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Orjan Nilsen

Ørjan Nilsen is a Norwegian trance producer and DJ known for his work in progressive and uplifting trance. His productions and DJ sets emphasize melodic elements and atmospheric soundscapes within the trance genre.

81 tracksTrance (Main Floor)· 2008–2025
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Sound profile

EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal

Orjan Nilsen is a high-energy with strong drive and a bright production artist.

This artistTypical Trance (Main Floor)
Signature sound

Sits right in the typical Trance (Main Floor) pocket.

How this compares to Trance (Main Floor)

Across 81 analysed tracks, Orjan Nilsen averages 72% energy — harder than 60% of individual Trance (Main Floor) tracks — and 58% groove, straighter than 59%.

Measured against 21,919 Trance (Main Floor) tracks on 11 August 2026.

Key & BPM profile

Most tracks sit between 66–145 BPM with a median of 128 · predominantly minor keys (77% minor) · most common key: 6A (G Minor) with 26 tracks.

BPM spread
65–69
1
120–124
1
125–129
46
130–134
26
135–139
2
140–144
3
145–149
2
Key distribution
1A1B2A12B3A43B4A94B15A45B26A266B27A67B28A28B19A59B610A310B211A211B12A12B3

Sound profile evolution

How Orjan Nilsen’s production has shifted across their catalog. The radar overlays earlier and recent eras as one shape, the year-by-year chart shows every metric move, and the tempo trend tracks the BPM migration against the typical Trance (Main Floor) tempo.

Sound profile shift
EnergyDriveGrooveBrightnessWarmthVocal
2008–2017·35 tracks
2018–2025·24 tracks
Year-by-year sound · scale 0–100
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Tempo migration · yearly average
This artistTypical Trance (Main Floor)
What changed

Across Orjan Nilsen's catalog, production has darkened; vocal content has thinned.

