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BLP sources|date=May 2010Infobox musical artist | name = Little Louie Vega| image = Louie Vega at Miami Winter Music Conference 2009 Fontainebleau Resort Hotel.jpg| caption = Little Louie Vega at WMC - Miami 2009. DJ set at the Fontainbleu Resort Hotel.| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Luis Fernando Vager| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|mf=y|1965|6|12| birth_place = The Bronx, New York|The Bronx , New York , United States | death_date =| origin =| instrument =| genre = Latin music|Latin , House music|House , Club music|Club | occupation =| years_active =| label =| associated_acts =| website =| current_members =| past_members =| notable_instruments = Luis Fernando Vager (born June 12, 1965), better known as "Little" Louie Vega , is an American musician of Puerto Ricans in the United States|Puerto Rican ancestry. He is one half of the Masters At Work musical production team.cite web|url=Allmusic|class=artist|id=p134431|pure_url=yes|title=Biography: "Little" Louie Vega|last=Potts|first=Diana|publisher= Allmusic |accessdate=23 May 2010 He was born to a musician family, as his father, Luis Vager, was a jazz music|jazz saxophone|saxophonist , and his uncle was singer Héctor Lavoe of the Fania All-Stars , and he started his DJ career spinning records at the age of 13.IMO Records. http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/louie-vega-biography/ "Little Louie Vega Biography", '' IMO Records ' Retrieved on 08 March 2011.

By 1985, Louie who is cousin to Eric Vega, popular event creator and promoter in New York City began playing house and block parties in his local Bronx neighborhood of New York , as well as engineering and mixing. ( Erasure 's The Two Ring Circus features his earliest dabblings in the studio.) His first nightclub residency was at the Devil's Nest, in the Bronx, and later he moved to 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 . By the mid 1990s, the Masters At Work team had Vega spending less time behind the turntables and more time in the studio as part of the team's remix ers.

Personal life


Vega was once married to singer La India . http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/chh/bio/laindia.htm Gale - Free Resources - Hispanic Heritage - Biographies - La India. Galegroup.com. Retrieved on 2012-04-29. He is presently married to vocalist Anané.

Discography


: See Masters At Work for the rest of his discography

Singles


Louie Vega/"Little" Louie Vega


  • 1998 "Te Quiero"

  • 1990 "House Of Vega"

  • 1991 " Ride On The Rhythm ", with Marc Anthony

  • 1996 "Hip Hop Jazz EP", with Jeffrey Collins

  • 2000 "Elements of Life", with Blaze (band)|Blaze

  • 2000 "Life Goes On", with Arnold Jarvis

  • 2002 "Diamond Life", with Jay 'Sinister' Sealee and Julie McKnight

  • 2002 "Brand New Day", with Blaze (band)|Blaze

  • 2003 "Cerca De Mi", with Raul Midon and Albert Menendez

  • 2003 "Africa/Brasil"

  • 2004 "Thousand Fingered Man"

  • 2004 "Mozalounge", with Anané , Raul Midon and Albert Menendez

  • 2004 "Journey's Prelude", with Ursula Rucker

  • 2004 "Love is on the Way", with Blaze (band)|Blaze

  • 2004 "Steel Congo", with House of Rhumba

  • 2005 "V Gets Jazzy", with Mr. V

  • 2006 "Joshua's Arm", with Blaze (band)|Blaze

  • 2007 "Here To Stay", with Soni


    • Sole Fusion


  • 1992 "We Can Make It"

  • 1994 "Bass Tone"

  • 1995 "The Chosen Path", with Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales|Kenny Dope

  • 1997 "We Can Make It '97"


    • Freestyle Orchestra


  • 1989 "Don't Tell Me", with Todd Terry

  • 1990 "Keep on Pumpin' it up", with Todd Terry

  • 1998 "I Don't Understand This", with Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales|Kenny Dope

  • 1998 "Odyssey/I'm Ready", with Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales|Kenny Dope


    • Hardrive/Hardrive 2000


  • 1992 "Sindae", with Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales|Kenny Dope

  • 1993 "Deep Inside EP"

  • 1993 "Hardrive EP", with Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales|Kenny Dope

  • 1999 "2000 EP"

