Amber D (born 1982) is a British

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DJ from Staffordshire. She produces and DJs a variety of genres including Hard House, Trance, Hard Techno and Hard Trance. As Amber D’Amour she plays house, electro, fidget, and

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. She has been a DJ since late 2001. 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,

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Mauro Picotto Mauro Picotto (born 25 December 1966) is an Italian electronic music producer and DJ, and previously a member of the Italian Euro house group "R.A.F.". He became well known as a solo artist with songs including " Komodo (Save a Soul)", "Pulsa ...

, and she then DJ'd on BPM Radio In 2002, she won a DJ Competition at Fluffy, and started a residency at the club. She has released records with dance labels such as

Tidy Trax Tidy Trax, currently known as Tidy, is a record label based in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1995 by Andy Pickles and Amadeus Mozart, Tidy is known for promoting a style of hard house that is both fun and high tempo. It has featured a roster ...

, Kiddfectious, and Riot!, and has DJ'd internationally, including Europe, Australia, and

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. She did an

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live on

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in 2005. She was “

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Future Hero” in 2004, and one of her tracks was in the top 4 at the Hard Dance Awards 2008. She also had the biggest selling EP of all time on

in the shape of the Amber D EP that got released in 2008. In 2006 her track "Attack Warning" on the

label reached number 46 on the

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. She runs five record labels, D'Amour Recordings (house), D-Day Recordings (Tech, Euro Hard Trance and Hardstyle), D'Licious Recordings (

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& hard dance), Transportal Digital (trance and progressive). She trained as a classical pianist and has numerous qualifications in Music Production, most recently a BA Hons in Music Production and is studying for her Masters at Leeds Conservatoire. She married Lee Haslam, another DJ, in August 2008, but they since divorced. As of 2021 Amber continues to DJ, including on

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, and is also an ambassador for mental health, doing regular livestreams talking and connecting with her fans. She is also a Radio Presenter at 97.8fm LDC Radio (Leeds Dance Community Radio) and her show is every Friday 23:00 - 01:00.

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* * * Living people 21st-century English women musicians British women record producers English women DJs Musicians from Staffordshire 1982 births British electronic dance music DJs Tidy Trax artists {{UK-electronic-musician-stub