Armando

Armando

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Born Feb 12, 1970 in Chicago, Armando Gallop was one of the most imaginative, creative, and unorthodox of all the ‘original’ Chicago house producers. An early acid-house pioneer while still in his teens Armando contributing several classics to the Chicago house canon during the mid-’80s, including “Land of Confusion” and “100% of Dissin’ You”. Quickly rising to become one of the Windy City’s hottest around the time he received his driver’s license, Armando formed Warehouse Records with Mike Dunn just in time for his first big releases, 1988’s “151″ and “Land of Confusion.” The latter single blew up in Chicago and quickly crossed the Atlantic, just in time for Britain’s acid-house explosion. The following year Armando was on the leading edge of a return to the underground minimalist style typified by his own previous acid club-hits. He provided production on classic Warehouse tracks by Ron Trent (”Altered States”), DJ Rush (”Child Play”) and Robert Armani (”Circus Bells”), and delivered as well with another of his own club smashes, “100% of Dissin’ U.” Though he worked on an album and remixes along with Mike Dunn in the early ’90s, Armando did little actual production focusing instead on a residency at the seminal nightclub the Warehouse from 1992 through 1994. After working on A&R;at one of the prime third-wave Chicago labels, Felix Da Housecat’s Radikal Fear, he began recording again with the Radikal Fear singles “Transaxual” and “Radikal Bitch,” both of which made Armando a big house favorite yet again, and the Dutch label Djax-Up-Beats licensed much of the Warehouse Records discography for release (with new-school European producers like Hardfloor and Edge of Motion providing fresh remixes for the B-sides). Armando returned the favor, recording singles for European labels including Labwerks, IDM, STR and Djax plus Americans Jive and Dance Mania. In mid-1996, after more than ten years of production, Armando finally recorded his debut album, “One World One Future”. He also appeared alongside Mike Dunn, Felix Da Housecat, DJ Sneak and Roy Davis, Jr. on the “The Chicago All Stars” LP released on Radikal Fear but died tragically less than two months after it’s release.

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