Career
2013–2014: debut and "Gecko" breakthrough
Heldens began his professional music career when he signed to2015–2016: HI-LO and Heldeep Records
In July 2015, the HI-LO song "Renegade Mastah" was the first track to be released on Heldens' new label Heldeep Records. In a later interview with the UKF blog, it was revealed that HI-LO was Heldens, who used the label to launch the HI-LO project. HI-LO has been called a deeper underground sound than Heldens' work under his own name. The title of the HI-LO project was chosen as a palindrome for Oli-H, to signify his name. The HI-LO tracks "Crank It Up", "Wappy Flirt" and "Ooh La La" followed, with the single "Scrub the Ground" by2017–2020: "Turn Me On" and other singles
In 2017, Heldens released the single "Ibiza 77". In 2018, he signed to2021–Present: more focus on HI-LO tracks
2020 saw the rise of releases by HI-LO, the darker alias of Oliver Heldens. This started off with the singles "Kronos", "Zeus" and "Athena", all of which he produced himself. This continued into 2021, and he also started collaborating with a lot of new artists, this time DJs that are known from the techno scene. The most notable among these is Reinier Zonneveld, a Dutch techno legend with whom HI-LO now collaborates a lot. This resulted in the singles "Saw Of Olympus", ""Existencia", "Balearic Mornings" and "String Theory". Two other singles are "Check" with Will Clarke and "HADES" with Italian DJ T78. All of these were released on the "Filth On Acid" label by Reinier Zonneveld. HI-LO also remixed the song "Skycrapers" by Nina Kraviz, which resulted in "Skycrapers (Hi-Lo Remix)". Another novelty for him included the release of "Hypnos" and "Hera" onPerformances
Heldens has performed at festivals and venues includingDiscography
Awards and nominations
DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ
References
Sources
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heldens, Oliver 1995 births 21st-century Dutch musicians Dutch DJs Dutch house musicians Dutch record producers Living people Dutch male musicians Musicians from Rotterdam George FM Progressive house musicians Future house musicians Electronic dance music DJs 21st-century male musicians FFRR Records artists FL Studio users