Tapio Hakanen, better known by his stage name DJ Orkidea (or sometimes just Orkidea), is a Finnish electronic music artist. DJ Orkidea has been one of Scandinavia’s top DJs for over 10 years and has been voted twice ’Most Popular Nordic DJ’ in Swedish/Danish Megamind’s voting and elected five times as ’Best DJ’ in Finnish Club Awards. His track Killa in 2005 was a hit in Finland. Orkidea has made remixes for big trance labels like Anjunabeats or Hooj Choons and for artists like Tiësto, Tilt, and Way Out West. DJ Orkidea is employed as a sound design manager at Nokia Corporation.

One of Scandinavia's leading DJs, producer, promoter, head of sound design at Microsoft, father and a music lover.

Bookings: paula@twenty4sevenmanagement

It’s been amazing twenty years since me and my friends started organizing illegal raves in the squat houses of Helsinki in early 90s. Most bizarre experience must have been DJing for Jean-Paul Gaultier and Helena Christensen at a Berlin fetish club Kit Kat after their first ever Berlin show. Most flashy ones have been entertaining the rich & famous of Hong Kong or Russia while warming up Chemical Brothers, Paul van Dyk or Underworld was something I’ll never forget. From the venues I’ve DJed Tresor in Berlin, Pacha in Ibiza, Ministry of Sound in London and CODE in Tokyo were special places to play.

My recording career started in 1998 with Slusnik Luna’s Nicklas Renqvist. ‘Unity‘ was signed to british Steelfish label and found it’s way to Gatecrasher and Renaissance compilations. Sasha and Oakenfold opened their Essential Mixes with it and Pete Tong played it on BBC Radio 1. Gigs with DJ Tiesto lead into signing to his Black Hole label while other releases include ‘Embrace’ on Five AM and ‘Beautiful‘ on Sential (finnish national singles chart #1). Most famous colaborations include ‘YearZero‘ together with Andy Moor, ‘God’s Garden‘ together with David West and ‘Zeitgeist‘ with Solarstone. My remixes include Aalto’s ‘Rush‘ made together with Super8, Stage One remix made for Hooj Choons, Way Out West’s ‘Killa‘ and more recently a bootleg remix of Hans Zimmer’s ‘Time‘ from Inception soundtrack which Paul Oakenfold loved so much he did his own edit. In 2011 I released my third artist album “20” which also celebrates my twenty years of DJing.

As promoters we have come a very long way from the days of illegal warehouse raves. Together with my friends, we have run Club Unity for over ten years, promoted Renaissance’s events in Helsinki and organized events called “Pacifique” for almost 3000 people in a water park. We have had fun at 16 hour Sunday clubbing sessions at DTM and have brought Jose Padilla to Finland. We have organised events on boats, in parks, on ice-skating rinks and even did one of Finland’s first flash mobs: the infamous One Minute Raves. The longest set I’ve ever played was 23 hours on New Year’s Day in 2010. To me electronic music and club culture has always been about open-mindness, unity amongst people and pushing the musical boundaries forward, whether it’s ambient concert in a park or full on rave in warehouse. Uniting the sounds, the minds, the people…

Birth name: Tapio Hakanen
Also known as:  DJ Orkidea 
Origin: Finlind
Genres: Trance, Progressive, Electronica
Occupation(s):  Musician, DJ , producer, Sound design manager at NOKIA Corporation,
Years active: 1990–present
Labels: Pure Trance, Anjunabeat, Black Hole , AVA, Universal Music
Websites: http://www.djorkidea.com/
                 https://www.facebook.com/orkideadj/
                 https://soundcloud.com/orkidea



