Just thought it would be cool to let people in on a little secret. He performed after Tiesto at Wintergalactic 2001, and he was one of the headliner at the recent STATE '01 event. Many who attended either event are sure to say that Orkidea far exceeded their expectations, or was all out a better DJ than the other headliners they came out to see, such as Tiesto or Armin. With all the hype I thought I would shed some light on the topic, here goes.

Orkidea started musically when he was 14 years old. He knows his way around a studio..any studio, the way most of us know how to walk. It's second nature to him. His performances are a very unique combination of progressive, tech house, deep trance, progressive trance, house and the list goes on. He does LIVE/PA performances of his own productions and other original music at events such as LABYRINTH in Finland and has performed with artists such as The Prodigy, Sven Vath, Tiesto and a huge list of others.

When Orkidea steps to the decks for an 8 hour set in the next few months, people will get a chance to experience one of the most ecclectic and fulfilling musical experiences of their lives. He is better in every sense and stipulation than any other artist in the scene currently, including the DJ Magazine top 100 poll. True, this is my opinion but when we brought Tiesto at Wintergalactic 2000 for the first time ever, noone believed us then either. Then we said Armin is the best performer of the three, Tiesto, Ferry, Armin. Now that everyone's heard Armin, most agree. So, the odds are that we mean what we say and the risk is only that we were wrong. The music will still blow your mind regardless, as I'm sure a few will comment that Digweed, Sasha, or Warren being better. I've personally heard every one of them live a dozen times, and Orkidea puts all of them to shame.

His sets are a complete musical journey, a spiritual uprising of emotion and oneness. This one's for real, he will be one of the best in the world in a very short period of time, come and experience him in the next couple of months, we'll keep you updated.

peace,

spaceman

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Orkidea is quality, period.

Check out his Radio Unity sets (monthly) @ www.clubunity.org

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I might want to take that back.

This month's set was weird...

hmm...

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sounds cool!

Orkidea's real name is Tapio Hakanen, if u didn't know it yet..

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Originally posted by REALSPACEMAN Just thought it would be cool to let people in on a little secret. He performed after Tiesto at Wintergalactic 2001, and he was one of the headliner at the recent STATE '01 event. Many who attended either event are sure to say that Orkidea far exceeded their expectations, or was all out a better DJ than the other headliners they came out to see, such as Tiesto or Armin. With all the hype I thought I would shed some light on the topic, here goes. Orkidea started musically when he was 14 years old. He knows his way around a studio..any studio, the way most of us know how to walk. It's second nature to him. His performances are a very unique combination of progressive, tech house, deep trance, progressive trance, house and the list goes on. He does LIVE/PA performances of his own productions and other original music at events such as LABYRINTH in Finland and has performed with artists such as The Prodigy, Sven Vath, Tiesto and a huge list of others. When Orkidea steps to the decks for an 8 hour set in the next few months, people will get a chance to experience one of the most ecclectic and fulfilling musical experiences of their lives. He is better in every sense and stipulation than any other artist in the scene currently, including the DJ Magazine top 100 poll. True, this is my opinion but when we brought Tiesto at Wintergalactic 2000 for the first time ever, noone believed us then either. Then we said Armin is the best performer of the three, Tiesto, Ferry, Armin. Now that everyone's heard Armin, most agree. So, the odds are that we mean what we say and the risk is only that we were wrong. The music will still blow your mind regardless, as I'm sure a few will comment that Digweed, Sasha, or Warren being better. I've personally heard every one of them live a dozen times, and Orkidea puts all of them to shame. His sets are a complete musical journey, a spiritual uprising of emotion and oneness. This one's for real, he will be one of the best in the world in a very short period of time, come and experience him in the next couple of months, we'll keep you updated. peace, spaceman

Hmmm...Dude I'm sure that Orkidea is a good DJ but to say that he'll put Sahsa and Digweed to shame is pretty laughable. The fact is that Sasha and Digweed are known as one of the best technical DJ's in the world (Carl Cox some would argue is probably the best). Sasha and Diggers have unbelieveable mixing and track selections so and they spin different kinda stuff from Orkidea so I'm not sure how u are trying to compare them.

