Why do I suddenly feel like it’s 1999 all over again! What a smoking set!!! Thank you Grand Master Orkidea!!!!!

*This replaces the previous upload which had a technical issue.

This week's show features the live recording of Solarstone & Orkidea's 'All Night Long' Pure Trance show at Ääniwalli in Helsinki, Finland on September 27th, 2024.

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Solarstone presents Pure Trance Radio Episode 420

Live recording from VII London 30.11.2024. Packed day and night at E1 - one of London's hottest electronic music venues at the moment. It was so nice meet people who had traveled from around the world for this party: Australia, US, Scandinavia, Germany, Argentina and so many other places. This is opening set starting with deeper progressive sounds and leading into driving trance crescendo. Featuring music from the likes of Marsh, Estiva, Rufus Du Sol, Argy and Tinlicker. Hope you enjoy the journey!

Orkidea - Live From VII London 2024

Celebrating this Saturdays 25th anniversary event of Finnish event and DJ booking agency Misc by uploading a very special house mix of mine I did for our weekly night JACK back in 2004. Heavily inspired by my trips to Berlin at that time. Tune in!

Orkidea - JACK Mix Vol 1 (2004)

This is the 2nd in a series of special editions that take a deep dive into the Solarstone back catalogue. This week's features Solarstone productions & remixes spanning 2000-2002.

01. Solarstone - Green Light [Lost Language]
02. Z2 - Herbgrinder [Deep Blue]
03. Solarstone - Solarcoaster [Lost Language]
04. Liquid State - Falling (Solarstone Remix) [Perfecto]
05. Solarstone ft. Kym Marsh - Day By Day (2K Superdub) [Hooj Choons]
06. Ferry Corsten - Galaxia (Solarstone Remix) [Go For It]
07. Junk Project - Composure (Solarstone Remix) [Liquid Asset]
08. Jan Johnston - Silent Words (Solarstone Remix) [Perfecto]
09. Solarstone & Elizabeth Fields - Speak in Sympathy [Deep Blue]
10. Chris Bangs - Warm Weather (Solarstone Remix) [INCredible]
11. Paul Oakenfold ft. Carla Werner - Southern Sun (Solarstone After Hours Mix)

Solarstone presents Pure Trance Radio Episode 442

Hel:sløwed - Borderlands 075

My live set from the opening night of Trance Bar at Post Bar in Helsinki. This represent well what I want to showcase musically in these nights: wide range of trance from deep and progressive to driving and uplifting and from the newest promos to some timeless gems. 

What a night the opening was! Packed house with over 500 people, great and varied set of artists and their versions of "trance". Next event on Easter Thursday 17.04.2025 with myself, MFM of Below0, Joni DJ from Post Bar and Cool DJ Pinball Heikki from Skorpioni. So happy that there is a regular trance night in Helsinki again <3

Orkidea - Live at Trance Bar (07.03.2025)

Summer is soon here and here are some of my this summer's fave tunes:

01. Barry Can't Swim & O'Flynn - Kimpton
02. Everything Is Art - All The Love (WhoMadeWho & Samm Remix)
03. Jody Wisternoff, PROFF, James Grant, Siobhan Wilson, Takeshi Furukawa - Mui (Ezequiel Arias Remix)
04. RÜFÜS DU SOL - In the Moment (Adriatique Remix)
05. Yotto & Something Good - Love Shop
06. Frank Ocean - Lost (Gabss e Vintage Culture Remix)
07. Tomaz, Filterheadz, Hot Since 82 - Sunshine 2025
08. Pablo Bozzi - Fantasy
09. John Summit - Focus feat. CLOVES (Layton Giordani Remix)
10. Amelie Lens - Falling For You (Orkidea Remix)
11. Castle Trancelott - Indoctrinate (Patrick Prins Full Re-Flex)
12. Boudi - Not Tonight Pamela
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Orkidea - Radio Unity (May 2025)

Matthi & Henry are celebrated for their dynamic Hybrid Live performances and DJ sets. Their weekly radio show, From Techno Into Trance, showcases their ability to seamlessly blend these genres, offering listeners a masterclass in genre-fluid artistry.

