Media page is now updated with a brand new YouTube integration. Happy watching!
“Renaissance” – a full-length August 2007 mix now downloadable. For tracklist and further info, check the Mixes site.
There’s one loong loong project ahead. Taking each of my vinyls on the turntable set next to my laptop, playing and recording them, normalizing the recording and tagging and archiving the mp3-files. Even if I would just record the most important records, this would take months. I was thinking to make the process a bit shorter, but I ended up having a software question in front of me.
I took the first step today and bought the cartridge which has been told to be the best one available for DJing purposes. No matter to which DJ-needle you compare Grado DJ200, the difference is huge. Check it yourself:
DJ Caro2 tested seven different DJ cartridges and recorded the test. Take a moment and listen the test. The last two loops are recorded with Grado DJ200 – the quality difference is mad. Here are the cartridges used in the test – you can hear each for about 10 sec.
Stanton 500al 1.8g (low weight)
Stanton 500al 3g
Stanton 680Hp 3g
Shure M35X 2g
Shure M44G 1.5g
Ortofon DJ E 3g
Ortofon Elektro 3g
Grado Dj200 3.4g (Technics SL-1200Mk5)
Grado Dj200 3.4g (Stanton STR8-80)
Now as I have the best possible cartridge, I would still need some good software to do as much work for me as possible. Basically the easiest and fastest way to digitalize the vinyls would be to record them to one file without breaks.
So – I need a program which will split this long audio file into separate tracks. Then I need a program which would normalize all these files as a batch.
After this is done, iTunes will take care of the wav-to-mp3 conversion and tagging.
I know there are several DJs and music lovers out there having the same project in their hands. Any software tips, hifi knowledge, experiences or opinions would be very welcome.
edit: Read further notes about the project.
If you’ve read Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, you should know most of the following.
Frankie Knuckes – What is house music?
Here’s the announcement and the video of the One Minute Rave, held in Helsinki last Friday.
Did you know that the first Love Parade was organized by a group of friends, and it had a participation of less than a hundred people? And what happened… Now is your change to be a part of history in the making. Unity Posse is organizing the first ever One Minute Rave happening this Friday, that’s tomorrow (barely!). The rave will last from 18.00 to 18.01.
Top Ten 25.07.2007
01. David West – Stuck In Friendsville
02. Danceteria – Passion (HeikkiL & Mr.A remix)
03. Cirez D – Horizons
04. Winkee – 3rd Plane To Ibiza
05. Prime 33 – Burn (16 Bit Lolita’s Dub)
06. Joonas Hahmo – Together
07. P Liassi & One – Fool’s Paradise (Tyrrell Dub)
08. Slyde – High Rise
09. Jay Lumen pres. Monologue – Midnight Express (Andro dub)
10. Gregor Tresher – A Thousand Nights
>> http://orion.reaktio.net/bio.php
At the moment on Orion’s Podcast: David West (a.k.a. Antiloop, Synergy, Audioholics etc…) from Sweden shares a perfect two-hour selection of this summer’s progressive hits.
Subscribe to the podcast and download the mix.
Back in Finland, fully relaxed – couldn’t be better!
Below are three links to Orion’s 3,5 hour set in Mango, Kempten, Germany, recorded on 07.07.07 (thanks Alfredo!). Expect large variety of house, less progressive than usual, lots of Finnish tracks, easy and sommerlich. The set will be online for limited time only, be fast.
DOWNLOAD
… not available anymore, sorry.
… and sure, you can get these via the podcast, too.
Last night’s gig in Mango, Kempten, Germany was very, very nice. The people were extremely friendly and the atmosphere was very cosy. I truly enjoy playing in these 200+ clubs instead of big 1000+ halls. There’s so much more intimacy and interaction in the small ones.
What comes to music, the night proved (once again) the international potential of Danceteria label and Finnish (electro) house production scene. Tracks like My Rosegarden and a bit older Heikki L’s remix of Honey and Jussi Polet’s Positive etc were the tracks of the night, no question.
Big thanks to Alfredo & co. for all the promotion and work and the super nice staff of Mango for uncompromised hosting. Big up!
