DJ Orkidea

Orkidea has been voted Scandinavia's Best DJ twice in Danish Megamind's voting and elected five times as Best DJ at Finnish Club Awards.

He's been Renaissance Worldwide Helsinki resident and has played all around the world in Berlin (Tresor, WMF), Ibiza (Pacha), Hong Kong, France, UK, Denmark (Roskilde Festival), Tokyo (CODE), Toronto (Wintergalactic), Egypt, Macedonia, Russia (Tunnel Club), Frankfurt (Nature One Festival) and Amsterdam (Panama). At these events Orkidea has played with Paul van Dyk, Tiesto, Sven Väth, Jose Padilla, Chemical Brothers and The Prodigy just to name a few.

In 1999 Orkidea released "Unity" 12" single on Steelfish Records UK. It was played by all the big names including Pete Tong and John Digweed and was played by both Sasha and Paul Oakenfold as opening track for their Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1. Since then he has released various singles on Five AM, Black Hole, Unity and Sential Records. Orkidea has also released two albums and one mix CD on Universal Music. The releases have earned many chart positions including Finnish singles chart #1 in 2005.

Orkidea has made remixes for legendary dance labels like Nettwerk (DJ Tiesto: Flight 643), Vandit (Aalto: Rush), Hooj Choons (Space Manoeuvres: Stage One), Lost Language (Tilt's 12), Solaris (Way Out West: Killa) and remixed mainstream artists such as The Doors and Bomfunk MC's. His work has been included on Renaissance, Gatecrasher, State of Trance and Ministry of Sound CD compilations.

Orkidea also runs his own Unity Records with artists like Slusnik Luna, Beatpusher and Dallas Superstars and he has had his own monthly show in Finnish National Radio 1 since 1998. He has also written and produced score music for three films and various TV-ads. Orkidea's DJ sets are a mix of progressive house and trance, spiced with some breaks and techno.