Jack is back after a short break, turning five and being as nasty and stubborn yet adorable as a five-year-old can be. The fifth anniversary birthday guest is Jody Wisternoff from the Way Out West fame, one of my early musical heroes and a guy who still keeps delivering. His podcast is a great example of his wide music taste and abilities as a DJ, make sure to subscribe :) The domestic sound of the night will be taken care by the long-time Jack residents DJ Orkidea and Lil’Tony.
Check the flyers above and below to get more information or simply click yourself to Klubitus event page.
This is also the last Jack event at Kuudes Linja. In 2009, Redrum will give Jack a new home. Exciting times ahead…
Juha Sompinmäki shot some excellent photos @ One event last weekend. The gallery is now online at ONE website and the final ONE event lineup has also been published.
On Saturday, 20.12. ONE will present SolarStone on his RainStarsEternal tour, DJ Orkidea for the first time in Tampere after his gig break and myself warming up the head honchos.
If you’re not familiar with SolarStone’s music, head to MixTube’s SolarStone playlist and have a listen. In order to say tuned with the upcoming ONE news, join to the ONE Facebook Group.
I’ll take a break for a day or two and prepare for Oulu’s Age of Love event held in Radisson SAS next Saturday. I have great memories from the events held there back in the day and I’ve heard only good of the previous Age of Love events, too so the expectations are high :) If you’re anywhere close to Oulu and into Psy-trance, trance, hard-nrg or techno, this should be something to check. I’ll be playing at 22:45-00:15 in the main room.
Catch you soon!
The misassumption of running Tiistain Tanssi-ilta is that it doesn’t take much time. When I started working at YleX in the beginning of the year, Orkidea, OlliS and Leena all told me that running a well planned show bi-weekly is going to take hell an amount of time. I did believe them, but still I was surprised how much work it actually is. Here’s the short anatomy of one Tiistain Tanssi-ilta show:
– Tuesday – one week before the show
Compiling the first version of the tracks selected to the upcoming show. Writing the press announcement about the upcoming featured artist. Making possible interviews. Writing and scheduling a blog post which includes the press release and setting it to go live on Saturday or Sunday.
– Thursday/Friday
Mixing and mastering the final one hour version of the show. Fitting in the pre-recorded parts such as Featured Artist and possible interviews. Archiving an mp3 copy, leaving the .wav file for broadcasting.
– Saturday/Sunday
Releasing the info about the upcoming show all over the web. Sending the tracklist and press announcement to YleX. Listening through the one-hour mix at least once for the manuscript writing purposes. Writing and scheduling the blog post which includes the tracklist and the selected music news from the past weeks. The blog post goes live on Tuesday 21:55.
– Monday
Going through the tracks and gathering the Teosto information. Sending the reminder to the next Featured Artist. Making the manuscript for the next day’s show (I’m pretty used to this already, but it still takes more than one hour to do).
– Tuesday – Tiistain Tanssi-ilta
Heading to Pasila about 1,5h before the show. Writing the Teosto information for every track played in the show: Track name, Artist name, Artist’s real name, Country, Year, Label, Catalog Number, Original Track Length, Played Track Length. Setting the Yle Areena to work correctly and to broadcast Tanssi-ilta on-demand for the next week. Plugging the laptop to the YleX mixer, setting the mics and jingles ready, playing the show, making the voice-overs live. Leaving Pasila about 5 minutes after the show. Checking that the show information has gone live as planned on the blog and on YleX services.
– Wednesday – (two weeks before the next show)
Searching for new music for the next show and sorting out news for the next show start. These two go on daily for the next two weeks and take a pretty significant amount of time. Sending a reminder to the next featured artist, if not gotten a pre-recorded voice-over and the featured track yet. Informing about the past show, posting through the forums and social media. Answering the emails and feedback. Having a couple of days “free” and starting from the beginning again :)
I once counted that you use easily a full work day (8 hours) for the routines mentioned above. If an interview is included, you can count 2-3 hours extra work and all these hours definitely do not include searching and listening through the new music, which easily takes in average 1-2 hours a day.
