Alvaro (DJ)
Jasper Helderman, better known by his stage name Alvaro, is a Dutch record producer, songwriter, and DJ. His music is mostly electro house and progressive house. He is best known for his single "Welcome to the Jungle", which reached #3 on the Beatport main chart in June 2013 on Hardwell’s Revealed Recordings. He also produced "The Underground" on Spinnin' Records and more recently "Guest List" on Tiësto's label Musical Freedom, all of which ended up in the top 5 of the Beatport top 100.
Alvaro released tracks on labels such as Spinnin' Records, Revealed Recordings, and Musical Freedom.
He has played in the biggest clubs around the world and festivals like EDC Las Vegas, Electric Zoo NY, Ultra Music Festival, and Tomorrowland. He also worked with artists like MIA, Diplo, Major Lazer, will.i.am, Far East Movement, and Lil Jon.
Biography
Early life
Helderman was born in Almere, Netherlands. When he was 18 years old, he began planning and designing websites. As a teenager, he discovered his passion for DJing while doing graphic design for festivals. Afterwards, he quickly went from editing after movies to producing his own songs.Music career
His first residency was at Club Hardersplaza in Harderwijk in 2008. In October 2009, he released his remix of the song “Took the Night” by Chelley on Spinnin' Records which turned out to be his breakthrough track in the Netherlands as well as other parts of the world. Thereafter, he toured Brazil, Morocco, Australia, and Asia.Since his release of “Make the Crowd Go” on Spinnin' Records, his music was picked up by artists like Tiësto and Hardwell. In January 2013, he was part of the Tiësto Club Live College invasion alongside Tiësto, Tommy Trash, and Quintino. In that same year, he worked together with Tiësto and Quintino to produce the anthem of Ultra Music Festival.
Discography
Singles
Other singles
;2009- "Ultimate Rise"
- "Dubbelfris"
- "Can You Feel It"
- "I Want You"
- "Lucky Star"
- "Cubata"
- "F*cking Ghetto"
- "With My Hands Up"
- "Ready 4 This"
- "Wataah"
- "Badman"
- "Show Me Love"
- "Voodoo People"
- "Make the Crowd Go"
- "Pay Attention to the Drums"
- "Make Me Jump"
- "Rock Music"
- "United"
- "World in Our Hands"
- "Nanana"
- "Welcome to the Jungle"
- "Out of Control"
- "Ready for Action"
- "Charged"
- "Shades"
- "The Underground"
- "6th Gear"
- "Dagga"
- "Oldskool"
- "Guest List"
- "Brah"
- "Fire"
- "Boomshakatak"
- "Take U"
- "Flags Up"
- "In Mijn Systeem"
- "Married to the Streets"
- "Vegas"
- "Kingdom"
- "Wildlife"
- "Concrete Jungle"
- "Lights Out"
- "Watching You"
- "Runaway"
- "No Way"
- "Dem Shots"
- "Niet Mijn Taal"
- "Beatback"
Remixes
;2009- Chelley - Took The Night
- Brothers D and Schmoove - Wanna Lick It
- Pizetta - Klezmer featuring Reagadelica
- Major Lazer - Keep Goin' Louder featuring Niña Sky & Ricky Blaze
- Tony Junior & Nicolas Nox - Loesje
- Dzeko & Torres - Again featuring Majid
- Missy Elliott - Get Your Freak On
- Usher featuring will.i.am - OMG
- Dada Life - White Noise / Red Meat
- Munchi - Shottass featuring MR. LEXX
- Dillon Francis & Diplo featuring Maluca - Que Que
- Sak Noel - Loca People
- The Black Eyed Peas - The Time
- Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer, and Afrojack - Give Me Everything
- Far East Movement featuring Dev - Like A G6
- Yellow Claw featuring Sjaak & Mr. Polska - Krokobil
- Tyga - Rack City
- Pitbull - Back In Time
- Pitbull featuring T-Pain - Hey Baby
- Zedd featuring Heather Bright - Stars Come Out
- Billy The Kid, Duvall, Stennis - Higher
- The Partysquad featuring Jayh, Sjaak and Reverse - Helemaal Naar de Klote
- PSY - Gangnam Style
- The Kickstarts, Vogue - Freaks
- Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora - Black Widow
- Yo Yo Honey Singh - Yaar Na Milay
- The Partysquad featuring Jayh, Reverse, Mocormaniac, Cho and Bokoesam - Dat Is Dat Ding
- Moksi - Brace Yourself
- Cashmere Cat & Major Lazer featuring Tory Lanez - Miss You