  • 1999 "Never Forget", with Lynae


    • Other aliases


  • 1989 "There's a Bat in my House", as Caped Crusaders , with Todd Terry

  • 1990 "Afrika", as History , with Q-Tee

  • 1994 "Love & Happiness", as River Ocean , with La India|India

  • 1994 "The Tribal EP", as River Ocean , with La India|India

  • 1994 "Curious", as Sun Sun Sun , with Mood II Swing|Lem Springsteen

  • 1995 "Reach", as Lil Mo Yin Yang , with Erick Morillo

  • 1995 "Freaky", as Lou² , with Lil Louis

  • 1996 "The Missile", as The Chameleon

  • 1996 "Shout-n-Out", as Lood , with Mood II Swing


    • Production for other artists


  • 1987 Erasure - songs "Victim of Love" (Little louie Vega mix) and "Hideaway" (Little Louie Vega mix) on the remix album The Two Ring Circus

  • 1987 The Cover Girls - "Because of You", with Robert Clivilles

  • 1988 Noel Pagan|Noel - " Like a Child (Noel song)|Like a Child ", with Roman Ricardo

  • 1990 Kimiesha Holmes - "Love me True"

  • 1990 2 in a Room - "Take me Away", with Aldo Marin

  • 1994 Barbara Tucker - "I Get Lifted"

  • 1995 Barbara Tucker - "Stay Together"

  • 1998 Donnell Rush - "Perfect Day for Company", with Mood II Swing|Lem Springsteen

  • 2001 Gloria Estefan - " Y-Tu-Conga "

  • 2003 Anané - "Nos Vida/Mon Amour"

  • 2003 Ursula Rucker - "Release"

  • 2004 Kenny Bobien - "Spread Love"

  • 2005 Anané - "Amazing Love"

  • 2005 Anané - "Let Me Love You", with Mr. V

  • 2005 Anané - "Move, Bounce, Shake", with Mr. V

  • 2007 Mr. V - "Put Your Drink Down"


    • Albums


  • Elements of Life - 2004

  • Elements of Life Extensions - 2005


    • See also


  • List of number-one dance hits (United States)

  • List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart


    • References


    Reflist

    External links


  • http://www.mawrecords.com Masters At Work Records -- official website.

  • http://www.discogs.com/artist/Louie+Vega Louie Vega / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Chameleon%2C+The The Chameleon / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Hardrive Hardrive / http://www.discogs.com/artist/River+Ocean River Ocean / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sole+Fusion Sole Fusion -- Louis Vega Alias discographies at Discogs .

  • http://www.discogs.com/artist/200+Sheep 200 Sheep / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Caped+Crusaders Caped Crusaders / http://www.discogs.com/artist/EOL+Band,+The The EOL Band / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Freestyle+Orchestra Freestyle Orchestra / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Kenlou Kenlou / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lil+Mo'+Yin+Yang Lil Mo' Yin Yang / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lood Lood / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lou² Lou² / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Masters+At+Work Masters At Work / http://www.discogs.com/artist/MAW+Presents+A+Tribute+To+Fela MAW Presents A Tribute To Fela / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nuyorican+Soul Nuyorican Soul / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Sun,+Sun,+Sun Sun, Sun, Sun / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Unreleased+Project Unreleased Project / http://www.discogs.com/artist/Voices Voices -- Louis Vega In Groups discographies at Discogs .

  • http://rbmaradio.com/ARCHIVE.153.0.php? extID=0& showID=149 RBMA Radio On Demand - Train Wreck Mix - Louie Vega (Masters At Work, Vega Records).

  • http://www.lacitybeat.com/cms/story/detail/? id=510& IssueNum=29 Louie Vega's Master Work


    • Persondata | NAME = Vega, Little Louie
    | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Vegar, Luis Fernando
    | SHORT DESCRIPTION =
    | DATE OF BIRTH = June 12, 1965
    | PLACE OF BIRTH = The Bronx, New York|The Bronx , New York , United States
    | DATE OF DEATH =
    | PLACE OF DEATH =
    DEFAULTSORT:Vega, Little Louie Category:1965 births
    Category:Living people
    Category:Club DJs
    Category:American electronic musicians
    Category:American house musicians
    Category:Remixers
    Category:Grammy Award winners
    Category:Place of birth missing (living people)

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