Starting in the early nineties from the warehouse raves of the industrial city of Tampere, stirring the Northern Finland electronic music scene for over five years, settling down in Helsinki in 2006 and moving to Berlin in 2011, Orion is one of the busiest DJs in Finland.

Probably the most well known of his work on Finnish National Radio YleX, Orion hosts his own 2 hour show every Friday night. He is also one of the former hosts of Tiistain Tanssi-ilta, the oldest EDM radio show in Finland. Next to his work at Misc. Management, the first Finnish dance music oriented DJ booking agency, he also produces orchestral chill-out music as half of Orion & J.Shore duo.

No matter if it’s about opening a sold-out event at Cable Factory with a chill-out live performance or a sweaty, hedonistic moment at after-hours, 30C pool party or -15C outdoor event, corporate music happening for Mini Cooper or Philip Morris or a small scale private party, full-on trance mayhem or groovey tech-house vibe, after nearly 20 years in the business it’s all still happening and it’s all labour of love.

“I’ve been lucky enough to have people around me who haven’t been there for money and fame but for the love to music. I guess none of us ever believed how big things could get far in the Finnish outback and I can’t give enough credit to all those who have been co-producing, supporting and helping with all the countless productions.”

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Discography

* Orkidea – Unity (Orion & J.Shore remix) (TBA 2012)
* Orion & J.Shore – Brotherhood – The Album (Silk Sofa 2011)
* Orion & J.Shore – White Birds (Tom Fall & Heikki L remixes) (Silk Royal 2011)
* Orion & J.Shore – Architect’s Dream (Owen Ear & Turismo remixes) (Silk Sofa 2011)
* Orion & J.Shore – The Night After (Michael Cassette & Shingo Nakamura remixes) (Silk Digital 2011)
* Orion & J.Shore – Goodbye Earth remix EP (Tokyo Boulevard & Eskadet remixes) (Silk Sofa 2011)
* London Elektricity – Just One Second (Orion & J.Shore remix) (White)
* Orion & J.Shore – Architect’s Dream (Claes Rosen & Magnetic Bros rmxs) (Molecule)
* DJ Orion & J.Shore – Architect’s Dream (on Solarstone’s Electronic Architecture 2) (Solaris)
* Slusnik Luna – Sun 2011 (DJ Orion & J.Shore remix) (AnjunaBeats)
* Mango, Orion, J.Shore – Raining In Osaka (Orion & J.Shore remix) (Silk Sofa)
* DJ Orion & J.Shore – Goodbye Earth EP (Silk Sofa)
* DJ Orion, Flight, K-System vs. Smashing Pumpkins – Tonight, Tonight (White)
* Mango, Orion, J.Shore – When All The Ships Are Gone (Mango Alley)
* Ralphie B – Massive (DJ Orion & J.Shore remix) (White)
* DJ Orion & J.Shore – Brotherhood (Lost Language) (listen Brotherhood on Spotify)
* Coldplay – Viva La Vida (Flight & Jontey meet DJ Orion bootleg) (White) (Video)
* Mango, Orion, J.Shore – Raining In Osaka (Mango Alley Recordings)
* DJ Orion – One Sunday (Solaris Recordings) (listen One Sunday on Spotify)

Related

DJ Orion @ Soundcloud
DJ Orion @ Discogs
YleX DJ Orion tracklists (2010 >)
YleX Tiistain Tanssi-ilta tracklists (2008-2009)
Tracklists from gigs
Posts about flyers
Picks from the crate
Short notes about music business