Orkidea

Paul Oakenfold's classic, 'Southern Sun' returns in the second installment of remixes, this time bringing you 4 awesome trance remixes from Fluoro favourites Thomas Datt and Angry Man, Orkidea and Paul Webster. This monstrous remix package kicks off with Thomas Datt whose productions have been a staple of head honcho Oakenfold's worldwide sets and radio shows. His uplifting touches with a subtle nod to Tiësto's timeless remix are a must for any trance fan. The hugely in demand Angry Man ups the pace and adds his trademark dirty, darkness into a massive acidic monster that has seen early support from the 140 orientated djs! Any long running trance fan will know Orkidea, whose music has been gracing clubs for nearly 20 years. His Tribute Mix adds a strong, punchy, groove orientated version to the package. Last but not least is Paul Webster who harks back to his original tech orientated sound and gives up a deep, driving and moody feel that polishes off the collection perfectly. A perfect compliment to the mixes from Moe Aly, Cold Blue and Paul Thomas earlier this year.

Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun (Orkidea's Tribute Mix)

Preview clips of my brand new remix album "20 Ximer"
Out now on Solaris Recordings:

iTunes: http://bit.ly/20Xemir-iTunes
Beatport: http://bit.ly/20Xemir-Beatport

Unity (Solarstone Pure Mix)

Download here: http://bit.ly/SlowmotionIII

A tradition that’s unofficially linked their last 4 years with a 3-strong arc of ‘Slowmotion’ tracks, each has augured a major new Solarstone or Orkidea release or project. As the first purpose-produced track from his forthcoming, keenly anticipated ‘Electronic Architecture³’compilation, No. ‘III’ in the series is no different. Together the pair deliver another piece of righteously dark, long and supremely strong subterranean-minded trance.
Solarstone & Orkidea are back to strike three for three with the latest in their sequential ‘Slowmotion’ series. The pair’s Original Mix steams from port through coolly undulated bass waves and casually swelled 80s-edged synthesis, tipping a blasé vocal salute to arch synth-masters Yello as it embarks. 
Churning those waters ever deeper, female siren-song harmonies heighten its atmosphere, before Richard & Tapio channel the track into the glockenspiel-like orchestral chime of the break. With the tempo’s dial securely locked to trance-progressive, ‘Slowmotion III” proceeds to deliver one laser-lit FX tweak, frisson-filled sequential development and masterfully delivered key change after another. 

Pure mood-food for those that like to explore the dark underbelly of trance, the Original Mix of ‘Slowmotion III’ arrives on Beatport on June 30th.  

Tracklist:
Black Hole 659-1
Solarstone & Orkidea – Slowmotion III
1. Original Mix

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TEASER Solarstone & Orkidea - Slowmotion III (Original Mix) [Black Hole 659-1]

Buy on iTunes

#EA3 Preview Disc 2: Orkidea - Purity (EA3 Edit)

Download here: bit.ly/SlowmotionIII

A tradition that’s unofficially linked their last 4 years with a 3-strong arc of ‘Slowmotion’ tracks, each has augured a major new Solarstone or Orkidea release or project. As the first purpose-produced track from his forthcoming, keenly anticipated ‘Electronic Architecture³’compilation, No. ‘III’ in the series is no different. Together the pair deliver another piece of righteously dark, long and supremely strong subterranean-minded trance.
Solarstone & Orkidea are back to strike three for three with the latest in their sequential ‘Slowmotion’ series. The pair’s Original Mix steams from port through coolly undulated bass waves and casually swelled 80s-edged synthesis, tipping a blasé vocal salute to arch synth-masters Yello as it embarks. 
Churning those waters ever deeper, female siren-song harmonies heighten its atmosphere, before Richard & Tapio channel the track into the glockenspiel-like orchestral chime of the break. With the tempo’s dial securely locked to trance-progressive, ‘Slowmotion III” proceeds to deliver one laser-lit FX tweak, frisson-filled sequential development and masterfully delivered key change after another.

Pure mood-food for those that like to explore the dark underbelly of trance, the Original Mix of ‘Slowmotion III’ arrives on Beatport on June 30th.