I'll definately come see Orkidea spin next time he is in TO but I'm not going to expect him to be better then Sasha or Diggers (or Warren), that would probably not happen anyway.

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Originally posted by Kytracid Hmmm...Dude I'm sure that Orkidea is a good DJ but to say that he'll put Sahsa and Digweed to shame is pretty laughable. The fact is that Sasha and Digweed are known as one of the best technical DJ's in the world (Carl Cox some would argue is probably the best). Sasha and Diggers have unbelieveable mixing and track selections so and they spin different kinda stuff from Orkidea so I'm not sure how u are trying to compare them. I'll definately come see Orkidea spin next time he is in TO but I'm not going to expect him to be better then Sasha or Diggers (or Warren), that would probably not happen anyway.

Disagree Orkidea is better than Digweed..

orkidea did kind of steal the show at wintergalactic - just because no one knew who he was, and his set was so unexpected, and incredible....

unfortunately i missed armin, but solid state is the best production company in t.o. right now, hands down.... so if you guys are bringing orkidea back, i'll be there, no question....

respect for continuing to push toronto in a positive direction

oh yeah..... and i love your signature thingy cosmix - really graphically nice...

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Originally posted by cosmix Disagree Orkidea is better than Digweed..

If u say so...

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I dont know enough about sasha and digweed to say if Orkidea is better. What I do know is when I listen to Orkidea I am blown away. When I listen to s + d i am listening to electronic music.

Orkidea is a DJ with everything included, producing, remixing, and spinning. And he does it so damn well. See him live, listen to his sound and so you will realize.

I personally don't like Digweed too much, I tried one of his sets and thought it was rather....bland, I think would be the proper word. It was a set from Miami, I dunno, maybe it sucks. Maybe you guys can recommend his best set?

I personally think that Westbam and PvD are the best DJ's, of course, I'm not saying that everyone else is shit. But they are my favourite, along with Tiesto. I love Tiesto's track selections, even though they're not as "underground", they still do it for me.

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Originally posted by REALSPACEMAN Just thought it would be cool to let people in on a little secret. He performed after Tiesto at Wintergalactic 2001, and he was one of the headliner at the recent STATE '01 event. Many who attended either event are sure to say that Orkidea far exceeded their expectations, or was all out a better DJ than the other headliners they came out to see, such as Tiesto or Armin. With all the hype I thought I would shed some light on the topic, here goes. Orkidea started musically when he was 14 years old. He knows his way around a studio..any studio, the way most of us know how to walk. It's second nature to him. His performances are a very unique combination of progressive, tech house, deep trance, progressive trance, house and the list goes on. He does LIVE/PA performances of his own productions and other original music at events such as LABYRINTH in Finland and has performed with artists such as The Prodigy, Sven Vath, Tiesto and a huge list of others. When Orkidea steps to the decks for an 8 hour set in the next few months, people will get a chance to experience one of the most ecclectic and fulfilling musical experiences of their lives. He is better in every sense and stipulation than any other artist in the scene currently, including the DJ Magazine top 100 poll. True, this is my opinion but when we brought Tiesto at Wintergalactic 2000 for the first time ever, noone believed us then either. Then we said Armin is the best performer of the three, Tiesto, Ferry, Armin. Now that everyone's heard Armin, most agree. So, the odds are that we mean what we say and the risk is only that we were wrong. The music will still blow your mind regardless, as I'm sure a few will comment that Digweed, Sasha, or Warren being better. I've personally heard every one of them live a dozen times, and Orkidea puts all of them to shame. His sets are a complete musical journey, a spiritual uprising of emotion and oneness. This one's for real, he will be one of the best in the world in a very short period of time, come and experience him in the next couple of months, we'll keep you updated. peace, spaceman

hey man, ur completely right, Orkidea was awesome dat night and he stole da show. dis was da first time i saw him, so u know i can't say much about. da 3 top progressive dj's of da world - Sasha, Digweed and Nick Warren, u can't really compare dem. there masters, i dont know ne1 better dem. Orkidea is amazing, and he is da future, definately, no question about dat. but Orkidea doesn't spin progressive all da way, he's more of everything and dats good

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