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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
735	337	Trance, Progressive	Helsinki, FI

DJ Orkidea has been one of Scandinavia's top DJs for over 10 years and has been voted Scandinavia's Best DJ 2003 in Danish Megamind's voting and elected three times (2002, 2003 & 2004) as Best DJ in Finnish Club Awards.

He is Renaissance Worldwide Helsinki resident and has played all around the world in Berlin (Tresor, WMF), Ibiza (Pacha), Denmark (Roskilde Festival), Tokyo (CODE), Toronto (Wintergalactic), Frankfurt (Nature One Festival) and Amsterdam (Panama). At these events Orkidea has played with Paul van Dyk, Tiesto, Sven Vath, Jose Padilla and The Prodigy just to name a few.

In 1999 Orkidea released Unity 12Ã¢ 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. Orkidea's new single Melancholy was released on DJ Tiesto's Black Hole Recordings.

Orkidea has made remixes for legendary dance labels like Nettwerk (DJ Tiesto: Flight 643), Vandit & Anjunabeats (Aalto: Rush), Hooj Choons (Space Manoeuvres: Stage One) and remixed mainstream artists such as The Doors and Bomfunk MCs. His work has been included on Renaissance, Gatecrasher and Ministry of Sound CD compilations. He released his debut solo album on Universal Music in 2003 and reached the Finnish national Top 20 charts with 'Melancholy'.

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, never lacking energy but always keeping the quality high.