Birth name Jasper Helderman Years active 2008–present | Instruments Keyboard
piano
guitar Website djalvaro.com | |
Born January 27, 1987 (age 30)
Almere, Netherlands ( 1987-01-27 ) Occupation(s) Musician
DJ
record producer Associated acts Tiësto, Afrojack, R3hab, Diplo, MOTi, D-Wayne, Yellow Claw, Quintino, The Partysquad, Carnage, Bassjackers, Jetfire, Joey Dale Albums Bagong Babae, Escapar, The Wildlife Genres Electro house, Progressive house, Moombahton, Trap music Awards Awit Award for Best Folk-Pop Recording Record labels Spinnin' Records, Revealed Recordings, Musical Freedom, Mad Decent, Barong Family Similar Tiësto, Quintino, Wiwek, Afrojack, Lil Jon Profiles |
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.
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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.
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.
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
Remixes
Songs
Guest List2015
Ready for Action2014
Welcome to the Jungle2013