Little louie vega biography
LOUIE VEGA
Louie Vega Biography (April 2018) Little Louie Vega is a prolific New York-based DJ, producer, remixer and is one-half of the infamous duo The Masters at Work production team. Little Louie Vega, whose real name is Luis Ferdinand Vega Jr., is of Puerto Rican ancestry and is a native New Yorker. He was born into a family of musicians, including his father, Luis F. Vega Sr., who was a jazz saxophonist, and uncle Hector Lavoe of the Fania All-Stars. His cousin Eric Vega is a popular event creator and music promoter in NYC and his wife, Ana Martins, is a talented vocalist who performs under the name Anane Vega. Vega has spoken extensively about his pride in his Puerto Rican heritage and what his family’s history with music means to him. He has participated in groups where latin culture was prominent and collaborated with a number of New York based latin musicians. Starting out in the mid-eighties, spinning records as a disc jockey at the tender age of 13, Vega always knew he wanted to be a musician. Before he was in his mid-teens, he had already started deejaying house parties and block parties in his local Bronx neighborhood and before long, was playing nightclubs and bars, including the Devil’s Nest in the Bronx. Later, he deejayed at other infamous local hangouts including heartthrob, Roseland, Studio 54, and the Palladium in Manhattan, as well as The Sound Factory Bar and Underground Network Parties with well-known promoters Don Welch and Barbara Tucker, who also sang. Shortly after, Vega began work with partner Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez, to form Masters of Work, a production and remixing team. He has produced many albums and singles under his own name/group as well as producing and remixing a number of talented artists, singers and musicians. Little Louie Vega remains hard at work, producing and remixing for the modern artist, constantly releasing singles either via one of his own record labels, or vai major dance labels, he’s also found on Sound A leader in global dance music, Louie Vega has painted an award-winning career from a palette mixed with everything from house, salsa, to jazz, hip hop, gospel and soul. Not to be confused with the similarly-named house music producer, DJ and singer, Li'l Louis; or the German singer who recorded "Mambo No. 5", Lou Bega. Musical artist Luis Ferdinand Vega Jr. (born June 12, 1965), as known as "Little Louie" Vega, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer of Puerto Rican ancestry. He is one half of the Masters at Work musical production team. He was born to a musician family, as his father, Luis F. Vega Sr., was a jazzsaxophonist, and his uncle was singer Héctor Lavoe of the Fania All-Stars. Vega embarked on his music career as a disc jockey, spinning records at the age of 13. By 1985, Louie began playing house and block parties in his local Bronx and his first nightclub residency was at the Devil's Nest, in the Bronx, and later he moved to heartthrob (the old Funhouse), Roseland, Studio 54 and the Palladium in Manhattan. During the 1990s, Vega was playing at one of the most influential nightclubs for house music, The Sound Factory Bar at the Underground Network Parties with promoters Don Welch and Barbara Tucker (also singer). During this time, production team Masters at Work began a remixing team which consisted of young producers "Little Louie" Vega and partner Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. Vega's uncle is salsa vocalist Héctor Lavoe, while Gonzalez's father, Hector Torres, also performs salsa. Vega is also the cousin of Eric Vega, a popular event creator and promoter in New York City. Louie Vega is presently married to vocalist Ana Martins, also known as Anané Vega. Louie Vega was ranked #5 at the Top House Artists of 2020 by Traxsource. Louie Vega was ranked #1 at the Top Artists of 2021 by Traxsource.
A leader in global dance music, Louie Vega has painted an award-winning career from a palette mixed with everything from house, salsa and afro-beat, to jazz, hip hop, gospel and soul.
What distinguishes the Grammy winner and 7-time nominee as one of the best living house music deejays is his ability to evolve alongside the times, distill the current musical landscape through his unique taste and put his own timeless spin on all the music he creates.
"Little" Louie Vega, as he is sometimes affectionately known, was born in the Bronx into a musically gifted family (his father is a jazz saxophonist and his uncle, Salsa King Héctor Lavoe). The "Little" moniker is ironic, given the fact that by the 80s he was deejaying at clubs he wasn't even old enough to attend, holding residencies at Studio 54, Devil's Nest, Heartthrob, Roseland and playing at the Palladium, Area, 1018 and other seminal New York City Clubs. Soon Vega was producing his own remixes, which included Information Society's "Running", "What's On Your Mind", Noel's "Silent Morning", Cover Girl's "Because Of You", and Debbie Gibson's "Only in my Dreams."
Then in 1991 he joined Atlantic Records and recorded an album - hitting the mainstream. Teaming up with an up-and-coming Marc Anthony, he produced "Ride on the Rhythm" co-written with India & Derek Whitaker. An immediate club hit, the single put Vega and Anthony on the map. The duo would rock the club circuit with their success culminating when they opened for Tito Puente at his 100th Album concert at Madison Square Garden.
One of the keys to Vega's success is his refusal to be boxed into any one category, marked by the various styles his songs play with and by his fruitful collaboration with other artists.
More success came in 1991 from the production team he created with Brooklyn-based deejay Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez. Masters at Work, as they were called, were responsible for the critically accla Louie Vega
Louie Vega Biography
What distinguishes the Grammy winner and 7-time nominee as one of the best living house music deejays is his ability to evolve alongside the times, distill the current musical landscape through his unique taste and put his own timeless spin on all the music he creates.
“Little” Louie Vega, as he is sometimes affectionately known, was born in the Bronx into a musically gifted family (his father is a jazz saxophonist and his uncle, Salsa King Héctor Lavoe). The “Little” moniker is ironic, given the fact that by the 80s he was deejaying at clubs he wasn’t even old enough to attend, holding residencies at Studio 54, Devil’s Nest, Heartthrob, and playing at the Palladium, Area, 1018 and other seminal New York City Clubs. Soon Vega was producing his own remixes and productions, which included Information Society’s “Running”, “What’s On Your Mind”, Noel’s “Silent Morning” & “Like A Child”, Cover Girl’s “Because Of You” & “Show Me (Hearthrob Dub)”, Nocera’s “Let’s Go”, India’s “Dancing On The Fire” and Debbie Gibson’s “Only in my Dreams” & “Out Of The Blue”.
Then in 1991 he joined Atlantic Records and recorded an album — hitting the mainstream. Teaming up with an up-and-coming Marc Anthony, he produced “Ride on the Rhythm” co-written with India & Derek Whitaker. An immediate club hit, the single put Vega and Anthony on the map. The duo would rock the club circuit with their success culminating when they opened for Tito Puente at his 100th Album concert at Madison Square Garden.
One of the keys to Vega’s success is his refusal to be boxed into any one category, marked by the various styles his songs play with and by his fruitful collaboration with other artists.
More success came in 1991 from the production team he created with Brooklyn- based deejay Kenny “Dope” Gonza Little Louie Vega
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