Oliver Heldens
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Oliver Heldens |
| Also known as | HI-LO |
| Born |
February 1, 1995 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Genres | Future house, Tech house, EDM |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, musician |
| Years active | 2013–present |
| Labels | Spinnin', Heldeep, Musical Freedom, FFRR, Revealed |
| Associated acts | Sander van Doorn, Tiësto, Hardwell, Robin Thicke, KStewart, Becky Hill, Zeds Dead, Don Diablo, Mr. Belt & Wezol, Throttle, Natalie La Rose, Chocolate Puma |
| Website | oliverheldens |
Oliver Heldens, (better known by his stage name, Oliver Heldens) is a Dutch DJ and electronic music producer from Rotterdam.
His 2013 song, "Gecko", caught the attention of fellow Dutch DJ Tiësto, who signed him to his label,Musical Freedom, and released the track with vocals from British singer Becky Hill on June 23, 2014. Heldens also has a weekly podcast titled Heldeep Radio, which has been ongoing for over 2 years.
In 2015, he began producing bass house songs under the alias HI-LO, which comes from 'Oli H' in reversed form. Under his alias, Heldens produced three singles titled "Crank It Up", "Renegade Mastah" and "Wappy Flirt", releasing the latter two on his label Heldeep Records.
Heldens began his professional music career when he signed to Spinnin' Records in 2013. His first releases on the label included the songs "Stinger" and "Thumper", which features DJ Jacob van Hage. Later collaborations included "Panther" with 'Robby East' which was released on the Oxygen label on the December 2, 2013. The single "Gecko" was released in the same month on Tiesto's Musical Freedom record label. The song peaked at number 1 on the DMC Magazine Buzz Chart and was named "Essential New Tune" by BBC's Pete Tong on January 31, 2014.
In January 2014, Heldens launched his Heldeep Mixtape on his official SoundCloud page, creating extended mixes which incorporate various genres of electronic music including different types of deep house and tech house. The first mixtape included his remix of fellow Spinnin' Records signee Martin Garrix's "Animals". In March 2014, Heldens also released a remix of Robin Thicke's "Feel Good".
Heldens entered the DJ Mag Top 100 of 2014, making his debut at number 34. In December 2014, he performed an Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1; from British radio DJ Pete Tong named him "one of the breakthrough producers of the year". "Koala" became the second-most popular searched dance recording from the 2014 Amsterdam Dance Event on music recognition app Shazam. He achieved 12th place in the DJ Mag Top 100 2015, making him the highest ranked house DJ on the list.
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