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Amp Fiddler
real name Joseph Anthony Fiddler
Detroit, United States · 1958-05-16 – 2023-12-17
Amp Fiddler is credited on 197 albums across 512 pressings tracked on Gatefold, active 1981–2026 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
197
Albums
512
Pressings
5
Decades active
232
In collections
Biography
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American singer, songwriter, keyboardist and record producer from Detroit, Michigan. Born May 17 1958, died December 17, 2023.
Having studied jazz in school and with Harold McKinney while growing up in Detroit, Joseph "Amp" Fiddler began his career in popular music when he went on tour with the group Enchantment. Later, in the mid 80's, after joining George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic, he toured worldwide with the group and extensively worked as keyboard player and co-producer in studio recordings.
He also performed with Jamiroquai, The Brand New Heavies, Prince, Seal and Maxwell. In 1990 he produced his own album.
More recently, Amp has released various singles for UK Genuine label and has been working with Carl Craig and Planet-e's various projects (Detroit Experiment, Moodymann, John Arnold, Recloose...).
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
197 albums · 512 pressings · active 1981–2026
- Performance · 1,163
- Production · 126
- Other credits · 80
- Engineering · 58
Studios: Ocean Way Recording · United Sound Systems · Sarm West Studios · Ardent Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite
1996

Seal
1994

Graffiti Bridge
1990

Batman Forever (Original Music From The Motion Picture)
1995

Give Out But Don't Give Up
1994

Sentimental Hygiene
1987

Corinne Bailey Rae
2006

What Up, Dog?
1988

Hello
1995

Haunted
2000

Brother Sister
1994

R&B Skeletons In The Closet
1986

Stone Rollin'
2011

Working Class Hero - A Tribute To John Lennon
1995

Full Circle
2003

Gettin' It (Album Number Ten)
1996

The Omnichord Real Book
2023

Taken Away
2020

The Elmatic Instrumentals
2011

Mochilla Presents Timeless: Suite For Ma Dukes - The Music Of James "J Dilla" Yancey
2010

Seal & Seal II
1995

Reworked By Detroiters
2017

No Beginning No End
2013

Elmatic
2011
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- George Clinton
- Dames Brown
- Randolph
- Only Child
- Warren Zevon
- Corinne Bailey Rae
- Meshell Ndegeocello
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