Orlando Voorn Biography
Moniker(s) / Balance (9), Baruka, Basic Bastard, Boy, Complex, Defence, Dope Dog, Fix, Fixomatic, Format, Frequency (3), Galaxy (2), Judge, The (3), Limited Edition (2), Living Room, The, Maniax Traxxx
For more than two decades Orlando Voorn has been one of the major contributors to the electronic music scene. Being one of Europe's most original and innovative producers, he was one of the first Dutch musicians to try and establish a vital connection between Detroit and Amsterdam. Orlando undoubtedly has an ear for melody and always succeeds in combining it with an innate understanding of the importance of atmosphere and tension in music. Orlando can now look back at a solid career with about 80 releases and a number of remixes and productions for numerous Artists. Still going on strong, with release after release Orlando explores many different styles of music.
After his departure with Submerge, Orlando joined a new label; TriangleRecords distributed by TripleVision. He is finally elaborating on the Detroit roots of the original music, bringing up a remix with great buildup, perfectly timed breaks and wonderful hints to a magnificent musical heritage. Orlando has an impressive career as pioneer of the Dutch/Detroit techno scene and made numerous recordings under various monikers. Voorn began DJing at the tender age of 12 and went on to win the Dutch DMC DJ Championships in 1986 with his own characteristic blend of hiphop and electro. Towards the end of the eighties he acquired his first sequencer, packed away his turntables and turned his hand to producing. Following a series of dance floor tracks recorded for the now defunct Lower East Side Records under the moniker of Frequency in the early nineties (Where Is Your Evidence, Kiss The Sky…), he was introduced to Juan Atkins (Industrial Metal, Game One) and went on to work with both Derrick May and Blake Baxter (as one half of the Ghetto Brothers). Voorn was also recording as Nighttripper (Tone Exploitation), Format (Solid Session - one of the most sought after classic techno records until its re-release in 1998), Basic Bastard, The Living Room, Baruka, Fix (Flash on Kevin Saunderson’s legendary KMS label), Dope Dog, Boy (Paco Di Bango’s World) and Stalker (The Stalker/The Riderman)…
Many of these tracks can be heard on the double cd "Best of Nightvision". He has made his mark producing his own vision of techno, ambient and hiphop and adamantly sidestepping genre limitations thus far. Nightvision originally started in 1993 and consisted of quality uncut techno music mainly set up for Orlando's own creations like "The living room 'Baruka' Defence" Progress "FIX Frequency vs Atkins" Infiniti. He is producing Exclusive Game one remixes of Infiniti, originally released in 1994, on Metroplex imprint of Juan Atkins & Orlando's Nightvision Remixes by Mush, Quantec, Roberto Bosco, Claudio Mate, DJ S2(Los Hermanos), Rennie Foster, Ritzi Lee, Subotic, Pacou, Steve Rachmad & Orlando himself. Following will be Terrence Dixon ""'Climb & Downtown Detriot" Mush "" Test 72 & Test 66"... Remixed by Chez Damier, Nightvision new release Timeless EP - Sobotic. Right now Orlando can look back at a solid career with about 80 releases and a number of remixes and productions for numerous Artists. Still going on strong in 2008, with release after release Orlando explores many different styles of music. Triangle Records has releases such as Rotation, The Deep,..and The Symphony. Imprint with Triple Vision.
His many projects have included work for labels like.. NEWS, HERTZ, CACHE, R&S, SUPREME, TIC TAC TOE, SOMA... to name a few. Orlando is a busy body committed to the cause. Currently, Orlando is producing..new Artists as well as Remixes for other artists and friends. Stay tuned Orlando..s Best is still to come in 2009.
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