Orkidea, though many people consider Sasha and Digweed masters, is a master himself. You really can't compare Orkidea to any other dj in the world, mainly because of his skills as a producer and a musician. He has been involved in music since the age of 14, so does this classify as a master?? His mixing is seemless, his track selection is second to none, and he mixes up various genres of music with such skill that you never know if you're listening to Trance, Progressive, Tribal, House, Breaks or whatever.

Sasha and Digweed and the other "masters" used to go cross genre alot in the past, back when electronic music had it's peak back in the late 90's. If you ask me why I think the peak of electronic was that far back, from 1995 - 2000 then it died, I will tell you. Back in the day, producers used to take a lot of time to make a track, years, months, whatever, they put their heart and sould into making COMPOSITIONS of electronic music that actually pulled emotional strings when you heard them played. Now, in the face of the evil dollar, producers are pumping out tracks every week, sacrificing heart and soul for the mighty buck.

Orkidea still takes months, even years to make a track, which is why whenever you hear him drop a private label the crowd goes wild! Amazing music. For years now, Sasha and them have been sticking to the same style of dark, deep tribal beats, not really varying from their style throughout any set. I've heard them spin dozens of times live and though their music is beautiful and I love their sets with all my heart, the musical experience doesn't fulfill me anymore. It just isn't varied enough, and forgets to take you on an emotional loop. Orkidea has this quality, mixing perfectly, technically equal or better than anyone in the world, blending beautiful music and making magic out of vinyl.

There's my story as to why Orkidea will make you understand the way this music should be played. People said that Orkidea enlightened them at STATE '01, that he blew them away, he was the star of the night, they couldn't believe their ears, and on and on and on. People said his set reminded them of the way it used to be. He was opening for Armin, played after Ian Ossia, and only had 2.5 hours. All this in 2.5 hours??? WOW!! Just wait until you get a chance to listen to him paint a musical masterpiece. I personally invite any doubters out to this night, because when you leave you will believe. Orkidea, the future because he remebers the past and the way it used to be. He gives people art in the form of music, he takes you on a journey.

nuff said.


spaceman

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i understand ur thoughts realspaceman, ur right i think Orkidea is still very much not famous, but he is a amazing dj, underrated which is good...i know a lot ppl talk about Sasha and Digweed being da masters, ya they r, Orkidea seems 2 remind of Nick Warren...its like when Nick started spinning nobody knew him, but he was always amazing, until u went 2 a club and actually heard him spin live, dats when u thought he was da best...well just my thought, nick's been around 4 a long time and still ppl didn't seem 2 notice his talent, actually right now coz of his new album Intesify he's kind of on every1's tongue, but still it's nothing...its 2 bad there isn't ne dj's like nick or orkidea, maybe they r, but there not unreleaved like others coz definately if there was more dj's like dem, trance wud of been more competitive and understandable

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Apart from his infamous lost remix of 'Stage One' what else has he done?

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Originally posted by laird Apart from his infamous lost remix of 'Stage One' what else has he done?

He did famous remix for dj Tiesto - Flight 643