Wow! Classic Orkidea staying true to roots

my TOTY for 2015. Thank you Orkidea for this absolute monster.

Looking forward to some of this at TS in london! :)

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

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]

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

Gonna Be Better

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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@solarstone
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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]

Digitally Enhanced returns with Volume Eight, mixed by Farius and Ruben de Ronde!

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An undeniable staple of a release in the world of trance music returns to Enhanced Progressive this week as British producer Farius and Dutch producer Ruben de Ronde share mixing duties on the renowned Digitally Enhanced compilation. On Volume Eight the two producers bring you 41 individual tracks for your listening pleasure, divided into two highly engaging and enthralling DJ mixes that showcase the best in progressive dance music. Featuring new originals and remixes from established names like Solarstone, Cubicore, Sunny Lax, Boom Jinx and Nitrous Oxide, as well as label debuts from the likes of Bowers & Tidwell, Taygeto, re:boot and Nourey, this compilation is your one stop shop for all things trance as we close out 2023. 

1. Ruben de Ronde & AunA - Falling Free [00:00]
2. Whiteout & Norni - Just Tell Me Now [05:11]
3. Matt Dylan - Vitality [08:58]
4. David Broaders - Lore [12:22]
5. Kiholm - Interstellar [17:09]
6. Bound to Divide & Lovlee - Flying By [20:25]
7. Estiva - Via Infinita [23:59]
8. Matt Fax & Ruben de Ronde - Stokbrood [27:30]
9. Disfunktion & Kris O'Neil - U & Me [31:23]
10. Tom Klay & Zack Evans - Jules Védrines (Genesis) [33:54] 
11. Rodrigo Deem - Bulldozer [35:24]
12. Ruben de Ronde & Farius & David Frank - Radiant [38:40]
13. Jaco - The Change [43:04]
14. Nitrous Oxide & Simon Gregory pres. Digital Drift feat. Sean Ryann - Fight For You [45:49]
15. Hausman & Lumynesynth - Kenmore (Meant To Be) (Nitrous Oxide Remix) [51:06]
16. Cubicore & Ava Silver - Strangers [55:21]
17. Protoculture - States of Flux [59:53]
18. Eugenio Tokarev - Resurfaced [01:03:54]
19. Phillip Castle - Stay Here [01:06:54]
20. Hausman - Landslide [01:11:25]
21. SISKIN - Wreckage [01:16:30]
22. Sunny Lax - Prison Of The Mind [01:20:39]

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Digitally Enhanced Volume Eight, mixed by Farius & Ruben de Ronde

Digitally Enhanced Volume Eight, Part Two - mixed by Ruben de Ronde

Destination

Skynet

Skynet (Extended)

Release date (all stores): 4th November 2024
Catalog Number: ESK202
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We are delighted to welcome US-based Luminance and Republic of Korea-based Casepeat, working in collaboration here at Emergent Skies to bring us a fantastic new release.

This amazing track builds through a rolling bass with acid leads and beautiful soaring melodies to create a dreamy, euphoric trance masterpiece.

Joining us with an amazing release here at Skies, this is Luminance & Casepeat with their sensational new track “Sebyuk”


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Sebyuk

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Luminance & Casepeat - Sebyuk (Extended Mix) [ESK202]

Redemption

ØBVA-Breakline[Mutant Rebels]

Shelby Burnout, Edith Crosby - Lettres D'Anouk

Jennifer Rene Trance & Psy Mix March 2016

VII052: Orkidea - That Feeling

Beatport release: 04.05.20

The prince of prog Orkidea finally returns to VII with a superb breaks record that draws influences from so many classy and cool places. This is early Sasha & Digweed meets Massive Attack meets emotional, powerful trademark Orkidea layered melodies. We adore this record and have officially named it the anthem of Spring 2020.

Orkidea - That Feeling

It’ll End In Tears

It'll End In Tears (Sean Tyas Extended Remix)

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
https://vimeo.com/user26341401
https://soundcloud.com/hymns_insta              
                  
            

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.

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