Tracklist:
Black Hole 659-1
Solarstone & Orkidea – Slowmotion III
1. Original Mix
2. Solarstone Remix
3. Orkidea Remix

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@blackholerecordings

TEASER Solarstone & Orkidea - Slowmotion III (Orkidea Remix) [Black Hole 659-0]

TEASER Solarstone & Orkidea - Slowmotion III (Solarstone Remix) [Black Hole 659-0]

I have always loved long progressive tracks from the likes of BT, Sunday Club and Sasha who've have made tracks well over 10 minutes. You don't hear that much anymore and I was wondering why is that..? I ended up thinking that it's the 2014 EDM culture which has made DJs so visible stage performers that (at least in DJs' heads) there is a need to do something actively when playing and that has lead into two minute quick mixing and sets loaded with mashups. 

Don't get me wrong: I understand that in a big room/festival setting that works very well, but I also believe that many people still enjoy longer progressions and tracks with many parts flowing seamlessly from one to another. I wanted to try to make a track like that: epic intro, deep & groovy build up part, emotive breakdown, driving D part, uplifting peak moment and percussion driven outdo. Hope you like it :)

Solarstone & Orkidea - Slowmotion III (Orkidea Remix)

Pure Trance ADE 2014. Orkidea.

Out now: http://www.beatport.com/track/purity-sneijder-remix/5957875

Massive psy influenced uplifting Sneijder remix of my 'Purity' single is out now! Support from Armin van Buuren, Ali & Fila, Solarstone, Bryan Kearney, Mark Sherry and many others. Already #8 in Beatport Trance Top 100 and still rising...


Purity (Sneijder Remix)

Original mix of 'Purity' and remixes from Nicholas Bennison and Peetu S are now out in Beatport! It is my first new solo material in three years and the debut single from my fourth artist album (coming out during 2015) so I'm super happy to see this finally out! :-)

Beatport:
http://www.beatport.com/release/purity/1403812


Purity (Original Mix)

Download on Beatport: http://btprt.dj/1M3E64c
Download on iTunes: http://apple.co/1M3EbEV

Orkidea’s last single venture, the purer-than-pure ‘Purity’, stoked floor fires bright throughout the autumn. Drawing substantial deck & radio show rotation from Armin van Buuren and multitude of other tier-1 DJs, press-side it was hailed is as “a real treat!” with Tilllate scoring it a red-hot 9.5/10. The UK’s DJ Mag meanwhile described it as having a “doomy dash of ‘Bladerunner’ with several tablespoons of ‘Oxygène’ about it”. For his next release, the flying Fin, delves even deeper into the latter’s sonic gene pool, with a stunning retro-futuristic revision from the Jean-Michel Jarre universe. 

He’s taken the legendary composer’s 1988 classic ‘Revolution Industrielle’ and, bringing all his accrued production knowledge to bear, repurposed it for 21st century clubbers.
Orkidea brilliantly, assuredly recasts JMJ’s ‘Revolution Industrielle’ as a deep-into-the-night club floor titan, utilizing masterful chord transposal and emotion-spiking Roland D-50 synths to retain the original’s soundscape feel & drama. 
A release with one foot in the past… and the other most firmly in the future, to quote ‘Revolution Industrielle’ itself, it’s “today, tomorrow… forever”.

Revolution Industrielle

Redemption

Buy in Beatport

Orkidea & Activa - Z21 [OUT NOW!]

David West & Orkidea: Gods Garden

Way Out West: Killa (DJ Orkidea remix)

Andy Moor vs Orkidea: YearZero

Orkidea: Metaverse (Gareth Emery remix)

Rendezvous (Orkidea Remix)

Orkidea: Unity (Solarstone's Pure Mix)

At this year's ADE something very special was born. On October 18th, at the height of Amsterdam'sannual EDM takeover, dance pioneer Solarstone showcased his new audio axiom. A roots return forthe genre, his is a rally against inorganic and trend-driven Trance, a rediscovery of what drew somany to the genre's flame. The reclamation has started: the code word is "Pure Trance". 

