◇ image via WikipediaOliver Heldens
Oliver Heldens is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kate Ryan, One Kiss, I Was Made for Lovin' You, Tchami and Robin Schulz. Those roots explain a lot about how Oliver Heldens arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Don Diablo, Chocolate Puma, Afrojack, Tujamo and Jax Jones, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Melle Stomp, Chocolate Puma, Dada Life, MNEK and Alok, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Oliver Heldens, reaching back through Kate Ryan and forward to Melle Stomp. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Olivier "Oliver" J. L. Heldens is a Dutch DJ and electronic music producer from Rotterdam. He is regarded as a pioneer of the future house genre, propelling it to international attention and scoring numerous chart successes, including "Gecko (Overdrive)", "Last All Night (Koala)", "The Right Song", "Fire in My Soul", and "Turn Me On". He also produces techno songs under the alias HI-LO, which comes from "Oli H" in reversed form, runs the label Heldeep Records and later runs the label HILOMATIK. Through February 2021, he is the 460th-most-streamed artist on Spotify, with over a billion cumulative streams.
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Oliver Heldens connections
Oliver Heldens grew out of Kate Ryan, One Kiss, I Was Made for Lovin' You and Tchami, shares an orbit with Don Diablo, Chocolate Puma, Afrojack and Tujamo, went on to shape Melle Stomp, Chocolate Puma, Dada Life and MNEK. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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