Amber D

Amber D (born 1982/83) is a British hard dance DJ from Staffordshire.[1] As Amber D’Amour she plays electro, fidget, and tech house.[1]

She has been a DJ since late 2001.[1] Her first residency was at the legendary Golden, in Hanley Stoke-on-Trent, where she used to warm up for DJs such as Tiesto, Armin Van Buuren, K-Klass, Mauro Picotto, and she then DJ'd on BPM Radio[1] and at BPM parties.[2] In 2002, she won a DJ Competition at Fluffy, and started a residency at the club.[1] She has released records with dance labels such as Tidy Trax, Kiddfectious, and Riot!, and has DJ'd internationally, including in Ibiza. She did an Essential Mix live on BBC Radio 1 in 2005.[3] She was “Mixmag Future Hero” in 2004,[4] and one of her tracks was in the top 4 at the Hard Dance Awards 2008.[1] She also had the biggest selling EP of all time on Tidy Trax in the shape of the Amber D EP that got released in 2008. She now runs five record labels, D'Amour Recordings (electro house), D-Day Recordings (Tech, Euro Hard Trance and Hardstyle), D'Licious Recordings (UK Hard House & Hard Dance), D'Licious HARD (Nu NRG and Harder House), and DirtyByDeisgn (Deep House / Tech House).[1]

Amber is one of the most versatile DJs, playing everything from Old Skool 90's Dance, House, Tech House, Electro, Jackin' House under her guise Amber D'Amour. Under her Amber D guise, she mainly plays Hard House, Hard Dance, Hard Trance and Hardstyle and Shranz alongside DJ Ash Preston as the "Shranz Project" depending on the gig.

She trained as a classical pianist and has a BTEC National Diploma in Music Technology. She married Lee Haslam, another DJ, in August 2008, but they since divorced.[1][5]

References
  1. Bosley, Kirsty (4 May 2009). "DJ Amber D". BBC Stoke & Staffordshire. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  2. "BPM - a clubbing legacy". BBC Stoke & Staffordshire. 15 May 2006. Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  3. "Tidy Boys and Amber D live from Tidy Weekender". BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix. 9 October 2005. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  4. "Amber D is the new face of Lacoste". MixMag. Archived from the original on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
  5. "DJ Lee and Amber hit the decks". Plymouth Herald. 2 March 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2010.


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