About Louie Vega

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, Hearthrob, 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.

Upcoming Events

Dec 13 Glitterbox - Melbourne @ 170 , MelbourneDec 14 Glitterbox - Sidney @ Ivy , SydneyDec 15 Glitterbox - Bali @ Savaya Bali Dec 21 Anané's Nulu Movement @ Le Bain , ManhattanDec 27 Coloring Lessons @ Nowadays , BrooklynDec 28 Flash DC @ Flash , WashingtonSold OutDec 29 Loveland Pre-Celebration @ Het Sieraad , Amsterdam-WestJan 17 The Ritual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ The Courtyard ATX Live Music & Event Venue , AustinJan 18 The Ritual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ It'll Do Club , DallasJan 31 Elements of Life @ Cotton Club , 7Feb 01 Live in Tokyo @ blue note place / ブルーノートプレイス , 20Feb 02 Elements of Life @ Blue Note Tokyo , 3Past EventFeb 03 Elements of Life @ Blue Note Tokyo , 3Feb 07 Elements of Life @ Outernet @ Outernet London Feb 08 Elements of Life @ Albert Hall @ Albert Hall, Manchester Dec 08 Flashback @ Downtown , Los AngelesPast EventDec 07 Signature Sounds Residency x Respekt Music @ The Foundry SF , San FranciscoPast EventDec 06 Solstice Presents @ Bar Smith , PhoenixPast EventDec 05 Basel: b2b w/ Joseph Capriati @ Jolene Sound Room , MiamiPast EventDec 05 The Icons @ MILA , Miami BeachPast EventDec 03 Dante's Hifi @ Dante's HiFi , MiamiPast EventDec 01 Klubnacht @ Berghain | Panorama Bar , Bezirk Friedrichshain-KreuzbergPast EventNov 30 Groove Odyssey @ fabric London Past EventNov 27 Flashback @ Musica Club NYC , ManhattanPast EventNov 15 25 YEARS : LOUIE VEGA | ALAIN VINET @ Stereo , Ville-MariePast EventNov 09 Glitterbox - Bristol @ DOCUMENT , Saint Jude'sPast EventNov 02 Nights at the Park @ El Dorado Water Park , Punta CanaPast EventNov 01 All Vinyl Set @ Cosmic Arts , BrooklynPast EventOct 30 Nightmare before Halloween @ Xanadu Roller Arts , BrooklynPast EventOct 19 House Nation Madrid @ IFEMA , BarajasPast EventOct 17 Jackies ADE Boat Party @ SUPPER Cruise , Amsterdam-CentrumPast EventOct 16 Louie Vega All Vinyl Set @ Rush Hour Records , Amsterdam-CentrumPast EventOct 13 Live in ATL @ Future Atlanta Past EventOct 05 Kings of House @ Pacha , EivissaPast EventSep 29 The Ritual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ Canneto Beach , LeporanoPast EventSep 28 10th Anniversary Sunclock @ Country DiscoClub , PalermoPast EventSep 18 Reworks Festival @ Kiverneio-Palataki , KalamariaPast EventSep 03 Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club Past EventAug 27 The Ritual | Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club Past EventAug 22 Shapes Festival @ Zakynthos , ZakinthosPast EventAug 17 EOL | We Out Here Festival @ Wimborne St. Giles , DorsetPast EventAug 15 Rebirth @ Super Paradise Beach Club , MykonosPast EventAug 04 Defected Croatia @ The Garden Croatia , TisnoPast EventAug 04 MAW | Defected Ibiza @ Ushuaïa Ibiza Club Past EventJul 28 The Ritual @ Reverse Rotterdam , CentrumPast EventJul 27 Glitterbox | Superaurora @ Castello Chigi , RomePast EventJul 20 Flower Power @ Pacha , IbizaPast EventJul 19 Animo @ Shelter Amsterdam , Amsterdam-NoordPast EventJul 14 House On The Beach @ Cariocas Beach Bar , Agia SotiraPast EventJul 13 The Ritual w/ Anané & Louie Vega @ Super Paradise Beach Club , MikonosPast Event

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