Orkidea '20'

‘20’ celebrates 2 decades of music from the Godfather of Finland’s always-flourishing trance scene. Orkidea’s new long-player takes a transfixing, episodic look at his personal sound experiences throughout the last 20 years of trance. Possibly the greatest unsung hero working in the genre today, over his 240 month trance mission, Orkidea (DJ and master-producer Tapio Hakenen) has always been the man that’s let the music do the talking. He spearheaded the rise of Finland as a force on the global trance stage, paving the way for acts like Super8 & Tab, Darude, Alex Kunnari, Joonas Hahmo and numerous others to break into the scene.

‘20’ delivers what Orkidea terms a “retro-futuristic” vision of trance music. Having played in the genre since its earliest dawn, it’s an area he’s as well versed as any in. The album re-examines themes and sounds spanning two decades, recalibrating them to 2011 levels and with the most up-to-date studio tech available. It shines a light into lesser-known corners of trance too - there’s nothing that can be considered obvious or overt on ‘20’. Where he references or revisits the classics, they are of the double-deep underground variety - the tracks that Tapio considers to be the true anthems. So if you’ve waited until now to discover the mastery of Orkidea music, the 11th day of the 11th month of the 11th year will be your best opportunity yet. ‘20’. You can enter the world of ‘retro-futurism' on us and be in with a chance of winning one of three copies. All you have to do is tell up the name of your favourite Orkidea track to date.

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