Work is either fun or drudgery. It depends on your attitude. I like fun.
-Colleen C. Barrett
YleX:n Tiistain Tanssi-illan Biisivieraat loppusyksylle 2008 on päätetty. Mikrofoniin tarttuvat vielä ennen vuodenvaihdetta Darude, Michael Cassette, Ville Lope aka Loopy, Jussi Soro, Oded Peled, Aki A, Gateway ja DJ Orkidea.
Biisivieras Tiistain Tanssi-illassa joka toinen viikko. DJ Orionin tunnilla klo 21-22 esittäytyvät vieraat kuuluvat Suomen elektronisen musiikin artistien kärkikaartiin ja tuovat ohjelmaan oman musiikillisen antinsa esittelemällä valitsemansa biisin.
Elokuun ensimmäisessä Tiistain Tanssi-illassa 05.08.2008 biisivieraana seinäjokelainen Syna ja Deck Jagger -aliaksilla esiintyvä kolmikko. Syna on kerännyt huomiota Orkidean Streching Time remixillä ja Deck Jagger puolestaan nousi klubbaajien huulille Megaforce-hitin myötä. Tanssi-illan biisivieraskappale tulee Deck Jagger -aliaksen alta ja samalla kuullaan trion viimeisimmät kesäkuulumiset.
Biisivieras Tiistain Tanssi-illassa joka toinen viikko. DJ Orionin tunnilla klo 21-22 esittäytyvät vieraat kuuluvat Suomen elektronisen musiikin artistien kärkikaartiin ja tuovat ohjelmaan oman musiikillisen antinsa esittelemällä valitsemansa biisin.
Tiistain Tanssi-illassa lisäksi lupaava britti-tulokas Fletch, suomalaisen Beetseekersin versiointi Morgan Pagen The Longest Roadista, uutta musiikkia Jody Wisternoffilta, Flash Brothersilta ja Super8&Tabilta.
Tune in.
Web-stream: http://areena.yle.fi/mediasoitin/ylex/
Metaverse Tour Closing video from Laserpoint has been viewed already over 20000 times on YouTube. I would have never guessed DJ Orkidea could press refresh THAT many times ;) Anyway – it’s great that the clip has reached so many people – here’s the same video in hi-res format (179MB) in case you’re interested having a digital copy in your own archive:
Voice blogs only in Finnish, sorry.
Tiettävästi maailman ensimmäinen DJ-keikan aikana äänitetty ääniblogientry ;) sekä läjä muita äänibloggauksia Tampere/Turku-viikonlopulta.
DJ Orkidea video interview by Dancefoundation. Orkidea telling about his studio gear and showing what every trance producer in Finland has to have in the studio… ;)
And a radio interview, in Finnish:
YleX:n Mika Niva haastatteli DJ Orkideaa puhelimitse Pop-tehdas-ohjelmaa varten viime tammikuussa. DJ Orkidea (a.k.a. Tapio Hakanen) käy lävitse muun muassa uransa alkuvaiheita, DJ-kulttuuria, valoja sekä omituisimman keikkakokemuksensa Berliinistä.
> Uran alkuvaiheita, haaveet, suomalainen DJ-kulttuuri (MP3) kesto: 8.19
> Omituisin keikkakokemus, valoista, konsertti-kulttuurista (MP3) kesto: 10.28
(thanks, Cascadeus)
Universal Music, Ava Recordings UK and Misc. Management proudly present
METAVERSE – DJ ORKIDEA ALBUM RELEASE TOUR
“Future classic.” -Solarstone
“A true trance album… an absolute winner.” -Gareth Emery
“Unique, retro-futuristic trance at its best.” -Above & Beyond
“Great artist album with a truly unique perspective on modern day sound of trance.” -Armin van Buuren
“Amazing album, i can’t stop listening to it!” -Andy Moor
Big Thank Yous for all the support before and after the first Tiistain Tanssi-ilta. It was not an easy task to take over a slot which DJ Orkidea had hosted for nearly a decade and make changes to the concept which was very familiar to several listeners. I’m very happy of the huuuge amount of feedback, critique and support I got via Facebook, Klubitus, SMSs, emails, YleX feedback form and phone calls. Thank You for your time.
