HI-LO is the more “underground”, alternative, and more bassline driven side of Oliver Heldens, who’s pushing the boundaries between different styles like tech-house, techno and electro-house.

Still anonymously, his first single “Crank It Up,” released by Mad Decent in june 2015, got a lot of positive reviews. Not a month later, Heldens revealed to be HI-LO at the same time he launched his record label, Heldeep Records. In an interview for electronic music platform UKF, Olivier describes why he became HI-LO:

People expect a certain sound when they listen to artists. By creating HI-LO it gave me the freedom to work on a completely new sound. It gives me the opportunity to show another side of me without letting having to let go of the Oliver Heldens sound. The music I make as HI-LO is more bassline driven and ‘underground’. The typical Oliver Heldens sound is way more melodic. So yeah I thought it would be better to release this music under a different name.