Release volume by decade

1
2000s
39
2010s
19
2020s

Tracks in catalog

81 total · sortable
Nostalgia - Extended Mix album art
Nostalgia - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma, nilsix
140 BPM · 6A · Trance (Main Floor) · 91% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
140
6A · G min
91%Peak time
—
Blast From The Past album art
Blast From The Past
Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma, nilsix
128 BPM · 6A · Mainstage · 68% Builder
Mainstage
128
6A · G min
68%Builder
2025
Nostalgia - Balearic Extended Mix album art
Nostalgia - Balearic Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma, nilsix
140 BPM · 6A · Trance (Main Floor) · 94% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
140
6A · G min
94%Peak time
—
La Guitarra album art
La Guitarra
Orjan Nilsen
130 BPM · 4A · Trance (Main Floor) · 81% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
130
4A · F min
81%Peak time
2008
Volt album art
Volt
Orjan Nilsen
132 BPM · 6A · Trance (Main Floor) · 76% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
132
6A · G min
76%Peak time
2021
Violetta album art
Violetta
Orjan Nilsen
128 BPM · 6A · Trance (Main Floor) · 87% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
128
6A · G min
87%Peak time
2013
Viking - 20 Year Anniversary Extended Mix album art
Viking - 20 Year Anniversary Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen
134 BPM · 6A · Trance (Main Floor) · 69% Builder
Trance (Main Floor)
134
6A · G min
69%Builder
2011
Apart - Martin Volt & Quentin State Remix album art
Apart - Martin Volt & Quentin State Remix
Orjan Nilsen, Jonathan Mendelsohn
128 BPM · 6B · Progressive House · 64% Builder
Progressive House
128
6B · B♭ maj
64%Builder
2014
The Void album art
The Void
Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma, nilsix
132 BPM · 12B · Mainstage · 72% Peak time
Mainstage
132
12B · E maj
72%Peak time
2018
Pantheon album art
Pantheon
Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma
133 BPM · 10A · Trance (Main Floor) · 60% Builder
Trance (Main Floor)
133
10A · B min
60%Builder
2021
Endymion album art
Endymion
Orjan Nilsen
128 BPM · 6A · Trance (Main Floor) · 83% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
128
6A · G min
83%Peak time
2012
Amnesia - Extended Mix album art
Amnesia - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen
130 BPM · 3A · Trance (Main Floor) · 70% Builder
Trance (Main Floor)
130
3A · B♭ min
70%Builder
2023
Ghost in the Machine - Extended Mix album art
Ghost in the Machine - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma, nilsix
145 BPM · 6A · Mainstage · 78% Peak time
Mainstage
145
6A · G min
78%Peak time
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Now We Are Talking album art
Now We Are Talking
Orjan Nilsen
128 BPM · 9A · Trance (Main Floor) · 74% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
128
9A · E min
74%Peak time
2015
LFOcean - Extended Mix album art
LFOcean - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen
127 BPM · 5A · Trance (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic) · 90% Peak time
Trance (Raw / Deep / Hypnotic)
127
5A · C min
90%Peak time
2024
The Raid - Extended Mix album art
The Raid - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen, MaRLo, Mark Sixma, nilsix
138 BPM · 9B · Mainstage · 85% Peak time
Mainstage
138
9B · G maj
85%Peak time
—
Stubborn album art
Stubborn
Orjan Nilsen, Somna
128 BPM · 10A · Trance (Main Floor) · 43% Sustainer
Trance (Main Floor)
128
10A · B min
43%Sustainer
2022
Gone album art
Gone
Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma, nilsix
132 BPM · 11A · Trance (Main Floor) · 90% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
132
11A · F♯ min
90%Peak time
2024
Bring Back The Techno - Extended Mix album art
Bring Back The Techno - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen, Mark Sixma, nilsix
134 BPM · 7A · Trance (Main Floor) · 88% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
134
7A · D min
88%Peak time
2025
Go Fast! - 20 Year Anniversary Extended Mix album art
Go Fast! - 20 Year Anniversary Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen
138 BPM · 6A · Trance (Main Floor) · 53% Sustainer
Trance (Main Floor)
138
6A · G min
53%Sustainer
2011
Trippin - Extended Mix album art
Trippin - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen
130 BPM · 5B · Mainstage · 64% Builder
Mainstage
130
5B · E♭ maj
64%Builder
2023
The Late Anthem - Way Too Late Mix album art
The Late Anthem - Way Too Late Mix
Orjan Nilsen
128 BPM · 4A · Trance (Main Floor) · 71% Peak time
Trance (Main Floor)
128
4A · F min
71%Peak time
2014
Fable album art
Fable
Orjan Nilsen, Fingerling
128 BPM · 4A · Progressive House · 55% Sustainer
Progressive House
128
4A · F min
55%Sustainer
2013
I Don't Get Lonely - Extended Mix album art
I Don't Get Lonely - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen
126 BPM · 9B · Bass House · 71% Peak time
Bass House
126
9B · G maj
71%Peak time
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Iconic - Extended Mix album art
Iconic - Extended Mix
Orjan Nilsen
128 BPM · 6A · Trance (Main Floor) · 67% Builder
Trance (Main Floor)
128
6A · G min
67%Builder
2016
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Artists that mix with Orjan Nilsen

We scored every transition between Orjan Nilsen’s 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 751 catalogues clear the bar — a transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number you’ll see on any track page. The 8 with the widest margin over chance are below.

Chance is measured, not assumed: 0.573% of transitions between two randomly drawn tracks by different artists in this catalogue reach 80. Listed alphabetically — the set is reproducible, the order inside it is not.

Dan Thompson

86 of the 1,320 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.6. They come from 25 different Orjan Nilsen tracks.

Booya - Ruslan Radriges Remix → Outbreak - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · +2 BPM · 92 chemistry

David Gravell

84 of the 1,240 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 7.1. They come from 26 different Orjan Nilsen tracks.

