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Amber D
British hard dance DJ from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire but started her DJ career in Staffordshire.
Amber D (born 1982) is a British hard dance DJ from Staffordshire. 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,[3] Kiddfectious, and Riot!, and has DJ'd internationally, including in Ibiza.[citation needed] She did an Essential Mix live on BBC Radio 1 in 2005.[4][5] She was “Mixmag Future Hero” in 2004,[6][7] 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.[citation needed] 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]
She trained as a classical pianist[8] and has a BTEC National Diploma in Music Technology and is currently studying at University. She married Lee Haslam, another DJ, in August 2008, but they since divorced.[citation needed] As of 2021 Amber continues to DJ, including on Twitch, and is also an ambassador for mental health, doing regular livestreams talking and connecting with her fans.[9] She is also a Radio Presenter at LDC Radio (Leeds Dance Community Radio) and her show is every Friday 23:00 - 01:00.[1][10]