My name is Barry van Dijk, also know as Orician. I was born in the beautiful city of Amsterdam. This was not where I grew up though. I grew up in the City of Almere and I currently live here.

My first introduction to trance music was by my oldest brother. Like a lot of others he was always blasting his music through the house. All kinds of genres were played. From techno to pop music. But out of all these different styles, trance was the genre that stuck with me.

Several years later on middle school I met this guy that made his own trance music. I thought that was amazing. After some weeks I started to get interested in how he made those tracks. This was the first time I got to see how electronic music was made. I though by myself, I can do this. Big mistake of course. After weeks of work and trying my hardest I finally made my own track. It felt great to just let everything go and to focus on sounds.