In the packed-to-the-rafters floating venueUndercurrent - where anticipation was sky-high -those lucky enough to have a begged, borrowed orbought a ticket were among the first to experience“Solarstone presents Pure Trance”. That night,alongside fellow forerunners Orkidea, GiuseppeOttaviani, Daniel Kandi and John 00 Fleming,Solarstone encapsulated his vision in a competitiondefying, wall to wall live event that revised Trance toits purest degree.
The crowd hoped it would be so - and subsequentlythe sheer relief and joy of the assembled masses uponconfirmation that "Pure Trance" is indeed the genuinearticle - the embodiment of the original Trance spirit -created an intensity which was clear & palpable andthe first to hear “ Pure Trance ” frontman Solarstonedebut exclusive material from the first instalment of hisnew ‘Solarstone presents Pure Trance’ compilationseries, which hits stores worldwide on 19.11.12 (2 CD/ DD).

For those who couldn't be there, Solarstone has now joined forces with Afterhours.FM to give all ofhis fans the opportunity to relive every second of that night in Amsterdam. On Thursday, November29th, Afterhours.FM will present an exclusive 8 hour broadcast between 16.00 – 00.00 hr CETfeaturing all live sets from the ‘ Solarstone presents Pure Trance’ launch party at ADE this year.Don't miss this opportunity to check out a full eight hours of propellant beats, tremor-inducing LFOs,iridescent melodies, sky-bound synths and heartfelt vocals delivered by Orkidea, Giuseppe Ottaviani,Daniel Kandi and John 00 Fleming, all of it overseen by Solarstone.
To put it in Solarstone's own words: "This is what got you into Trance in the first place".

Afterhours.FM presents....
Solarstone presents Pure Trance LIVE @ Amsterdam Dance Event
With live sets from Solarstone, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Orkidea, Daniel Kandi & John ‘00’ Fleming
Date: Thursday November 29th 2012
Time: 16.00 – 00.00 hr CET

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Orkidea:
01: Petar Dundov - Stairway
02: Guy J - Fixation
03: Circulation - Turquoise (Guy J Remix)
04: Airwave vs. Michael & Levan & Stiven Rivic - A Simple Day
05: Kay-D – Avalanche
06: Lowland - Cheap Shrink
07: Orkidea - Sun Down (Michael Cassette Remix)
08: Lank - Let It Roll (Chris Cargo Remix)
09: Winkee - Whisper (Simon Templar 2012 Remix)
10: Andy Moor & Orkidea - Orbithing (Extended Mix)
11: Paul Oakenfold feat. Carla Werner - Southern Sun (Orkidea Remix 2)
12: Tristan D vs. Solis & Sean Truby - Judgement Sundays Anthem (Andy Tau Remix)
13: Protoculture - Perpetual Motion

Giuseppe Ottaviani:
01. Giuseppe Ottaviani - ID
02. Paul van Dyk & Giuseppe Ottaviani - A Wonderful Day (GO Live edit)
03. Paul van Dyk feat Michelle Leonard - Lost in Berlin (GO remix)
04. Andrea Mazza & Max Denoise - State of Soul (Maarten de Jong remix - GO edit)
05. Ummet Ozcan - The Box
06. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat Faith - Angel
07. Aerospace - Shocking (Marc Simz remix)
08. Giuseppe Ottaviani - ID
09. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat Amba Shepherd - Lost For Words (club mix)
10. Underworld - Born Slippy (GO remix)
11. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat Betsie Larkin - Toys (Club mix)
12. Khomha vs NU NRG - Dreamland's Knight (GO Live edit)
13. Giuseppe Ottaviani & Tom Colontonio - Love Mission
14. Paul van Dyk feat Plumb - I Don't Deserve You (GO remix)
15. Giuseppe Ottaviani - Earthbeat
16. Giuseppe Ottaviani -- ID
17. Tiesto - Adagio for Strings (GO remix)
18. Giuseppe Ottaviani - ID
19. Ottaviani & O'Callaghan - Ride The Wave vs Armin van Buuren - Burned With Desire (AvB Mashup vs GO live edit)
20. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat Amba Shepherd - Lost For Words (OnAir mix)

