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Orkidea @ Pussy 12th Anniversary - 28.08.2010

Classics set at Pussy Club’s 12th Anniversary at The Circus in Helsinki

  1. Mory Kante: Yeke Yeke (Hardfloor remix)
  2. Timo Maas: Ubik (The Dance Instrumental)
  3. Cevin Fisher: The Freaks Come Out (Sharp Boys remix)
  4. Moguai: U Know Y (Punx Squad Edit)
  5. Underworld: Cowgirl (Bedrock remix)
  6. Guy Gerber: Stoppage Time
  7. Der Dritte Raum: Hale Bopp (Original mix)
  8. Bedrock: Heaven Scent
  9. Sasha: Xpander (12″ Remastered Version)
  10. Placebo: Without You I’m Nothing (Brothers In Rhythm Club Mix)
  11. Breeder: The Chain
  12. Three Drives: Greece 2000 (Man With No Name Remix)
  13. Skynet UK: Open The Floodgates ‘99

Radio Unity 020 tonight on Afterhours.fm

What is a recipe for a monthly Radio Unity show? Here are the commonly used incredients. Surely chef sometimes use some special spices but these are most common ones:

  • -One month of intensive music hunting for new tracks. This includes for example going through promos from labels, listening to hundreds of new releases in web shops, checking fellow DJs charts, playlists, radio shows, live mixes & podcasts and of course trainspotting some bombs at clubs.
  • -Figuring out the approximately ten tracks to be included from tens of candidates and their order.
  • -Checking the harmonic key of the tracks with Mixed in Key software.
  • -Selecting opening and closing tracks as they are often the most important ones.
  • -Putting together the arrangement in Ableton Live.
  • -Pitch shifting (with Ableton) some of the tracks to fit harmonically.
  • -Re-editing some of the tracks so the mix flows better and fits nicely to the 60 minutes.
  • -Mixing the tracks live using Korg microKONTROL and Ableton’s filters and effects.
  • -Exporting the finished mix to a full resolution .aiff audio file.
  • -Mastering that file in Logic software with plug-ins to balance the overall levels.
  • -Converting the final mix to an MP3 file and uploading that to Afterhours.fm server.

So that is the creative journey taken every month, resulting in a one hour mix of latest progressive trance. Sometimes it all comes together easily, sometimes there can be two “competing” totally different kind of collections while sometime it feels there are double the amount of tracks I can fit. I’ve been doing this since 1998 and still love it every month! Tonight we’ll listen to some aural goodies from the likes of Underworld, Eric Prydz, Jerome Isma-ae, Protoculture, Eelke Klein, Marcus Schulz. Come and join the vibe at AH.FM forum.

Orkidea 6h set @ Klubi - 06.08.2010

Traditional six hour set at Klubi in Turku together with Unity LJs Tea & Severi.

  1. Underworld: To Heal (And Restore Broken Bodies)
  2. Williams: Love On a Real Train
  3. Ost & Kjex: Have You Seen The Moon In Dallas? (Maurice Fulton Remix)
  4. Tensanke: Congolal
  5. Code 718: Equinox (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
  6. Dolle Jolle: Balearic Incarnation (Todd Terje’s  Extra Døll Mix)
  7. Dana Bergquist & Peder G: Acapulco
  8. Ian O’Donovan: Aurora Borealis
  9. Leon Raes: Aruba Garden (Eelke Kleijn Space Mix)
  10. Way Out West: Surrender (Eelke Kleijn Remix)
  11. Ticon: In Stereo (Even 11 Remix)
  12. Dosem: Beach Kisses (Joris Voorn Green Mix)
  13. Glenn Morrison: Symptoms Of A Stranger (Henry Saiz Remix)
  14. Bart Van Wissen: Cosmic Superhero
  15. Sebastian Krieg: Brooklyn
  16. Inkfish: Early Morning
  17. Jaytech & Boom Jinx: Milano
  18. Sander Kleinenberg: M.A.N.I.A.C. (5K Original)
  19. Pryda: M.S.B.O.Y.
  20. David Tort & Norman Doray: Chase The Sun
  21. Marmion: Schoneberg (Sebastian Krieg & Strobe Remix)
  22. Joris Voorn: The Secret
  23. Daniel Portman: Dark Is The Night For All
  24. Umek, Ramirez: Hablando
  25. Faithless: Not Going Home (Eric Prydz Remix)
  26. Andy Moor: She Moves (Ashley Wallbridge Dub Remix)
  27. Max Graham feat. Ana Criado: Nothing Else Matters
  28. Andy Moor vs Orkidea: Untitled
  29. Markus Schulz: Perception (Dub Mix)
  30. Ronski Speed: Denva
  31. Ayla: Ayla 2010 (Jerome Isma-Ae Remix)
  32. Andy Moor vs Orkidea: YearZero (Andy’ Mix)
  33. Slusnik Luna: Sun (2010 remix)
  34. Ali Wilson: Pandora
  35. Rank 1, Jochen Miller: The Great Escape
  36. La Roux: In For The Kill (Hook N Sling re-edit)
  37. Mason: You Are Not Alone
  38. Orkidea: Metaverse (Gareth Emery Remix)
  39. Solarstone & Orkidea: Slowmotion (Original mix)
  40. Union Jack: Two Full Moons And A Trout (Orkidea Remix)
  41. Orkidea: Unity (2010 remix)
  42. Solarstone vs Orkidea: Zeitgeist
  43. Orkidea: Flight 643 (Orkidea Remix)
  44. Protoculture: Music is Forever
  45. Astrix: Sex Style (Orkidea re-edit)
  46. Liquid Soul: Devotion (Protoculture Remix)
  47. Binary Finary: 1998 (ProtoCulture Remix)
  48. Push: Strange World (2000 Remake)

+Tensnake: Coma Cat

+Brida Koivunen: Nukkumatti

DJ Orkidea’s summer 2010 floorburners

  1. Sander Kleinenberg: M.A.N.I.A.C.
  2. Ali Wilson: Pandora
  3. Slusnik Luna: Sun 2010
  4. Tensnake: Coma Cat
  5. Pryda: M.S.B.O.Y.
  6. Joris Voorn: The Secret
  7. Glenn Morrison: Symptoms Of A Stranger (Henry Saiz Remix)
  8. Faithless: Not Going Home (Eric Prydz remix)
  9. Sasha & Emerson: Scorchio (Pulser bootleg mix)
  10. Inkfish: Early Morning
  11. Mason: You Are Not Alone
  12. Protoculture: 1998
  13. Marcus Schulz: Perception
  14. Underworld: King Of Snake (Woody’s booty mix)
  15. Solarstone & Orkidea: Zeitgeist