



Een aantal maanden geleden hebben we Ørjan nog aan het werk gezien op De ene na de andere klapper is afkomstig van deze dj/producer uit Noorwegen. Denk aan 'La Guitarra', 'So Long Radio', Go Fast!' en 'Between the Rays'. Hij wordt bij zijn doorbraak in 2005 met de track 'Red Woods' gesignaleerd door onze eigen Armin van Buuren, die zich geen moment bedenkt en hem een plekje in de Armada stal geeft. We hebben het hier natuurlijk over Ørjan Nilsen!Een aantal maanden geleden hebben we Ørjan nog aan het werk gezien op A State Of Trance 500 in Den Bosch en nu heeft hij het genoegen om de wereld te trakteren op zijn debuutalbum 'In My Opinion'. Reden genoeg dus om dit megatalent te ondervragen.

Armin

Armin

Armin

Well to be honest, I can't even describe it properly. How do you describe a lifelong dream? All I can say is, I'm smiling all day long at the moment. It's almost unreal holding the cd in my hand. It feels good to say "This is my album".To make a long story short: there were two things, or more like two people that really got me into producing and dj-ing. The names are Armin van Buuren and Tiësto . Listening to's "Blue Fear" single and 'Boundaries of Imagination' compilation just blew me away and made me take interest in producing. Watching Tiësto live atback in the days got me into dj-ing. It's more or less that simple, plus I've always been a musician. I was born into a musical family so I went down that path quite fast.He was one of the first artists I really started following, he always had good quality tracks. The fact that he took a chance with me six years ago and signed me to his label means that he's definitely one of the most important influences in my career! He's been supporting me since day one and he's one of the nicest guys in the business.Thanks for noticing! To be honest, no, there were not even small difficulties. I think it is even more difficult producing the same stuff over and over again. I would lose inspiration as well as feeling bored. I hope I never stop developing and that I can always do new and original things.Haha, well I don't think it's about not needing help, it's more or less just because I've been overflowed with inspiration the last year. So there wasn't room for any. I'm already planning a few collaborations so that's going to be fun this year!Most definitely! I have the utmost respect for a lot of producers out there and luckily a lot of them are my personal friends. Guys like Bolier M.I.K.E. Push and of course. A few guys like Sander van Doorn Nicky Romero and Nic Chagall would be fun to make tracks with as well, I think it will fit quite nicely!Haha, I think the water up here is too pure to get inspired enough to make 'Go Fast!'. 'Go Fast!' was made after a trip to Holland where I played atand enjoyed a visit to. Events like that really does give you that extra inspiration to make big room stuff."La Guitarra" on the other hand was unfortunately made under totally different circumstances. It was a direct result of my brother passing away late 2007. I never intended that track to be released actually, but I remember having a deadline for a release on. I made that track in memory of him and decided to give it to Armada Music . After a while I realized that was a good decision after seeing all the comments and thoughts people got from the track. I would say it was an important part for me to handle the grief of losing my brother.Yeah you would think so, but actually no. It totally has a different meaning than the bicycle race. I named it like this because I thought of the golden years of trance and the melodies that caught people's ears back then, and combined it with the progressive house and trance beats/arrangement of today. Giving people a little tour of trance, of both old and new elements.If we're talking about the EDM scene I would easily say Ferry Corsten and Paul van Dyk ! They have given so much to the people, making trance a credible genre which everyone can enjoy. Thanks to those guys a lot of people opened their ears and hearts to this lovely thing called trance!If we're speaking about music in general, there are waaay too many people who deserves to be nominated, but on the top of my head? Sting,plus way too many others!From my tracks in general I'll always hold 'La Guitarra' close to my heart and 'So Long Radio' just because, in my opinion, it's the best track I've ever made. From my album I do have a few personal favorites: From 'Down The Line' I still remember how I hummed the melody into my phone while walking around during my old job. 'Redemption' has a special meaning for me which I will keep to myself (sorry guys and girls). And 'Between The Rays' is the best trance track I've ever made. I don't know if it's allowed to really love one of your own tracks, but I actually do love this one myself haha.I remembercame up to me just after my set and asked almost the same question. I'll give you the same answer I gave him: it was UNBELIEVABLE!! I'm telling you, trancefans are the best and most loyal in the world!There's a lot that I like, I'm actually considering moving over there! I love the people, the atmosphere, the scenery and the climate as well! So far I can't find one negative thing about Holland! So we'll see, I might join your lovely country soon!Well that's the thing about the trancefans of today. With the sound and the scene changing so rapidly, so do the fans! It's fun to hear the houseguys taking influences from trance and make more melodic upbeat stuff, as well as tranceguys lowering the tempo and add some funkiness to trance. I actually like that, it makes the differences a lot smaller, plus it makes the music all that more fun to make.Hmm, I'm afraid to step on toes now, but I do remember one particular gig were almost everything went wrong. I'm not going to say where it was, but my driver crashed the car into another, so I had to go to the hospital. It concerned an outdoor gig and they had the worst electrical storm in years. So the power went out and the rain started pouring, even the flights were horrible! All in all a terrible terrible weekend…I can honestly say that the best one, and the one I'll always remember is A State Of Trance 500 in Den Bosch. seeing all those dedicated fans just lifting the roof when I played. Orgasmic!I know quite a few actually!, my own 'apprentice',who's rapidly improving and is definitely one to look out for in the future, as well as my other apprentice(Austin Taiga). I have also been checking out some of the new stuff fromand Jacob van Hage , who are really doing good things and Arty 's been doing some crazy things this year!And I just have to mention my general managerwho definitely got the ears and understanding for good music, I could see him rise quite fast as well!.Well with my album just released it's going to be a lot of touring. I'm going to visit Germany, Russia, Belgium and I'm really looking forward to my first Australian tour this summer as well! I hear good things about clubbing down under!. Other than that, I'm planning on taking a small vacation in Norway with my beautiful daughter and girlfriend.A mix-compilation, hmm… not a bad idea. I guess we'll just have to wait and see!