Solarstone:
01. Solarstone feat. Clare Stagg - The Spell (Pure Intro Mix)
02. Steve Brian - Vueltas (Thomas Datt Intrumental)
03. Almar - Evening Star
04. Lemon - We Can't Fly (Solarstone Pure Mix)
05. Solarstone with Aly & Fila - Fireisland (Future Disciple Remix)
06. Ehren Stowers - Split Source
07. Kyau & Albert with Ronski Speed - Euphonia (Ronski Speed Mix)
08. Giuseppe Ottaviani - Earthbeat
09. Delerium feat. Michael Logen - Days Turn Into Nights (Solarstone Pure Dub)
10. Solarstone & Giuseppe Ottaviani - Falcons (Solarstone Extended Mix)
11. Eugene Karnak - Osiris (Global Influence Remix)
12. Alex M.O.R.P.H. - Eternal Flame (Alex M.O.R.P.H.'s 'Reach Out For The Stars' Mix)
13. Omnia - Infina (Original Mix)
14. Orkidea - Unity (Solarstone Pure Mix)
15. C-Systems & Bushi - Ari (Suncatcher Exclusive Remix)
16. Young Parisians feat. Ben Lost - Jump The Next Train (Haris C Remix)
17. Solarstone - Voyager (Original Mix)
18. Temple One - In Her Eyes
19. Rex Mundi - Steaming Waterfalls
20. Mark Pledger - A New World
21. Walsh & McAuley feat. David Berkeley - Sail On The Waves (Solarstone Pure Mix)
22. Solarstone - Seven Cities (Solarstone Pure Mix)

Daniel Kandi:
01. Tiësto - Ten Seconds Before Sunrise
02. Jonas Steur aka Fable - Above
03. Max Braiman - Moving Metropol
04. Aiera - North Coast Island (Max Braiman Remix) (Leon Beilmann Mashup)
05. Skytech vs Super8 &Tab - Lights Out In Helsinki Scorchin' (Daniel Kandi's Mashup)
06. Daniel Kandi - 3 Strikes UR In
07. Spark 7 - Insania
08. Svenson & Gielen - Beauty of Silence (W&W vs Jonas Stenberg 2010 Remix)
09. A.R.D.I. - Premonition (Daniel Kandi's BigRoom Mix)
10. Ronski Speed with Stoneface & Terminal - Soulseeker
11. Aligator feat. Daniel Kandi & Julie Rugaard - The Perfect Match (Club Mix)
12. Above & Beyond - Sun In Your Eyes (Daniel Kandi Remix)
13. Susana & Dark Matters - Home (Daniel Kandi's Retrofit Remix)
14. Delerium – After All (Svenson & Gielen Remix)
15. Daniel Kandy & Ferry Tayle - Flying Blue
15. Alex M.O.R.P.H. feat. Sylvia Tosun - An Angels Love (Vocal Mix)

John 00 Fleming:
Coming soon.

Solarstone presents Pure Trance ADE 01 - Orkidea

Hymns (Arabic: تَرَانِيْمْ get started 28 May 2015) is a Trance, Uplifting, EDM, Pop, R&B, Country, Classic, Echos and Oriental {Arabic & Turkish} music page on Instagram.
Starting Name / الاسم التي بدأت به: Hymns | تَرَانِيْمْ
Starting Date / تاريخ البدء: May28-2015 | أيار 
Starting Place / مكان البدء: Turkey | تركيا
Geners / الأنواع الموسيقية: Trance, Uplifting, House, Progressive, EDM, Classic, Chill Out, Piano, Oud, Echos, Oriental (Arabic & Turkish) 
Occupation(s) / المهنة: Entertaining Page on Instagram | صفحة للتسلية على موقع الإنستاغرام
Years active / سنوات العمل: From 2015 to Present
Websites / المواقع الإلكترونية: hymns_insta@hotmail.com    https://instagram.com/hymns_insta/
http://www.youtube.com/user/T2hDClub
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