Here’s a small package for making the holiday smoother, the sunshine hotter and the glass of wine tastier. It’s a 74min chill-out mix, music from artists like Planet Funk, Zero 7, Boards of Canada, Slowhill, Ulrich Schnauss, Banco De Gaia, Dousk, Groove Armada…
Tracklist
Planet Funk – Piano Piano
Zero7 – Look Up
Goya-Project – Klezmatic
Boards of Canada – Hey Saturday Sun
Ulrich Schnauss – Between Us And Them
Slowhill – Come Back As A Butterfly
Mosaik – Cumulus
Slowhill – Thursday
Mosaik – Noa Lake
Banco De Gaia – Sheesha
Trentemoller – Miss You
Ulrich Schnauss – Blumenwiese Neben Autobahn
Dousk – Anagram
Doris Days – To Ulrike M. (Zero7 remix)
+ Bonus track
Säveltäjäin Tekijänoikeustoimisto Teosto ry ja Suomen Radioiden Liitto ovat sopineet musiikin käytöstä radioasemien nettisivuilla. Radioihin jo pitkään sovellettu liikevaihtopohjainen sopimusmalli kattaa nyt myös radiokanavien rinnakkaislähetykset Internetissä. Korvausta laskettaessa otetaan huomioon myös radion soittamisesta verkkosivulla saatava tulo.
The new website is now online. Yes, it’s the one you’re watching right now.
After several hours of tweaking, I can’t help deeply hating CSS and IE6 combo. When everything was supposed to be ready, nothing was. Now the site works perfectly on latest Firefox, Safari3 and Opera, well on Safari2 and IE7 and on IE6 the layout sucks, but at least it works.
What’s new?
1. This feature I like the most: By adding a tag djorionweb_prods or djorionweb_gigs on your Flickr photos or YouTube videos, you can make them visible on this site – either on Gigs & Booking site or on Productions, depending on the tag.
2. On the main page there’s now the NEWS section. That’s basically the most important news from the blog. Dynamically, wheee :)
3. No more Podcast site, instead a larger site called Media. It includes the latest YouTube videos, Jaikus, feeds, links to the outside world and the Podcast, of course.
4. Productions site has been re-written, no more one million different flyers. If you want to see more flyer art, click on the photos on the right side of the page.
5. And yes, layout is new. Did I mention it already? ;)
I hope you enjoy the update.
Tune in to Bassoradio – this Wednesday. DJ Orion live on Misc Management show, 20:00-22:00 (CET+02).
Stream address: http://www.basso.fi/bassostreami.m3u or on FM (Helsinki city area) 102,8mhz (Welho cable network 105,9mhz).
Orion – Silver Lining (Summer 2007 mix)
Silver Lining is the last of the three part progressive house mix series. After “Pace” and “Fusion”, Silver Lining is more dancefloor orientated and driving and compiled especially for sunny weather.
Download >> http://klubitus.org/kuuntele.php?id=3789
Download the other parts of the series >
Pace – http://klubitus.org/kuuntele.php?id=3475
Fusion – http://orion.reaktio.net/orion/orionfusion.mp3
Enjoy the summer!
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
Hallmark was great, big thanks to Joonas, Lauri & co. for an invitation. Due to “Palms” theme and very nice summer weather, it felt more than appropriate to play more moody progressive house instead of trance.
Orion @ Hallmark 16.06.2007
01. George G, Livio & Roby – Monochrome
02. Roland Klinkenberg, DJ Remy – Mexico Can Wait
03. 16 Bit Lolitas – Goodbye Pluto
04. Blue Foundation – Sweep (16 Bit Lolitas Vox)
05. Dousk – Anagram (Chris Nemmo mix)
06. Damien Strong – Love Shop (DJ Orion edit)
07. Pryda – RYMD
08. Quivver – Dancing In Dark Rooms
09. Djuma Soundsystem – Les Djinns (Sven Weber remix)
10. Ossie – Holy Land
11. Joonas Hahmo – Together
12. David West – ID
13. Graham & Blades – Argie Bargie
14. Matthew Dekay – Timeless (Digifruitella Dub)
15. The Disco Brothers – Inner Sense (Orion’s Sun & Funk edit)
16. Winkee – Will I (Simon Templar remix)
17. David West – Searching for Substance
18. Cass & Slide – Perception
The past days there has been some serious design work for the full upgrade of this website. Some of the current tasks include Flickr and YouTube intergration, some RSS-based content management and – finally – moving from Movable Type to WordPress.
Also, this website still has parts which are way over five years old. The structure includes tables, iframes and other not too modern web design stuff. Looking forward to a fully CSS-based layout.
But after all this tech talk, I’d like to hear if there’s anything what the current pages lack, any functionalities which should be added or something which simply doesn’t work at the moment. The better page we can make to serve your needs, the merrier :) Leave a comment or send some mail.
Now on the podcast:
DJ Orkidea’s 30min oldskool live recording from Beatbox radio show back in 1994. Subscribe and get it.