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11. Bigger things seem to be in store for you,
what more can we expect from Oliver Heldens
in 2016?
Well, I’m currently touring through the US
and Canada, and this bus tour has been a blast
s o f a r. I ’ m s o e x c i t e d t o e n d t h i s t o u r w i t h a
massive party in Miami! I’ll be hosting an
Oliver Heldens & Friends party and a Heldeep
P o o l P a r t y, s o c a n ’ t w a i t t o b e i n M i a m i . F o r
t h e u p c o m i n g y e a r, I ’ m p l a n n i n g t o p r o d u c e a
l o t m o r e t ra c k s u n d e r t h e H I - LO a l i a s , s o ke e p
your eyes and ears open. And besides that, I’m
looking forward to share all kinds of music
with you guys!

d e s i g n s t u f f, s o I w a n t e d t o b e c o m e a d e s i g n e r
o r a n a r c h i t e c t s o I ’d p r o b a b l y b e s t u d y i n g
something like that. But to be honest I can’t
really imagine what my life would look like if I
didn’t become this big so fast.
15. If you form a boyband with 3 other DJ’s
who would they be and what would you call
yourselves?

12. What is your go to motivational track?

Well that would be a very busy stage during
one of our sets. But if I could form a boyband
with 3 other DJ’s, they would probably be:
Tiësto and Chocolate Puma (or do they count
as one?). The perfect combination of different
DJ generations. Now all we need to come up
with is a good cheesy name haha.

Hard one, I can’t really choose one track but
Daftpunk always gets me going!

1 6 . A n d l a s t l y, w h a t w o u l d y o u l i k e t o s a y t o
your fans in Asia?

1 3 . I f y o u w e r e n ’ t a D J a n d P r o d u c e r, w h a t
would you be doing instead?

To a l l m y f a n s i n A s i a ; I h a d a b l a s t w i t h a l l o f
you during my last Asia tour in 2015, and hope
to be back soon to have a great time!

I would probably still be in school. When
I was younger I always liked to create and

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