{{Short description|British dance DJ}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Amber D | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1982}} | birth_place = Staffordshire, England | genre = Hard dance, Hard house, Trance, Hard techno, Hard trance, Tech house | occupation = DJ, music producer, radio presenter | years_active = 2001–present | label = Tidy Trax, Kiddfectious, Riot!, D'Amour Recordings, D-Day Recordings, D'Licious Recordings, Transportal Digital | website = }}
'''Amber D''' (born 1982) is a British hard dance 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 tech house.<ref name="staffs">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2009/05/04/dj_amber_d_feature.shtml|title=DJ Amber D|last=Bosley|first=Kirsty|date=4 May 2009|work=BBC Stoke & Staffordshire|access-date=16 July 2010|archive-date=31 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160131092320/http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2009/05/04/dj_amber_d_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>
She has been a DJ since late 2001.<ref name="staffs"/> 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<ref name="staffs"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2005/12/02/clubbing_bpm_feature_feature.shtml|title=BPM - a clubbing legacy|date=15 May 2006|work=BBC Stoke & Staffordshire|access-date=16 July 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100804142201/http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/content/articles/2005/12/02/clubbing_bpm_feature_feature.shtml| archive-date= 4 August 2010 <!--DASHBot-->|url-status = live}}</ref> In 2002, she won a DJ Competition at Fluffy, and started a residency at the club.<ref name="staffs" /> She has released records with dance labels such as Tidy Trax,<ref name="OCC">{{cite web |title=AMBER D |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18898/amber-d/ |website=Official Charts Company |access-date=18 February 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226050810/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18898/amber-d/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Kiddfectious, and Riot!, and has DJ'd internationally, including Europe, Australia, and Ibiza.{{cn|date=December 2019}} She did an Essential Mix live on BBC Radio 1 in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebeatranch.com/interviews_amber.html|title=Amber D interview|date=November 2008|work=The Beat Ranch|accessdate=16 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716222639/http://www.thebeatranch.com/interviews_amber.html|archive-date=2011-07-16|url-status = dead|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiver1comments.shtml?20051009|title=Tidy Boys and Amber D live from Tidy Weekender|date=9 October 2005|work=BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix|access-date=16 July 2010|archive-date=6 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106090718/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/essentialmix/tracklistingarchiver1comments.shtml?20051009|url-status=live}}</ref> She was “Mixmag Future Hero” in 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mixmag.net/content/amber-d-new-face-lacoste |title=Amber D is the new face of Lacoste |work=Mixmag |accessdate=16 July 2010 |url-status = dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614232800/http://mixmag.net/content/amber-d-new-face-lacoste |archivedate=June 14, 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harderfaster.net/?sid=6fd6a21be2c324a83d05c6d78eea703d§ion=features&action=showfeature&featureid=10590|title=Interview with Amber D|date=26 January 2004|work=HarderFaster|accessdate=16 July 2010|archive-date=19 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719094442/http://www.harderfaster.net/?sid=6fd6a21be2c324a83d05c6d78eea703d§ion=features&action=showfeature&featureid=10590|url-status=live}}</ref> and one of her tracks was in the top 4 at the Hard Dance Awards 2008.<ref name="staffs"/> 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.{{cn|date=February 2024}} In 2006 her track "Attack Warning" on the Tidy Trax label reached number 46 on the UK Independent Singles Chart.<ref name="OCC"/>
She runs five record labels, D'Amour Recordings (house), D-Day Recordings (Tech, Euro Hard Trance and Hardstyle), D'Licious Recordings (UK hard house & hard dance), Transportal Digital (trance and progressive).<ref name="staffs" />
She trained as a classical pianist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4clubbers.net/articles/interviews/785/|title=Amber D|last=Lynn|first=Greg|date=20 October 2006|work=4clubbers|accessdate=16 July 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718135407/http://www.4clubbers.net/articles/interviews/785/|archive-date=2011-07-18|url-status = dead|df=}}</ref> 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.{{cn|date=February 2024}} 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Coles |first1=Nick |title=AMBER D |url=https://www.dmcworld.net/dmc-world/amber-d/ |website=DMC World |access-date=18 February 2024 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420170504/http://www.dmcworld.net/dmc-world/amber-d/ |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref name="staffs"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/features/DJ-Lee-Amber-hit-decks/article-739234-detail/article.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505093138/http://www.thisisplymouth.co.uk/features/DJ-Lee-Amber-hit-decks/article-739234-detail/article.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2013|title=DJ Lee and Amber hit the decks|date=2 March 2009|work=Plymouth Herald|accessdate=16 July 2010}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official URL}} * {{Discogs artist}} * {{Allmusic}}
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