Cause I dont wanna lose you now
Im lookin right at the other half of me
The vacancy that sat in my heart
Is a space that now you hold
Show me how to fight for now
And Ill tell you, baby, it was easy
Comin back into you once I figured it out
You were right here all along
Its like youre my mirror
My mirror staring back at me
I couldnt get any bigger
With anyone else beside of me
And now its clear as this promise
That were making two reflections into one
Cause its like youre my mirror
My mirror staring back at me, staring back at me
Production Company: Somesuch
Executive Producer: Saskia Whinney
Producer: Sarah Park
Director of Photography: Oliver Millar
2nd Unit DP: Devin “Daddy” Karringten
Steadicam Op: Niels Lindelien
Gaffer: Nizar Najm
Key Grip: Marlow Nunez
Production Designer: Adam William Wilson
If we had to pick the DJs DJ of EDM, few names would fit the bill better than Oliver Heldens. Someone who prides himself on creative tune selection, hes just as likely to play tech-house as he is future house and disco in an EDM set. And thats just when hes playing as Oliver Heldens. His more underground alter ego HI-LO is strictly driving tech-house and techno. “I play tech-house but Im not a techno DJ. I play mainly house — future house,” he tells DJ Mag. “I play anything thats groovy, old house stuff or electro-house.”
While before he felt a little out of place dropping his tunes on EDMs main stages, over the past 12 months he found himself playing slots at crossover festivals like Lollapalooza and Glastonbury, and it was as if something clicked. “Now I can rock the main stage,” he adds. “A lot of commercial stuff mixed with cool club records and it goes off, and Im happy with that.”
However, hes not bothered about working on a live show or becoming the next EDM pop star. Its as a disc jockey that his heart lies. “I prefer to DJ. As a DJ you can play a lot of different stuff and you can play on the fly — but with live stuff, youre really bound to what you can do live.”
Its his appreciation of all types of dance music — something borne into him since the age of 10, growing up in Rotterdam listening to hard dance — that marks him out as one of EDMs leading selectors. Hes someone who appreciates disco and the groove of classic house as much as he does drum