Alvaro (DJ)

Alvaro
Birth name Jasper Helderman
Born (1987-01-27) January 27, 1987
Almere, Netherlands
Genres
Occupation(s)
Instruments
Years active 2008–present
Labels Spinnin' Records
Revealed Recordings
Musical Freedom
Doorn Records
Wall Recordings
Barong Family
Associated acts Tiësto, Afrojack, R3hab, Diplo, MOTi, D-Wayne, Yellow Claw, Quintino, The Partysquad, Carnage, Bassjackers, Jetfire, Joey Dale
Website djalvaro.com

Jasper Helderman (born Almere, Netherlands January 27, 1987),[1] better known by his stage name Alvaro, is a Dutch record producer, songwriter and DJ. His music is mostly electro house, house and progressive house. Best known for his single “Welcome To The Jungle’’ (featuring Mercer and Lil Jon), which reached #3 on the Beatport Main chart after a release on June 1st 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.[2]

Alvaro released tracks on labels such as Spinnin' Records, Revealed Recordings and Musical Freedom.

He 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 DJ’ing while doing graphic design for festivals. Afterwards, he quickly went from editing after movies to producing his own songs.[3]

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 DJs Tiësto and Quintino to produce the anthem of Ultra Music Festival.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Nominated work Category Result
2015 DJ Mag Alvaro Top 101-150 DJs[4] No. 120

Discography

Charting singles

Year Title Peak chart positions Album
NLD
[5]
AUS
[6]
AUT
[7]
BEL (Vl)
[8]
BEL (Wa)
[9]
FIN
[10]
FRA
[11]
GER
[12]
IRL
[13]
SWE
[14]
SWI
[15]
2009 "Make It Funky" 11[A] Non-album singles
2010 "Dubbelfrisss"
(with Afro Bro's and DJ Kid)
13[A]
"Lucky Star"
(with The Partysquad)
89
"I Want You"
(with Chaosz)
79
2012 "Wataah"
(with The Partysquad)
30[A]
2013 "Welcome To The Jungle"
(with Mercer featuring Lil Jon)
19[B] 11[B]
2014 "Ready For Action"
(with Joey Dale)
30[B]
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016

Remixes

2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015

References

Notes

Sources

  1. "DJ Alvaro (Jasper Helderman)". The DJ List.
  2. "Alvaro - Beatport Top Tracker". Beatport Top Tracker.
  3. Pesavento, Nick (February 1, 2016). "[EDM Assassin Exclusive] Alvaro Interview". EDM Assassin.
  4. Rambaud, Ludovic. "Top 100 DJs 2015 : les 50 suivants (#101-#150) !". Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Alvaro". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  6. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alvaro". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  7. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Alvaro". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  8. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Alvaro". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  9. 1 2 Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Alvaro". Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  10. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alvaro". Finnish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  11. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Alvaro". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  12. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Alvaro". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. Hung, Steffen. "Discography Alvaro". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Alvaro". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  15. Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Alvaro". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).

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