Eddie Amador is an American house music

House music

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 record producer

Record producer

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 and remix

Remix

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er. He is also the founder of the Mochico and MochicoPrimo record label

Record label

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s.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Arizona

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, Amador studied mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering

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 at Arizona State University

Arizona State University

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 while moonlighting as a hip hop

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 DJ

Disc jockey

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. In 1996, he earned a bachelor's degree

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 and relocated to Los Angeles

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. There he took a day job in engineering while devoting evenings to practicing the craft of writing and producing house music. After a year of labor, Amador released "House Music" — his first single

Single (music)

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 — in 1998. It peaked at #37 in the UK Singles Chart

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. The single's success garnered Amador a recording contract

Recording contract

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 with Yoshitoshi Records

Yoshitoshi Records

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.

Amador established his own record label, Mochico, in 2001. Two years later, he moved to Amsterdam

Amsterdam

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, where he signed a new recording contract with ID&T

ID&T

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 in 2005. While living in Amsterdam, Amador also teamed with Belgian producer Tom de Neef, and the duo released a handful of singles and remixes under the alias Bazement Freakz. Amador continues to oversee releases

Release (music)

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 on his MochicoPrimo label.

External links

• EddieAmador.com, Eddie Amador's official website
• Eddie Amador's profile at MySpace
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