Lil' Louis (Louis Sims) and "Little" Louie (Louie Vega) are two different men. Sims is from Chicago and is best known for French Kiss and a few other things. French Kiss is a May and Mills fave, and, though I love what he has recorded, he had a short history compared to Vega. And where is Sims these days, by the way? Nothing visible like Vega, for sure. Vega, a New Yorker, has a longer and much more prolific history, and, though he gets props in the house community for some of his work via MAW (less so these days), he is supremely *under* appreciated. He was a seminal producer/remixer back in the early freestyle/electro days, then moved into house music first producing as Masters At Work with Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez and Todd Terry. Terry did some solo work as Masters At Work, but Gonzalez and Vega have worked together (production and much remixing) since then under the moniker keeping the name alive. The Gonzales/Vega MAW are also responsible for material as Nu Yorican Soul (where much live musicianship was used), bringing people like Salsoul Orchestra's Vincent Montana Jr. back into producing music again, helping raise the profile of talented female vocalists like India (who was married to Vega for a short time) and Barbara Tucker and many others on labels such as Strictly Rhythm. Hope this helps, Cyclone. PS While I'm on the subject of underappreciated New Yorkers, the late great David Cole should also be brought up. Though he did very commercial material with Robert Clivilles as C and C Music Factory right before his death, he was responsible for much great music while he was alive. And in doing things like sampling Unique 3's seminal bleep classic "The Theme" on remixes for an artist such as NKOTB (New Kids On The Block) back in the 80s, it was subtly obvious (an oxymoron, i know :)) that Cole truly *knew* what was "up". He was able to bridge the commercial with the underground, much as Vega has been doing and continues to do. Seeing "appreciated" music "stars" like the Cobains, Hutchences, etc, literally killing themselves (intentional or otherwise) at a young age shows just how tragic Cole's death at a young age (to an AIDS-related illness) was. Ditto for the late great Chep Nunez who was responsible for editing the majority of NY's seminal dance music in the 80s and died young in a house fire. Taking this trip down memory lane due to re-appreciating a lot of my favorites from the 80s in the last few weeks as I pack and prepare to move. Thanks for bringing up these good memories! Take care. Andrew Duke :)
Cyclone Wehner wrote: > I'm having a big debate about this with a friend and colleague of mine who > is up on his house. > > Are Li'l Louis of French Kiss fame and Lil' Louis Vega of MAW one and the > same? > > I say no, my mate says yes. He claims that there is a funny story behind it > which can be traced back to the MAW Web site. > > Confused. -- Cognition/Andrew Duke's In The Mix mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://techno.ca/cognition 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9
