Its been amazing eighteen years for DJ Orkidea since he started in finnish illegal underground rave scene in the early 90s. DJing for Jean-Paul Gaultier and Helen Christensen at a Berlin fetish club, entertaining the very rich and famous of Russia or Hong Kong, warming up for Chemical Brothers, Paul van Dyk, Underworld and The Prodigy, being signed to DJ Tiestos record label, touring the world (so far in 20 countries) and rocking some of worlds most legendary venues like Tresor in Berlin or Pacha in Ibiza as well as more exotic places from Cairo to Tokyo are just part of the story.
Orkidea has been voted numerous times as Scandinavias and Finlands #1 DJ, been featured in DJ Mags Top 200 list and his music has been supported by everybody from Pete Tong to Sasha & Oakey who both opened their BBC 1 Essential Mix sets with his Unity single back in 1999. His productions have been featured in numerous movies, TV-advertisements and on Ministry of Sound, Gatecrasher, A State of Trance and Renaissance CD compilations while his Beautiful single was played for 12 weeks at BBC Radio 1 in 2006.
He has had finnish national single chart #1 position and numerous Top 20 singles, made remixes for legendary labels like Anjunabeats and Hooj Choons, remixed Way Out West, Tilt and Tiesto, promoted british superclub Renaissances worldwide events while his own Unity nights have sold out in just 20 minutes on a Monday morning. So it seems that there is need for quality sets of electronic music, entertaining and educating, from ambient and chill-out through proggy & electronic house to full on ravey trance. To Orkidea electronic music has been always been about being openminded and pushing things forward. Uniting the sounds, the minds, the people
Henri Hurtig AKA Cid Inc is fraying a feverish path within the electronic dance music industry. Born in Finland and raised in Sweden, he started fiddling with music tools from the early 90's. His reach towards music has been a patient quest within multiple genres until reached the House genre as a base for his productions.
With way over a decade behind him as a sound engineer, Henri is well known as a person knowing his way around in the studio as a mastering / mixing professional.
With a long list of achievements, Henri aspires to his first solo project, Cid Inc, with flourishing musical maturity. First release in 2008 on the prominent label Dyami, the "Sister" EP defined cutting edge tech / prog house filled with creativity and sensation.
Followed by a dozen of releases, both originals and remixes during 2008, Henri has proved that he is here to stay with his solo project.
Teaming up with Matias Bradler to create Mashtronic in 2004, their music has spread world-wide throughout productions and gigs. Their forward thinking progressive sounds have been praised around major club dancefloors with their world tours. The duo's cuts have been featured on many famous labels such as Alternative Route, Restart, Bedrock, Global Underground, MOS and many more. The name Mashtronic has also been alongside many remixes for the likes of John Digweed, Chable and Bonicci, Sonique, Dave Armstrong and Pole Folder, Mason.
His projects has taken him around the world as a DJ and Live performer. From South America, across Europe all the way to Australia and New Zealand.
With constant renewal and feel, Cid Inc is leading a path towards the top music-wise. Whether producing under different duos or Cid Inc, Henri has already gathered world-wide reputation for his intriguing and astounding sounds surprising djs and dancefloors alike. Voted as #5 most popular Scandinavian ( Nordic ) DJ in 2008 year 2009 looks very promising for him, including lots of new original releases and remixes followed with Dj and live performances around the globe.