Amp Fiddler

When you listen to the music of Joseph ‘Amp’ Fiddler your ears are picking up something a little different; authentic funk straight from the heart of Detroit in a sea of beige imitations. But then you don’t play with two of the greatest RnB groups ever created (namely Enchantment and Parliament/Funkadelic), teach J Dilla how to use the MPC60, and write and record music with the likes of Prince and Seal without knowing how to make very, very fly soul music.

In the late 80s and early 90s, Amp became an instrumental figure in Detroit’s rise to hip hop notoriety, by using his first advance to buy an Akai MPC60, and teaching then-teenage J Dilla how to use it. ‘Amp Dog Knights’ features 2 tracks co-produced by Dilla. The tracks date from a famous Zip disk that was stolen from him and recovered by Amp. Dilla then gifted him the beats to use by way of thanking him for his mentorship.

After taking a break from music until the early 2000s following immense personal tragedy in his family, Amp has continued to innovate, influence and educate with his music across the world. With one of the most impressive lists of collaborator and producer credits in the game, Amp’s goal now is to keep driving the music in new directions – and nobody does it better.