Artist Name: Ørjan Nilsen
Country of Origin: Norway
Birthday: June 14, 1982
Aliases: DJ Governor, Orion, Orjan, O & R
DJ Mag 2008 Ranking: n/a
Official Website(s): http://www.myspace.com/orjannilsen, http://www.orjannilsen.com/

Interesting facts:
Orjan began producing as DJ Governor but has now retired the name in favor of using his real name
Orjan Nilsen’s most popular single La Guitarra was made in response to losing his older brother to cancer in December 2007.

Artist Analysis

Productions: Orjan Nilsen is one of the hottest producers in the trance game today.  Bar none, he has been cranking out amazing remixes after massive tunes on a scale that has him in the front-running for 2008 Producer of the Year.  It is very rare when you come across an artist in which pretty much every production you hear from him grabs your attention and has that intangible effect of making you be like “Goddamn this is a fucking hot track.”
Score – 10/10

DJ ability: Probably the reason why he was not even in the top 150 DJ’s in DJ Mag’s top 100, Orjan does not spend as much time on tour and mixing together killer sets.  In our opinion here at Trance Dance Music, a major weakness in the overall repertoire of a DJ, as we cannot properly dissect his mixing and technical capabilities, track selection, energy, and vibe while spinning.
Score – 2/10

Conclusion: While Orjan has few to none rivals of equal in producing, his underdeveloped DJ ability prevent us from giving him a perfect score that reflects his producing talents.  At the end of the day though, in keeping with this blog’s theme, we feel that his contribution to making absolute club killer tracks earned him a bottom-line score that is worthy of Trance Dance Music’s stamp of approval.  If you have any reservations or counter-arguments, next time you’re in the club with your favorite DJ who happens to drop one of his tracks, see how alive the club comes when the rough sounds cut through and jolt the entire crowd into frenzy.

Bottom-Line Trance Dance Music Score – 8/10

Trance Dance Music’s Favorite Tracks

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Orjan Nilsen – Be As One (La Guitarra)

Ilya Soloviev & Paul Miller – Lover Summer (Orjan Nilsen Remix)

Orjan Nilsen – Vivida

Orjan Nilsen – Silver State

Orjan Nilsen pres O & R – Beat Design

Orjan Nilsen pres O & R – Rain

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