Little Louie Vega

Luis Fernando Vager(1965- ), better known as "Little" Louie Vega, is one half of the Masters At Work musical production team. He was born to a musician family, as his father, Luis Vager, was a jazz saxophonist, and his uncle was singer Hector Lavoe of the Fania All Stars, so it was without surprise that he started his DJ career spinning records at the age of 13.

By 1985, he was 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-90s, the Masters At Work team had Vega spending less time behind the turntables and more time in the studio as the team's remixing skills became legendary.

Personal Life

Vega was once married to singer La India. [1]

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
• 2000 "Life Goes On", with Arnold Jarvis
• 2002 "Diamond Life", with Jay 'Sinister' Sealee and Julie McKnight
• 2002 "Brand New Day", with 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
• 2004 "Steel Congo", with House of Rhumba
• 2005 "V Gets Jazzy", with Mr. V
• 2006 "Joshua's Arm", with Blaze

Sole Fusion

• 1992 "We Can Make It"
• 1994 "Bass Tone"
• 1995 "The Chosen Path", with 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
• 1998 "Odyssey/I'm Ready", with Kenny Dope

Hardrive/Hardrive 2000

• 1992 "Sindae", with Kenny Dope
• 1993 "Deep Inside EP"
• 1993 "Hardrive EP", with 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 India
• 1994 "The Tribal EP", as River Ocean, with India
• 1994 "Curious", as Sun Sun Sun, with 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 The Cover Girls - "Because of You", with Robert Clivilles
• 1988 Noel - "Like a Child", with Roman Ricardo
• 1990 Kimiesha Holmes - "Love me True"
• 1990 2 in a Room - "Take me Away", with Aldo Marin
• 1991 Nice and Smooth - "Paranoia"
• 1991 Naughty by Nature - "1, 2, 3"
• 1994 Barbara Tucker - "I Get Lifted"
• 1995 Masta Ace Inc. - "The I.N.C. Ride"
• 1995 Barbara Tucker - "Stay Together"
• 1995 2 Mental - "Mental Illness"
• 1998 Donnell Rush - "Perfect Day for Company", with 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

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

External links

• The Official Masters At Work website