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Armando

Born Armando Louis Gallop in Chicago’s Southside in 1970, Armando is considered the father of the acid house music.

Armando started getting involved in the music when he fell sick of meningitis at the age of 17, starting getting aknowledge of the Chicago’s house scene. At this stage he met Farley Jackmaster Funk at the WGCI radio station. In 1987, Armando started DJing professionally at a rollerskating ring, and eventually released his first 12″ which became a classic of the anthem from the acid house era: “Land Of Confusion”. During this period Armando drew the guide lines of Chicago’s acid house, which were later developed by the ones like Jeff Mills and Plastikman, in numerous maxis such as “Confusion Revenge”, “151″, “World Unknown”, “100% of Dissin’ You” and “House All Night Long”. Later, Armando founded the two legendary labels: Warehouse and Muzique.

During the early 90’s, Armando stayed apart from the music industry until the release of the “Darkside” EP in 1995 after having signed to Felix Da Housecat’s Radikal Fear label. Soon later, he produced his one and only album “One World, One Future” (1996) which is a classic masterpiece of acid house.

Armando was diagnosed of leukemia in 1995. In October 22th 1996, a group of DJs and producers, including Laurent Garnier and Carl Cox, celebrated a party to raise founds to pay his hospital expenses. Sadly, Armando died on the 17th of December 1996 at 26 year old.