Violetta - Exis Extended Remix → Megatron · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

DIM3NSION

92 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 28 different Orjan Nilsen tracks.

Booya - Ruslan Radriges Remix → Crash - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 89 chemistry

Fatum

85 of the 1,560 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 8.9. They come from 24 different Orjan Nilsen tracks.

Endymion - KhoMha Remix → Ardan · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

KhoMha

82 of the 1,160 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 6.7. They come from 28 different Orjan Nilsen tracks.

Booya - Ruslan Radriges Remix → All Systems Down - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · −2 BPM · 92 chemistry

Markus Schulz

98 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 27 different Orjan Nilsen tracks.

Navigator - Extended Mix → This Generation [Indio] · 6A → 6A · same BPM · 93 chemistry

Oliver Smith

90 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 27 different Orjan Nilsen tracks.

The Edge → Endorphin · 4A → 4A · same BPM · 89 chemistry

Sunny Lax

83 of the 1,600 transitions between these catalogues reach 80 chemistry. Chance would give 9.2. They come from 30 different Orjan Nilsen tracks.

Endymion - KhoMha Remix → 43+86=129 - Extended Mix · 6A → 6A · +1 BPM · 92 chemistry

Chemistry weighs harmonic, rhythmic, energy, groove, mood and vocal compatibility. Tempos are as analysed from the recording — where a genre is habitually detected an octave down, this is how we handle it. Different measurement from the audience-overlap list further down the page.

Related artists

Top 15 by similarity

DJs and producers closest to Orjan Nilsen by audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play. It’s a taste signal, not a measured key-and-tempo match: good for shortlisting crates when you’re prepping a set around Orjan Nilsen, then check the chemistry on the pair you actually mix. Eligible names link to their own page.

Ben Gold
100%
70 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Jorn Van Deynhoven
92%
22 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Andrew Rayel
82%
70 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Super8 & Tab
82%
52 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Simon Patterson
81%
54 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Jochen Miller
80%
26 tracks in catalog · Big Room
Mark Sixma
80%
50 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Heatbeat
79%
47 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Allen Watts
73%
78 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
John O'Callaghan
72%
69 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Marcel Woods
68%
14 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Ahmed Helmy
65%
41 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
KhoMha
65%
29 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Protoculture
63%
74 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)
Armin van Buuren
63%
354 tracks in catalog · Trance (Main Floor)

Similarity data from Last.fm. BPM, key and energy on this page are measured from the recordings in our catalog.

FAQ

What BPM does Orjan Nilsen play at?+

Orjan Nilsen's tracks in our catalog range from 66 to 145 BPM, with a median of 128 BPM. Across 81 tracks, the most common range falls in the 130–135 BPM bucket.

What key are Orjan Nilsen's tracks in?+

Orjan Nilsen's tracks are mostly in minor keys (77% minor across 81 tracks). The most common single key is 6A (G Minor) with 26 tracks.

What artists mix well with Orjan Nilsen?+

We scored every transition between Orjan Nilsen's 40 analysed tracks and every track by 12,460 other artists. 751 catalogues clear the bar by more than chance would give, and Dan Thompson, David Gravell, DIM3NSION are three of them — listed alphabetically, because the set is reproducible and the order inside it is not. A transition counts at 80 chemistry or above, the same number shown on a track page. One measured example: Booya - Ruslan Radriges Remix into Outbreak - Extended Mix, 6A to 6A, 92 chemistry.

Which artists share an audience with Orjan Nilsen?+

Orjan Nilsen sits closest to Ben Gold, Jorn Van Deynhoven, Andrew Rayel in our catalog. That ranking is audience overlap — the artists their listeners also play — rather than a measured key-and-tempo match, so treat it as a shortlist worth digging through, not a promise that any two tracks will beatmatch. The full list, with track counts, is in the Related artists section above.

When was Orjan Nilsen most active?+

Our catalog has Orjan Nilsen releases spanning 2008 to 2025, with the most tracks from the 2010s.