Alvaro

Jasper Helderman (born (1987-01-27)January 27, 1987 in born Almere, Netherlands), better known by his stage name Alvaro (stylized as ΛLVΛRO), 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" (featuring Mercer and Lil Jon), 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.

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.

Singles

Charted singles

Other 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)
• "Lucky Star" (with The Partysquad)

2011

• "Cubata" (with DJ Punish) (Foktop! Records)
• "F*cking Ghetto" (featuring Lil Jon) (Dirty Dutch Music)
• "Ready 4 This" (with Artistic Raw) (Spinnin’ Records)

2012

• "Wataah" (with The Partysquad) (Spinnin’ Records)
• "Badman" (with The Partysquad) (Mad Decent)
• "Show Me Love" (Far East Movement featuring Alvaro) (Interscope Records)
• "Voodoo People" (DOORN Records)
• "Make the Crowd Go" (Spinnin’ Records)
• "Pay Attention to the Drums" (Mixmash Records)
• "Make Me Jump" (Musical Freedom)

2013

• "Rock Music" (Revealed Recordings)
• "United" (with Tiësto and Quintino)
• "World in Our Hands" (with Quintino) (Spinnin’ Records)
• "Nanana" (with MOTi) (Hysteria Records)
• "Welcome to the Jungle" (with Mercer and Lil Jon) (Revealed Recordings)
• "Out of Control" (with TST) (Musical Freedom)

2014

• "Ready for Action" (with Joey Dale) (Spinnin' Records)
• "Charged" (with GLOWINTHEDARK) (Powerhouse Music)
• "Shades" (Musical Freedom)
• "The Underground" (with Carnage) (Spinnin' Records)
• "6th Gear" (with Diplo and KSTYLIS) (Mad Decent)
• "Dagga" (with Dirtcaps) (Smash the House)
• "Oldskool" (with Van Dalen) (DOORN Records)

2015

• "Guest List" (with JETFIRE) (Musical Freedom)
• "Brah" (with Dirtcaps) (Mad Decent)
• "Fire" (with Wiwek) (Dim Mak)
• "Boomshakatak" (with Wiwek featuring MC Spyder) (Barong Family)
• "Take U" (with D-Wayne) (Wall Recordings)
• "Flags Up" (with Yellow Claw and Dirtcaps) (Barong Family)

2016

• "Married to the Streets" (with Reid Stefan) (Metanoia Music)
• "Vegas" (with JETFIRE & Lil Jon) (Spinnin’ Records)
• "Kingdom" (with The Partysquad) (Dim Mak)
• "Wildlife" (with FIGHT CLVB) (Dim Mak)
• "Concrete Jungle" (with Gianni Marino) (Dim Mak)
• "Lights Out" (with The Partysquad) (Rebel Yard)

2017

• "Watching You" (with Faustix) (Warner Music)
• "Runaway" (featuring James Francis) (Universal Music B.V.)
• "No Way" (featuring James Francis) (Universal Music B.V.)

2018

• "Dem Shots" (with Quintino) (Spinnin’ Records)
• "Niet Mijn Taal" (with The Partysquad featuring Mr. Polska & ROLLÀN) (Top Notch)
• "Beatback" (with Dani L. Mebius) (Spinnin' Records)

Remixes

2009

• Chelley - Took The Night (Alvaro Remix) (Ministry Of Sound)
• Brothers D and Schmoove - Wanna Lick It (Alvaro Remix) (PM Music)
• Pizetta - Klezmer featuring Reagadelica (Alvaro Remix) (Sneaker MUZIK)

2010

• Tony Junior & Nicolas Nox - Loesje (Alvaro Remix) (Rodeo Media)
• Dzeko & Torres - Again featuring Majid (Alvaro Remix) (Starter Records)

2011

• Dada Life - White Noise / Red Meat (Alvaro Remix) (Dim Mak Records)
• Munchi - Shottass featuring MR. LEXX (Alvaro Remix) (T&A Records)
• Dillon Francis & Diplo - Que Que (Alvaro Remix) (Mad Decent)
• Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer, and Afrojack - Give Me Everything (Alvaro Remix)
• Far East Movement featuring Dev - Like A G6 (Alvaro Remix)

2012

• Yellow Claw featuring Sjaak & Mr. Polska - Krokobil (Alvaro & Naffz Remix)
• Tyga - Rack City (Alvaro Remix)
• Pitbull - Back In Time (Alvaro Remix)
• Pitbull featuring T-Pain - Hey Baby (Alvaro Remix)
• Zedd featuring Heather Bright - Stars Come Out (Alvaro Remix)
• Billy The Kid, Duvall, Stennis - Higher (Alvaro Remix) (Positivia)

2013

• The Partysquad featuring Jayh, Sjaak and Reverse - Helemaal Naar de Klote (Alvaro Remix)
• PSY - Gangnam Style (Alvaro Bootleg)

2014

• The Kickstarts, Vogue - Freaks (Alvaro Remix) [Big Alliance Records]
• Iggy Azalea featuring Rita Ora - Black Widow (Alvaro Trap Bootleg)

2015

• Yo Yo Honey Singh - Yaar Na Milay (Alvaro Remix)
• The Partysquad featuring Jayh, Reverse, Mocormaniac, Cho and Bokoesam - Dat Is Dat Ding (Alvaro Remix)
• Moksi - Brace Yourself (Alvaro Remix)