Armando (producer)

American musician

Armando

Background information
Birth name| Armando Gallop
Born| February 12, 1970
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died| December 17, 1996(1996-12-17) (aged 26)
U.S.
Genres| House music
Occupation(s)| Record producer, musician

Musical artist

Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, 1996), who released material under his first name only, was an American house-music producer and DJ who was an early contributor to the development of acid house.[1][2]

Armando was born in Chicago to parents of Afro-Cuban descent. He was a star baseball player as a youngster before spinal meningitis put an end to his athletic aspirations. He became interested in dance music, organizing parties by age 16 and mixing on radio by age 17.[1] He and Mike Dunn founded Muzique Records and Warehouse Records in 1988, the latter releasing Armando's singles "151" and "Land of Confusion". "Land of Confusion" became a transatlantic club hit in Chicago as well as in Britain, where it influenced their early acid-house scene.[1] He also produced Warehouse releases from Ron Trent, DJ Rush, and Robert Armani.

Instead of working on production, Armando spent most of the early 1990s with a residency at Chicago's new Warehouse club (in Randolph Street[3]) from 1992 to 1994. He served as an A&R rep for Felix da Housecat's Radikal Fear label and, soon afterward, recorded for that label himself. His first and only full-length album, One World, One Future, was released in 1996 on Play it Again, Sam. Armando died of leukemia shortly after the album's release.[1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Armando at AllMusic
2. ^ 5mag.net
3. ^ Armando Gallop: Live at the Warehouse DJ Mix on 5mag.com.

## External links

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The Armando Project: An Oral History from Armando's friends and fans

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