Ørjan Nilsen
Ørjan Nilsen is a Norwegian record producer and DJ ranked inside the Top 250 DJs in his genre by the annual DJ Mag Top 100 poll. His debut studio album In My Opinion was released in 2011, followed by No Saint Out of Me in 2013 and Prism in 2018.
His discography features collaborations with Armin van Buuren, Cosmic Gate, Fingerling among others.
Nilsix: Orjan Nilsen has produced and delivered a large number of singles together with Mark Sixma, who as a partner in their B2B performs as Nilsix before the public at different festivals.
Musical career
In 2012, Nilsen placed at Number 32 for the DJ Mag Top 100 and was nominated for Best Breakthrough DJ by IDMA.Forming a bond with Dutch label Armada Music early in his career, his first release on the imprint was "Red Woods", a track put out in 2006 under his DJ Governor alias. Over the years Ørjan found his track, and released singles such as "La Guitarra", "Lovers Lane" and "So Long Radio".
In 2016, his track "Los Capos" with Colombian producer KhoMha owned the charts for more than four months, preceding his second team-up with superstar Armin van Buuren on "Flashlight".
The following year saw the release of "Iconic", which was voted #25 in the 2017 A State of Trance Tune of The Year, followed by a series of single releases from aforementioned album Prism. Meanwhile his remix of Loud Luxury's "Body" hit the 5 million streams mark in just a few months.
Radio show / Podcast
Starting from 1'st of April 2020 Ørjan has his own radio show named "In My Opinion Radio".The show is broadcast live bi-weekly on Ørjan's official Facebook page and YouTube channel at 9PM and is also available as Podcast.
Awards and nominations
- 2012 – Classified No. 32 on DJ Mag Top 100
- 2012 – Nominated as Break-Through DJ by IDMA
- 2013 – Classified No. 49 on DJ Mag Top 100
- 2014 – Classified No. 129 on DJ Mag Top 100
- 2018 - Classified No. 247 on DJ Mag Top 100
Discography
Studio albums
In My Opinion No Saint Out of Me- Prism
- ''The Devil Is In The Detail''
Singles
2006
- "Arctic Globe / Prison Break"
- "Red Woods"
- "High Pressure"
2007
- "Lost Once"
- "Orlando"
- "Beat Design / Rain"
- "In Fusion / Spawns"
- "Gobstice / Adamantica"
2008
- "Black Mamba / Down & Dirty"
- "Scrubs / La Guitarra"
2010
- "Sanctuary / The Odd Number"
- "Lovers Lane"
- "So Long Radio"
- "Shoutbox!"
2011
- "Shades of Grey / Pale Memories"
- "Go Fast!"
- "Mjuzik"
- "Anywhere But Here"
- "Between the Rays / The Mule"
- "The Music Makers"
- "Viking / Atchoo!"
2012
- "Lucky Strike / Legions"
- "Amsterdam"
- "Belter"
- "Endymion"
- "Burana / Filthy Fandango"
- "PhireWorX"
- "Copperfield"
2013
- "No Saint Out of Me"
- "Violetta"
- "Crispy Duck"
- "Drink to Forget "
- "Xiing"
- "Hands"
- "In the Air"
- "Fable"
- "Mafioso"
2014
- "The Late Anthem"
- "Fair Game"
- "Hurricane"
- "Apart"
- "W.D.I.A."
- "Carioca"
- Dirty Philty Beautiful
- "Shenanigans"
2015
- "The Edge"
- "Amis Ama"
- "Now We Are talking"
- "Don"
- "Too Early Anthem"
- "What It's All About"
2016
- "Iconic"
- "Los Capos"
- "Flashlight"
- "Kilowatts"
2017
- "Renegades"
- "Tradekraft"
- "Crowd Control"
- "Booya"
- "The Hardest Part"
- "Swoosh"
- "Drowning"
- "Hi There Radio"
- "Acid Reflux"
- "Without Kontakt"
2018
- "Million Miles Away"
- "Navigator"
- "In A Thousand Ways"
- "That One Night"
- "What a Rush"
- "Savour This Moment"
- "Love Rush In"
2019
- "Wait 4 It"
- "Reminiscence"
- "Shriek"
- "Fomo"
- "Badoo"
- "The Chosen One"
- "Once There Were Raves"
- "Don't Need to Know Your Name"
- "Kiara"
- "1 Like You"
- "Samhain"
- "Up & Up"
2020
- "U Gotta"
- "Re-Election"
- "Instinct"
- "Fearless"
- "Sankthansaften"
2021
- "Volt"
- "Memoirs"
- "Pantheon"
- "Poetry"
2022
- "Thousand Drums"
- "Jeger"
Remixes
2006
- Menno de Jong & Leon Bolier pres. Solar Express – "Magma"
- Galen Behr vs. Hydroid – "Carabella"
- O'Callaghan & Kearney – "Exactly"
2007
- Temple One – "Forever Searching"
- Manual Addicts – "Siberian Dawn"
- Conrad S. – "Apologies"
- B.E.N. vs. Digital Nature – "Save Me God"
2008
- Ørjan Nilsen – "La Guitarra"
- Marcus Schössow – "The Last Pluck"
- Ilya Soloviev & Paul Miller – "Lover Summer"
- Mike Koglin feat. Tania Laila – "Find Me"
- Rapid Eye – "Circa Forever"
2009
- 4 Strings feat. LeeMac – "Let Me Take Your Breath Away"
- Will Holland feat. Yana Kay – "Tears In The Rain"
- Three Drives – "Automatic City"
- Van Dresen – "Back To Start"
2010
- Simmons & Blanc – "Whatever It Takes"
- Strobe – "Liebe"
- Jonas Steur feat. Julie Thompson – "Side By Side"
- Gaia – "Aisha"
- Adiva – "Desired"
2011
- Whiteroom feat. Amy Cooper – "Someday"
- John O'Callaghan & Timmy & Tommy – "Talk To Me"
- Armin van Buuren vs. Ferry Corsten – "Minack"
- Tiddey feat. Lyck – "Keep Waiting"
- Fingerling – "La Bella"
- Mia Dahli – "Need You Now"
- Cosmic Gate & Emma Hewitt – "Be Your Sound"
- M.I.K.E. – "Back In Time"
- Mark Sherry feat. Sharone – "Silent Tears"
- Armin van Buuren – "Blue Fear"
- Richard Durand feat. Hadley – "Run To You"
2012
- BT – "Force Of Gravity"
- Christian Burns, Paul Oakenfold & JES – "As We Collide"
- Dead Can Dance – "The Host Of Seraphim"
2013
- Armin van Buuren & Markus Schulz – "The Expedition (A [State of Trance 600 Anthem)]"
- Push – "Universal Nation"
- Armin van Buuren feat. Lauren Evans – "Alone"
2014
- Audien feat. Michael S. – "Leaving You"
2015
- Andrew Rayel feat. Cindy Alma – "Hold One To Your Love"
2016
- Armin van Buuren feat. Cimo Fränkel – "Strong Ones"
2018
- Firebeatz feat. Vertel – "Till The Sun Comes Up"
- Loud Luxury feat. Brando – "Body"
- Lost Frequencies feat. The NGHBRS – "Like I Love You"
2019
- Orjan Nilsen x Dennis Sheperd x Nifra x Estiva – "Cabin Fever"
2020
- BLR feat. NBLM – "Take Me Higher"
- Tyron Dixon feat. Kris Kiss – "Destination"
- Morgan Page & Mark Sixma – "Our Song"
2021
- Orjan Nilsen – "Between The Rays"
- Jarod Glawe – "Falling "