From Techno Into Trance 84

01 Joker Jam & Dancer - Traffic
02 Claudio PRC & Enrica Falqui - Synapse
03 Psycatron - People in Glass House (Psycatron's Lateral Thinker Mix)
04 Z.I.P.P.O - Eleven
05 Nomas - Antithesis (Original)
06 Inox Traxx - In My Darkness (Original)
07 DSTRTD SGNL - Brainwave
08 Rebüke - Along Came Polly (Stoneface & Terminal Edit)
09 Len Faki & Jancen - Morgana 
10 Andrew Bayer - I Don't Want You (Extended)
11 Lange & Ingenta - Wayfarer (Extended)
12 Klangkuenstler - Supernova (Original)
13 Papi Joe - Missing (Original)
14 Perc 3 & Passarella Death Squad - Temperature's Rising 
15 Stoneface & Terminal - Neovortex
16 Kuss - The Power Of Dreams
17 Umek presents Polyvinyl - Journey To The Clouds
18 Mozzy Rekorder & Djonk3y - Acid Run (Original)
19 Ferry Corsten & Gouryella - Marama (Moon & Stars) (Extended)
20 Drunken Kong - Music For Your Soul (Original)
21 Kaio Barssalos - 80s Moove 
22 Stoneface & Terminal - Rupture
23 Mario Piu - Mathmos 


The DJs Stoneface & Terminal - From Techno Into Trance (Live-Edition 84)

Sound of Ibiza

(DE)
"Schleife" ist ein Stück, das dich tief in die Underground-Techno-Szene zieht. Der Track baut auf einer wummernden, bouncy Bassline auf, die dich unaufhaltsam vorantreibt.

Aus dem Hintergrund erhebt sich langsam ein starker Synthesizer, der die Spannung kontinuierlich steigert. Dazu gesellt sich eine tiefe, basslastige Männerstimme, die rhythmisch die Schlüsselwörter des Tracks wiederholt.

Nach einem Moment der Ruhe explodiert der Song in einem brachialen Drop, bei dem die wuchtige Bassline, die Stimme und der Synthesizer zusammenkommen und eine unglaubliche Energie entfesseln. Ab diesem Punkt gibt es kein Halten mehr: "Schleife" wummert wie ein beladener Lkw, der über die Techno-Autobahn brettert, direkt bis zum Ende.

(EN)
"Schleife" is a deep dive into the underground techno scene. The track is built on a thumping, bouncy bassline that drives you forward relentlessly.

A powerful synthesizer slowly emerges from the background, building tension, while a deep, bass-heavy male voice rhythmically repeats the track's keywords.

After a moment of calm, the song explodes in a brutal drop, where the massive bassline, the voice, and the synth converge to unleash incredible energy. From this point on, there's no stopping it: "Schleife" rumbles like a loaded truck barreling down the techno highway, right until the very end.

Schleife

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

Bookings: paula@silverlining.agency

Orkidea has been one of Scandinavia’s leading DJs since the early 90s. He is best known for his unique blend of trance and progressive: credible and firmly rooted in the underground origins of trance. His music has been supported by a wide variety of DJs from the ultimate taste makers such as Pete Tong and Sasha to stadium filling titans Armin van Buuren and Tiesto. All artists that he has enjoyed sharing the stage with too.

Tapio Hakanen aka Orkidea has released four full length albums for Black Hole, AVA and Universal Music. He is best known for classics such as Unity, YearZero and Nana and timeless remixes of Way Out West’s Killa, Aalto’s Rush and Tiesto’s Flight 643. Lately he has been one of the key creative forces in Solarstone’s Pure Trance movement and has had the pleasure of mixing the first compilation, releasing on the label and performing at their high profile events around the globe. Orkidea is also a member of the critically acclaimed VII DJ collective.

Throughout his career, Orkidea has been voted seven times as #1 DJ in Finland and two times the most popular DJ in Scandinavia and made it to the DJ Mag Top 200 and Tranceaddict Top 100 lists. He has had 32 Beatport Top 100 tracks, one iTunes #1 album, a Finnish singles chart #1 and a Beatport Trance #1 single under his belt alongside over 30 million plays in YouTube, SoundCloud and Spotify.

Since his first gigs at illegal squat house underground raves in 1992, Orkidea has played over 2000 gigs around the world at legendary venues such as Ministry of Sound in London, Cafe del Mar in Ibiza, Tresor in Berlin, Pacha in Buenos Aires and Avalon in Los Angeles, as well as some of world’s most prestigious events including Dreamstate USA, Luminosity, Transmission and Amsterdam ADE.

Between his peers, he is known as being driven by his constant need to evolve and create. Something he fulfills by uniting, supporting and inspiring the people and movements he is passionate about. Dedication to the scene and ethos of “Forward Forever, Backwards Never” has kept Orkidea moving and progressing for over 25 years and it’s still what keeps him as relevant and credible as ever.

Orkidea - Live at Trance Bar (07.03.2025)

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