Amber D Explained

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. 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. 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. 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]}

Notes and References

1. News: DJ Amber D. Bosley. Kirsty. 4 May 2009. BBC Stoke & Staffordshire. 16 July 2010. 31 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160131092320/http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2009/05/04/dj_amber_d_feature.shtml. live.
2. News: BPM - a clubbing legacy. 15 May 2006. BBC Stoke & Staffordshire. 16 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100804142201/http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2005/12/02/clubbing_bpm_feature_feature.shtml. 4 August 2010 . live.
3. Web site: AMBER D . . 18 February 2024 . 26 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230226050810/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18898/amber-d/ . live .
4. Web site: Amber D interview. November 2008. The Beat Ranch. 16 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716222639/http://www.thebeatranch.com/interviews_amber.html. 2011-07-16. dead.
5. Web site: Tidy Boys and Amber D live from Tidy Weekender. 9 October 2005. BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix. 16 July 2010. 6 January 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090106090718/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiver1comments.shtml?20051009. live.
6. News: Amber D is the new face of Lacoste . . 16 July 2010 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100614232800/http://mixmag.net/content/amber-d-new-face-lacoste . June 14, 2010 .
7. Web site: Interview with Amber D. 26 January 2004. HarderFaster. 16 July 2010. 19 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110719094442/http://www.harderfaster.net/?sid=6fd6a21be2c324a83d05c6d78eea703d&section=features&action=showfeature&featureid=10590. live.
8. Web site: Amber D. Lynn. Greg. 20 October 2006. 4clubbers. 16 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135407/http://www.4clubbers.net/articles/interviews/785/. 2011-07-18. dead.
9. Web site: Coles . Nick . AMBER D . . 18 February 2024 . 20 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210420170504/http://www.dmcworld.net/dmc-world/amber-d/ . live .
10. News: DJ Lee and Amber hit the decks. https://archive.today/20130505093138/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/features/DJ-Lee-Amber-hit-decks/article-739234-detail/article.html. dead. 5 May 2013. 2 March 2009. Plymouth Herald. 16 July 2010.