Tapio Hakanen (born 1977), better known by his stage name DJ Orkidea (predominantly shortened to Orkidea), is a Finnish
electronic music artist.[1] He has been one of Scandinavia's top DJs for over 10 years[when?] and has been voted twice "
Most Popular Nordic DJ" in the Swedish/Danish Megamind's voting and elected five times as "Best DJ" at the
Finnish Club Awards. Orkidea has made remixes for big trance labels like
Anjunabeats or
Hooj Choons and for artists like
Tiësto,
Tilt, and
Way Out West. He was employed as a sound design manager at
Nokia Corporation[2] and as of 2023[update] he serves as the head of music for the Finnish public broadcaster
Yle.[3]
Discography
Albums
Studio albums
Music Speaks in Thousand Languages (2005)
Metaverse (2008)
20 (2011)
Harmonia (2015)
Compilation albums
Taika (Selected Works '98-'03) (2003)
Solarstone Presents... Pure Trance (2012) (with
Solarstone)