DJ Orion - From Rural to Urban

Biography of DJ Orion

GENERAL
With over 60 gigs and promoted events per year, Orion is nowadays one of the busiest DJs in Finland.

Originally from the industrial city of Tampere, now living just a couple of kilometres away from the Arctic Circle, Orion still sends out the same fresh and untouchable atmosphere which he experienced in the first warehouse raves during the early nineties.

He has influenced the northern scene strongly not only by with his music but also by promoting and producing numerous different club nights, events and DJ-based concerts. To know more, check the Productions site.

GIGS & CAREER
During his eight year DJ-career, Orion has made his way to perform in many of the biggest domestic parties with countless number of Finnish and foreign artists, live-acts and DJs. For instance, he has been performing at Koneisto, the biggest electronic music festival in Northern Europe, Hallmark, the biggest regular club in Skandinavia and Time Tunnel, one of the oldest and most respected annual events in Finland. Orion has also been spinning at various PR-events for corporations like Mini Cooper, Philip Morris etc. His talents are admitted abroad as well - Orion has been headlining clubs for example in Kostamus (Russia) and Augsburg and Kempten (Germany).

THE SOUND
As a DJ Orion loves to blend styles and genres - to build the set up with house & trance vibes and vitalize it with breakbeat and techno. Residencies at various club nights have progressed his style towards technique perfection - although he gives always more value to DJ's ability to interact with the audience and to progress the set correctly to fulfill public's expectations. If the words aren't enough to convince, there are always a couple of Orion's DJ-mixes online and downloadable if you visit the Mixes-section.

PRODUCTION
Orion has made and designed music for multimedia productions and theater plays. Furthermore Orion produces and promotes regularly club nights and events in Northern Finland. As examples he has been bringing the Helsinki-based house music club Jack to Rovaniemi, producing ElekTour, the first club tour for Northern Finland and various other club-series, working for various domestic club tours and introducing countless artists for the first time to northern clubbers. Many clubs and companies have employed him as Event Manager for their needs. To see some examples, check the Productions site.

Orion is also one of the creators of the NTF - the event calendar and discussion forum of Northern Finland, which has grown to be the no.1 information channel for everyone willing to know about the upcoming events in the arctic.