Orkidea Harmonia

It sees him inhabit a remarkable & singular position in electronic music. Remaining anchored to its underground, he nonetheless enjoys the type of esteem typically reserved for the biggest trance stars of stage & studio. Notable by their cache of rarity, Harmonia is just the fourth in Orkidea s album line, throughout his near century of electronic music creation. Following previous long-players ( Taika - 2003, Metaverse - 2008 and 20 in 2011), the album continues to track the inspirations of a man who has himself gone on to influence numerous subsequent production generations.

Through collaboration, sonic reference, cover version and smartly subtle nuance, he intensely channels it all into Harmonia . Included are the Beatport #1 charting Purity , (per DJ Mag) the trance-progressively pumping Revolution Industrielle and the coolly modulating analogue synths (MIXMAG) of Slowmotion III . It features collaborative works with Solarstone, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Activa, Lowland & others, and Harmonia fully comprises 14 new Orkidea recordings.
Opening the Fin s 4th opus is My Sunset , Hakanen s cover of Chris Coco s indolent chillout classic. Introducing notes and elements from Berlin s neo trance sound, it transforms its ambience into a deeply galactic, prog-oriented number.