Oliver Heldens' has had a remarkable year. For a producer who was relatively unknown this time last year, he's ascended up the EDM ranks pretty quickly for his sound, which helped push the new phase of "deep house," even though it's not solely deep house. That sounds confusing, but when you listen to it, you can tell immediately that it's so much more than one particular style of house. The Dutch producer has already remixed Martin Garrix and Robin Thicke, has had huge singles like "Gecko" get released on Tiesto's Musical Freedom imprint, and is currently signed to Spinnin'. There's a huge new version of "Koala" entitled "Last All Night (Koala)" that just recently got released on Pete Tong's FFRR imprint, so it made sense that we got to know Oliver a bit better, before his stock rises even higher come 2015. Here are 10 things you didn't know about Oliver Heldens.
He says that he's always hungry
He was a chess player when he was younger
If he wasn’t a DJ/Producer he’d probably be an architect
He has a "thing" for animals
Why else would he be all about naming tracks "Gecko" and "Koala?" Oliver does mention that he has a guinea pig, but with all of traveling, his mom is now taking care of it.
He says he'd bring his first date to a zoo
Oliver has two brothers and one sister
He played field hockey as a youth
He doesn't call his sound "deep house"
He has a collaboration forthcoming with Tiesto
There's a special "classics" episode of Heldeep Radio on the way
Keep it locked to the Heldeep Radio SoundCloud for this special edition, which Oliver says he's "adding some old inspiring house classics" to. In the mean time, check out the most recent episode: