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Getting emotional looking back at what’s been more than 10yrs in the making..🥹 @Edc Las Vegas

Oliver Heldens

Edc Las Vegas

Sat, 18 May 2024

Getting emotional looking back at what’s been more than 10yrs in the making..🥹
Tonight’s the biggest show in my career as HI-LO so far, since I had only accepted ‘mainstage’ type of offers for my main OH project before, but I think people r ready now…🫡
Playing EDC Vegas at Circuit Grounds at a peak time slot b2b with Eli Brown, I just heard we very possibly get a crowd as big or even bigger than a packed Tomorrowland mainstage 🤯
This is a big deal to me and it’s making me reflect on 10 years ago when I was a 19 year old with ‘crazy’ dreams. I remember Tchami asking me at Ultra Miami 2014 what music I would like to do in the future, & I told him “I want to do more Techno, but in my own way”, he then asked “like more Big Room?”, & I didn’t really know how to explain it yet, cause I was working on a wide range of groovy tech-trancy minimal techno-y & proggy stuff, but also more bass heavy/big room/electro-y stuff. It was some hybrid form that took a while for me to develop it the way I wanted it to, especially since I was more focused on my main OH project. So I thought it’d be fun or maybe inspiring for some to show some snippets from 8-10 years ago (swipe➡️). Cause to realize that now in 2024 artists like Eli and myself (as HI-LO) are going to blow the roof of a stage like EDC Circuit Grounds at a peak time slot is just WILD. If you’d been telling this to people in 2013/14, you would be considered crazy/delusional! And ofcourse tonight’s still around the corner, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be a special one 😇🙏
Thanks to everyone/everything that’s been a part of my journey. I honestly wouldn’t want to swap lives with anyone else, and i’ll try my best to fulfill my potential and to be at service to the universe in whatever way that seems best. Much love, Oli ❤️‍🔥🙌✨