Jasper Helderman (born Almere, Netherlands (1987-01-27)January 27, 1987), 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.
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.
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.
Singles
2009
Ultimate Rise (with Luxx) (Samsobeats)
2010
Dubbelfris (with Afro Bro’s and DJ Kid) (PM Music)
Can You Feel It (with Quintino) (Supersoniq)
I Want You (with Chaosz) (Squeeze Music)
2011
Cubata (with DJ Punish) (Foktop! Records)
F*cking Ghetto (featuring Lil Jon) (Dirty Dutch Music)
Ready 4 This (with Artistic Raw) (Spinnin’ Records)
