From: Chris Lindgren (chris_at_madrenalin.fi)
Date: Tue 21 Oct 2003 - 10:38:13 EEST
Minimal presents
DJ ORKIDEA ALBUM RELEASE TOUR On 24th of October 2003 Universal Music will release Orkidea's debut album ' Taika'. It will feature selection of Orkidea's remixes and own productions from 1998 till 2003. Included are classic trance productions such as 'Unity' , 'Stage One (Orkidea remix)' and 'Rush (Super8 vs Orkidea remix) favoured by Sasha & Digweed, Paul Oakenfold and DJ Tiesto and featured on Renaissance, Gatecrasher and Ministry CD compilations. 'Taika' has also four previously unreleased tracks like 'Beautiful', 'Melancholy' & 'Inner Peace'.
To celebrate the album release Orkidea will do a 15 date tour around Finland covering all major cities from Helsinki to Rovaniemi. These dates will feature a 2 hour DJ / laptop-live hybrid set combining his own and 12" material. Orkidea will be joined by fellow DJs Kalle Miettinen, Elliot Ness, Kimik, Jori Hulkkonen and Oded Peled just to name a few. Tour is brought to by Minimal - same people responsible for last winter's Nightflight Tour around Finland. Many of these events are organised together with well established finnish club promoters like Unity, Fantasy, Clockwork and Impulse.
Featured DJs:
Orkidea
Kalle Miettinen
Eliot Ness
Jay Mellin
Proteus
Jori Hulkkonen
Dallas Superstars
Oded Peled
Jokke
Kimik
Seb
Vertigo
Homegrove
Orion
drS
Miinus
Link
Yuha
...
Friday 24.10.2003 - Helsinki
Venue: Album Release Party @ DTM 2nd Floor
DJs: Orkidea, Eliot Ness, Jokke, Jay Mellin, Proteus, Kimik, Dallas
Superstars
Time: 24:00-04:00 (22-24 VIP)
Tickets: 5?
Friday 31.10.2003 - Turku
Venue: Club Fantasy @ Kino
DJs: Orkidea, Jori Hulkkonen, Seb, Kimik, Homegrove
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 9?
Thursday 6.11.2003 - Jyväskylä
Venue: Elohuvi
DJs: Orkidea, Oded Peled
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 4?
Friday 14.11.2003 - Seinäjoki
Venue: Downstreet
DJs: Orkidea, Kalle Miettinen
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 5?
Friday 21.11.2003 - Hyvinkää
Venue: Upstairs
DJs: Orkidea, Kalle Miettinen
Time: 21:00-04:00
Tickets: 5?
Saturday 22.11.2003 - Rauma
Venue: Studio
DJs: Orkidea, Vertigo, Miinus, Homegrove
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 4?
Friday 12.12.2003 - Lappeenranta
Venue: Nitetrain
DJs: Orkidea, Eliot Ness
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 6/8?
Saturday 20.12.2003 - Lahti
Venue: Impulse @ Grand Arena
DJs: Orkidea + Impulse lineup...
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 10/12?
Saturday 27.12.2003 - Vaasa
Venue: Fontana
DJs: Orkidea, Kalle Miettinen
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 5?
Saturday 10.01.2004 - Tampere
Venue: Klubi
DJs Orkidea, Kalle Miettinen, Link, drS
21:00-04:00
Tickets: 6?
Wednesday 21.01.2004 - Oulu
Venue: Night Oulu
DJs: Orkidea, Oded Peled
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 6?
Friday 23.01.2004 - Rovaniemi
Venue: Tivoli
DJs: Orkidea, Oded Peled, Orion, Yuha
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 5?
Friday 30.01.2004 - Kuopio
Venue: Puijonsarvi
DJs: Orkidea, Oded Peled
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: 5?
Saturday 31.01.2004 - Iisalmi
Venue: Los Coyotes
DJs: Orkidea & local talent...
Time: 22:00-04:00
Tickets: (tbc)
Friday 06.02.2004 - Pori
Venue: Kino
DJs: Orkidea, Homegrove, Han Solo
22:00-04:00
Tickets: 7?
DJ BIOGRAPHYS:
ELLIOT NESS
Eliot Ness was resident DJ of Finland´s first techno club and first Finnish
DJ to appear abroad. He has been DJing since 1987 all over Europe and was
the first Scandinavian DJ to appear abroad at world's largest events such as
Love Parade, Mayday, Universe and DMC World Championships where he twice won
third place. He has played alongside Prodigy and Public Enemy and promoted
legendary events such as Planet of Love and Members of Mayday.
ODED PELED
Many dreams have come true to Oded since his early years as a DJ. He has
gotten to play with artists such as Kevin Saunderson, Roger Sanchez,
Dimitri, Mr. C, Dave Clarke and been a supporting DJ for many "TWISTED
America" parties around Europe. Oded has also played in most of the
prestigious events and clubs around Finland. He is co-owner of one of
Scandinavia's leading DJ booking agencies Misc Management.
DJ KALLE MIETTINEN
Kalle Miettinen is one of the best known DJs in Finland. Since '98 he has
been hosting a nation wide dance show Dancemob Lite in Radiomafia/YleX which
gathers some of the biggest audiences in Finland. In his ten years career
Kalle has been DJing in the best clubs of Finland and is also one the
founders of successful Finnish house group Nuoska.
DJ ORKIDEA
DJ Orkidea has been one of Scandinavia's top DJs for over 10 years. He is
Renaissance Worldwide Helsinki resident and has played around the world in
Berlin, Ibiza, Tokyo, Amsterdam and Toronto with Paul van Dyk, BT and
Tiesto. He has recorded and remixed for Black Hole, Vandit & Hooj Choons
labels and Renaissance, Gatecrasher and Ministry of Sound mix-CDs and he has
written and produced score music for three films and various TV-ads.