Sound design manager at Nokia
Finland
- Current
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- Sound design manager at Nokia
- Recording artist at Universal Music
- Visiting lecturer at University of Art and Design Helsinki - MediaLab
- Promoter / DJ at Club Unity
- Owner at DJ Orkidea (Self-employed)
- Past
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- Art Director at Nokia
- Sound designer at Sulake Corporation
- Producer at Finnish Broadcasting Company
- Music composer and producer at Solar Film
- Consult at Nokia
- Remixer at Hooj Choons, Nettwerk, Anjunabeats, Vandit, Warner, Sony, BMG, Black Hole, Lost Language, Perfecto..
- Music composer and producer at Helsinki Film
- Music composer and producer at Moskito TV
- Sound designer at Microsoft
- Sound designer and music producer at Taivas
- Sound designer and music producer at Woodpecker Film
- Sound designer at Taika Technologies
- Sound designer at Finnish National Theater
- Education
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- Helsinki City Institute of Media and Arts
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Tapio Hakanen’s Summary
An award winning sound designer and electronic music producer from Finland. 15 years of experience in music production, remixing, audio branding and sound design for films, TV-ads, computer games, animations, multimedia & theater plays.
Past and current clients include Battery, Disney, Elisa, Finnish National Theater, Grey, Habbo Hotel, Helsingin Sanomat, Kiasma, Lowe, Microsoft, MTV, Nokia, Sony, Taivas, TV Nelonen, Universal Music and Warner to name a few.
Tapio Hakanen’s Specialties:
Electronic music, music design, UI sounds and audio branding.
Tapio Hakanen’s Experience
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Sound design manager
Nokia
(Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)
March 2009 — Present (10 months)
Managing the sound design team at Nokia Design, responsible for sounds in Nokia mobile devices.
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Recording artist
Universal Music
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Music industry)
June 2003 — Present (6 years 7 months)
Recording artist for Universal Music Finland. Debut album 'Taika' was released in November 2003 and reached the finnish national Top 40 charts.
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Visiting lecturer
University of Art and Design Helsinki - MediaLab
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)
March 2002 — Present (7 years 10 months)
Giving occasional lectures about sound design for virtual environments and non-liner story telling & sound.
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Promoter / DJ
Club Unity
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Entertainment industry)
October 1996 — Present (13 years 3 months)
Promoter and resident DJ at Club Unity, an electronic music club arranging various one-off club events in Finland such as Unity, Renaissance Worldwide Helsinki, Pacifique and Sun Club.
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Owner
DJ Orkidea (Self-employed)
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Music industry)
August 1992 — Present (17 years 5 months)
My own company focusing on sound design and electronic music production. Clients so far inlude for example Base Communications, Battery/Sinebrychoff, BMG, CapGemini, Elisa, Grey Tactica, Hasan & Partners, Helsinki Film, Kiasma (Finnish Museum of Contemporary Art), Lowe & Partners, Microsoft, Miracle Sound, Moskito TV, MTV3, Nokia, Pueblo Pictures, Radio City, Roland Scandinavia, Solar Films, Sony Music, Sulake Labs, Sumea Interactive, Taivas, Tampere Conservatory, TV Nelonen, University of Helsinki (Media Laboratory),Warner, Vateva and Woodpecker Film.
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Art Director
Nokia
(Public Company; NOK; Telecommunications industry)
January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year )
Art director of Nokia's global audio identity. Covering sonic image in phones, advertising and events.
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Sound designer
Sulake Corporation
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Online Media industry)
June 2004 — January 2008 (3 years 8 months)
Sound designer responsible for sonifying Sulake Corporation's online, mobile, animation & other media products.
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Producer
Finnish Broadcasting Company
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
September 1998 — December 2007 (9 years 4 months)
Producing radio show for Finnish National Radio's YleX channel.
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Music composer and producer
Solar Film
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
October 2003 — November 2005 (2 years 2 months)
Composing and producing music for Levottomat III and Paha Maa movies and Studio Impossible TV-series.
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Consult
Nokia
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Music industry)
January 2002 — August 2005 (3 years 8 months)
Consulting on Nokia's electronic music related projects. Also some one-off sound design work.
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Remixer
Hooj Choons, Nettwerk, Anjunabeats, Vandit, Warner, Sony, BMG, Black Hole, Lost Language, Perfecto..
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Music industry)
June 1999 — October 2004 (5 years 5 months)
Remixing other artists music as DJ Orkidea. So far contributed remixes for the mentioned record labels for artists such as Bomfunk MCs, The Doors, DJ Tiesto, Tilt, Aalto, Jan Johnston etc... These remixes have been played and supported by world's leading DJs such as Paul Oakenfold, Paul van Dyk and DJ Tiesto.
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Music composer and producer
Helsinki Film
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)
June 2003 — August 2003 (3 months)
Composing and producing music for Hymypoika movie.
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Music composer and producer
Moskito TV
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
April 2003 — August 2003 (5 months)
Composing and producing music for two hour movie Skene produced for Finnish Broadcasting Company.
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Sound designer
Microsoft
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Online Media industry)
February 2003 — March 2003 (2 months)
Sound designed Microsoft's advertisement movie for their Business Tools animation.
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Sound designer and music producer
Taivas
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Games industry)
December 2002 — January 2003 (2 months)
Sound design and music production to various computer games for finnish telephone operator Elisa.
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Sound designer and music producer
Woodpecker Film
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; Broadcast Media industry)
March 2001 — January 2003 (1 year 11 months)
Various sound design and music production works for the legendary finnish movie production house. Customers including TV-Channel Nelonen, Top-Sport and MTV 3.
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Sound designer
Taika Technologies
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Online Media industry)
August 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 2 months)
Sound designer mainly focused on sound designing Taika's 3D products and developing needed technology. Work also included music production for various computer games, animations, films and user interface sound design.
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Sound designer
Finnish National Theater
(Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Performing Arts industry)
March 1999 — August 1999 (6 months)
Sound designer for classic finnish theater play Niskavuoren Heta.
Tapio Hakanen’s Education
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Helsinki City Institute of Media and Arts
Sound recording and sound design August 1996 — December 2003
Final work was about Sound Design for 3D Virtual Environments.
Additional Information
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Tapio Hakanen’s Groups:
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SCANDINAVIAN DESIGN - MODERNA -
TED: Ideas Worth Spreading -
Music Producers -
miami winter music conference group
Tapio Hakanen’s Honors:
Best DJ (Platinum Awards 2000)
Best Radio Show - Tiistain Tanssi-Ilta (Platinum Awards 2000)
Best Live Act - Labyrinth Live PA (Platinum Awards 2000)
Best DJ (Platinum Awards 2001)
Best DJ (Finnish Club Awards 2002)
Album Of The Week - Taika CD (YleX radio)
Best DJ (Finnish Club Awards 2003)
Best Album - Taika CD (Finnish Club Awards 2003)
Best DJ (Finnish Club Awards 2004)
Best DJ in Scandinavia (Megamind.de voting 2004)
Best DJ in Scandinavia (Megamind.de voting 2005)
Best Song - Way Out West: Killa remix (Finnish Club Awards 2005)
Chart position #1 - Beautiful (Finnish official singles chart Dec 2005)
Best Club - Unity (Finnish Club Awards 2006)
Best Event - Pacifique 2006 (Finnish Club Awards 2006)
Best Album - MSITL (Finnish Club Awards 2006)
Position #183 (DJ Mag Top 200 voting 2006)
Position #54 (Tranceaddict.com Top 200 voting 2006)
+Various awards for his sound design work with multimedia, movies and TV advertisements.
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