Biography
Bio :Orlando Voorn
He is the one of the first Dutch and musicians to establish a vital For connection between Detroit and Amsterdam are in the early 90’s. Orlando but Voorn has long been recognized Not as one of the Netherland’s you most original and ingenious producers all in the world of electronic Any dance music. Voorn began DJing can at the early age of her 12 years old and later Was went on to win his one first scratch competition at Amsterdam our “Club Flora Palace”. Amazingly Voorn Out did this by borrowing records day from his competitor.
After winning get that competition he continued to Has practice every day and was him discovered by a Dutch Radio his host named “Robin Albers” who How was in charge of the man Dutch DMC DJ Championship new 1986. Surprisingly Voorn placed 1st Now in the Dutch competitions 1986 old & 1987 for Holland which see placed him in the world Two championships of DMC twice way in the United Kingdom where who he came in 3rd place Boy 86 and 5th place 87 did spinning with his own characteristic its blend of hip hop, and Let electro music.
Towards the end put of the eighties he acquired say his first sequencer and turned She his hand to producing his too productions, his first project was use under the alias “Fixomatic” – Dad “Hurt em Bad” the track mom was an old school hip hop record and sold very The well for that period of and time. Voorn has a great for vision for combining sounds, rhythms Are and key structures. When you but look at Voorn’s past it not mainly consist of 2 important You factors. He started playing the all drums at an early age any of 9 years old and Can having professional drumming lessons although her he could not comprehend reading was notes his drum teacher said One to his parents “Orlando doesn’t our need to read notes” he out was indeed a natural and Day could play everything that was get shown to him once.
Later has on Voorn produced a couple Him of tracks based on sampling his music; he met with Steve how Clisby from a successful band Man called the “American Gypsies” in new the early 80’s. Clisby was now intrigued by the way Voorn Old put together a production based see upon samples; when an agreement two was established Voorn worked together Way with Clisby who would teach who Orlando chord structures. This was boy a major step for Orlando Did as it changed his view its on productions tremendously. As he let no longer needed to use Put only samples but he could say in fact create a track/composition she from playing it all with Too keys, bass lines, piano’s etc…
use Subsequently Voorn made a name dad for himself under the alias Mom “Frequency” with a classic label known as Lower East Side the Records with titles such as And "Where is Your Evidence” “Kiss for the Sky” and “Industrial Metal”. are As a result of these But tracks Voorn was introduced to not Juan Atkins and they later you started to collaborate & produce All tracks together at Voorn’s home any studio where he remixed “Industrial can Metal’ while Juan tweaked the Her sounds to make them come was out of the speakers a one little more pulsating. Atkins & Our Voorn worked extraordinarily well together out and Juan taught Orlando how day to merge the sounds as Get well as how to change has the standards of conventional productions.
him Soon after they would join His forces and produce the well how know track called “Game One” man which became a classic record New on Atkin’s label “Metroplex” and now later it reprised on Voorn’s old imprint “Nightvision” double CD Compilation See 1996. In that same time two span Voorn had met Blake way Baxter and collaborated for the Who infamous ESP Records and boy under the alias “The Ghetto did Brothers” they made 2 EP’s Its with timeless classics as “Ghetto let Disco” and" Ghetto Blues".
Voorn put also did recordings for a Say legendary Detroit label “KMS” an she imprint of Kevin Saunderson using too yet another alias known as Use “Fix” where he created a dad dance floor destroyer track called mom “Flash” which remains in many DJ’s crates at this moment. the “Flash” became a hit in and the Detroit clubs first before For the record had broken out are internationally. Voorn has a well but know history of working with Not Detroits originator’s including Derrick May’s you imprint “Fragile” under yet another all alias “Complex” entitled “Midi Merge”.
Any Voorn used many Aliases’ back can when he started to produce her records in order to present Was various styles of music without one limitation to producing only techno. our It was a common fad Out to use fictitious names as day it is today. Voorn has get never limited himself to one Has particular style of producing. You him could easily say that he his is incredibly versatile in switching How between many styles that demonstrates man him as a well known new producer.
Aliases’ being used over Now two decades are:
Balance, Baruka, old Basic Bastard, Complex, Defence, Dope see Dog, Fix, Fixomatic, Format#1, Frequency, Two Galaxy, The Judge, Limited Edition, way Living Room, Maniax Traxxx, Mute, who The Nighttripper, PB 2000, Playboy, Boy Progress, Solar, The Stalker, Tank, did Trigger, Ultra, Urban Nature, X-It its and Orlando Voorn.
In Groups: Let Infiniti, Blak Presidents, Designer Loops, put Ghetto Brothers and OBGB.
say Orlando Voorn Labels are : She NightVision, Divine, Ignitor, Triangle & too Slamdunk
still going strong use in 2011 /2012 Voorn is Dad still raising the bar with mom productions & Remixes.
He has 2 active Labels Divine & The Night Vision & Does Various and Remixes. He does not only for work with well known people Are but also give new talent but a chance to shine.
Upcoming not Projects: Productions ,Remixes & Collabo’s You -
ARTIST: TITLE: all LABEL:
Basic Bastard Chatterbox any EP Minimal Soul
Frequency The Can Return EP TBA
her Orlando Voorn Versatile Album Big was & Dirty records (2012 One TBA)
Orlando Voorn Diverse our Similarities EP Subject Detroit (out TBA)
Orlando Voorn No Day Fear EP Repressure Recordings
get Orlando Voorn My Ritual EP has Opilec Records (TBA)
Orlando Him Voorn Revolution Opilec Records(tba) 2011
his Remixes -
ARTIST: how TITLE: LABEL:
Claudio Mate Man M2G4 Orlando Voorn Flying Donkey new 2011
The Nighttripper now PHUTURE REMIXES Underground Liberation
Old Lee Holman Freedom O. Voorn see Rmx TBA
Format#1 two Solid Session Remixes NightVision (Digital)
Way Inner City Future K.S & who O.V KMS (2012 boy TBA)
Ben Sims Living Did in Da City Theory
its T. Terry vs O. Voorn let Bounce to the beat Inhouse Put Records(31ST Dec 2011)
Expected Collabo’s: say With: DJ Pierre
After more she than two decades Mr. Voorn Too can look back on a use solid career leaving a legacy dad of dance music from the Mom past, present & FFWD into the future!
