is currently working on the soundtrack for the forthcoming film Resident Evil starring Milla Jovovich, has just completed the score for the XBox game Quantum Redshift and produced DJ Sasha's debut album Airdrawndagger.

It seems that his fans have been responsible for a giving him extra work.

``I wrote the score for a couple of scenes in Wesley Snipes' film Blade because a fan worked for the film company. This led to me getting offered the Resident Evil soundtrack.

``It was the same with the Nike advert I did for the last Olympics. A fan worked in the company advertising department and asked if I would be interested in writing the score for the advert.''

CAPTION(S):

GETTING BIGGER: Smaller will back up their old friends The Real People