It’s good to see that so many of you have also voted of the best track of the latest show. It’s the feedback – and critique! – we need to make the show better and more interesting. I’m looking forward to hear from you in the future, too. Feel free to give tips of good electronic music news, suggest tracks and classics to be played or just let me know what you’re thinking.
See you on the radio waves on Tuesday, 22.01.2008.
P.L.U.R!
JACK. 14.12.2007. KUUDES LINJA.
Jack 4th Birthday
IAN OSSIA (renaissance, uk)
ORKIDEA (unity)
ORION (misc)
tickets 10e, 22:00-04:00, age:20
Jack To The Sound of the Underground!
Jack turns four and brings in our alltime favourite DJ from the UK, mr. Ian Ossia, one of the original Renaissance resident DJs. The birthday’s going to look better than ever, too. Blessed by the most fitting name, VJ Video Jack from Portugal comes to create the jackin’ gorgeous visuals of the night. The Finnish entertainers contain DJs Orkidea and Orion.
Free drinks, food & vibes for all guests 2200-2300.
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=5696133799
Klubitus:
http://klubitus.org/tapahtuma.php?id=12690
Myspace:
www.myspace.com/jackhelsinki
I used the past weekend browsing through Orkidea’s flyer collection. I managed to scan a bit less than half of them, nearly 500 images, of which 300 are now online. Pretty NoLife(tm) project, but lots of fun.
More flyers coming up soon, but while waiting dive deep into Finnish oldskool underground rave hype =>
Finnish Flyers on Flickr
Orkidean levynjulkaisukiertueen avaus onnistui perjantaina Rovaniemen NiteTrainissa yli odotusten. NiteTrain jäi vain pienen harppauksen päähän kaikkien aikojen yleisöennätyksestään ja myi loppuun reilusti ennen puoltayötä. Kaasi lämmitti tanssilattian näppärästi bassovoittoisella soundilla ja Orkidea jatkoi varmasti koko 3,5 tunnin mittaisen settinsä läpi housea, progempaa soundia ja trancea yhdistellen. Viimeisinä raitoina soineiden Way Out Westin Ajaren ja BT:n Flaming Junen aikana tunnelma oli käsinkosketeltava.
Rovaniemi-skene voi hyvin :)
Lauantaina suuntasimme Kalajoen Dyyniin, joka hostasi niinikään kiertuetta. Tiukan aikataulun ja sunnuntain paluumatkaa hankaloittaneiden logististen ongelmien vuoksi majapaikkana toimineesta hävyttömästä luksusmökistä ei paljoa ehtinyt saada irti, mutta hyvä ilta Dyynissä korvasi lekottelun puutteen.
Oma lämmittelysetti oli sekoitus hidasta techimpää, groovea housea ja melodisempia ralleja. Seinille ei tarvinnut soitella vaan NiteTrainin tapaan väkeä valui paikalle heti ovien avaamisen myötä.
Hieno ilta ja upea viikonloppu kaikkinensa. Tästä on hyvä jatkaa kohti Jackkia.
Orion @ No:Status & Orkidea’s Mix-Album Release Tour, Dyyni, Kalajoki
08.10.2005
23:00-00:15
01. Cirez D – Teaser
02. Putsch’79 – Kisses
03. 4Tune500 – Dancing in The Dark
04. Rhythm Code – Always listen (Dub)
05. Toms Vitinsh – La Meer (Dub)
06. Filth – Filth
07. Mylo – Drop The Pressure (Rex The Dog remix)
08. Chicken Lips – He Not In (Mutiny’s Real Life Mix)
09. Jupiter Ace – Until The Music Stops (Dub)
10. Axwell & Ingrosso – Together (ReMode mix)
11. Lifelike & Kris Menace – Discopolis
12. Dave Gahan – Dirty Sticky Floors (Silencer remix)
13. Damien Strong – Sunrise At Pinkville (So Phat! remix)
14. Jag-Wah – Overground Persistence
15. Wednesday Rolls – The Best Day