Despite his age (born '77), DJ Orkidea (or Orkidea) has been one of Finland's and Scandinavia's leading trance and progressive trance DJs for over ten years. His background lies in illegal squat parties and big Finnish raves of the 90's. He has played around Finland in all major clubs and events. Recently also Cream, Renaissance, Gatecrasher, Global Underground and Prodigy have used Orkidea on their tours to Finland. Today he holds residencies and runs his own Unity, Jack and Sun club nights and the Renaissance events in Helsinki.