Orlando Voorn (born 25 April 1968, in

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) is a Dutch DJ and

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. As a solo artist he has released work since the early 80s under a large amount of

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containing Balance, Frequency, Baruka, Basic Bastard, Fix, Dope Dog, Boy, Stalker and The Nighttripper. He also produced tracks with

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under the name Ghetto Brothers and with Jeff Porter as Designer Loops. Voorn won the Dutch DMC DJ Championships in 1986 which meant the beginning of a large number of released tracks. As a professional DJ he released his first club tracks under the

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Lower East Side Records. Together with Detroit techno music pioneers

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, Derrick May and

he produced tracks under various labels. Voorn's music is characterized by its variety of styles such as

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, Hip hop and Electro. By many people Orlando Voorn is considered the first one to establish a connection (in music) between

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and

References

External links

Orlando Voorn
on Myspace
Orlando Voorn
discography

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