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

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Armando was born in

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to parents of Afro-Cuban descent. He was a star

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player as a youngster before

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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. He and Mike Dunn founded Musique Records and

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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. He also produced Warehouse releases from

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, and

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. Instead of working on production, Armando spent most of the early 1990s with a residency at Chicago's ''new'' Warehouse club (in Randolph StreetArmando Gallop: Live at the Warehouse DJ Mix
on 5mag.com.) from 1992 to 1994. He served as an A&R rep for Felix da Housecat's

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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

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shortly after the album's release.

References

The Armando Project: An Oral History from Armando's friends and fans
{{Authority control 1970 births 1996 deaths American house musicians Musicians from Chicago American people of Cuban descent PIAS Recordings artists 20th-century American musicians Deaths from leukemia Deaths from cancer in the United States