What Happens When a House Music Legend Makes an Album With All His Friends?

Tasteful recombination in art requires one to understand what art is available and what individual pieces of art are appropriate to recombine. Bricolage is the process in which an artist removes an object from its environment, strips it of its meaning and places it alongside other objects in a completely new environment. Louie Vega's latest album, Louie Vega Starring… is a dual­disc conceptual record featuring over 25 artists on 28 different songs. Yes, you read that right!

The record is Louie Vega's first solo album ever and a contender for his magnum opus, “This body of work is a masterpiece that will be party of my legacy. I see it up there on the same high shelf with albums like Nuyorican Soul, Elements of Life, and Masters at Work,” adds Louie. Describing his artistic process, “The album came together naturally, it was a growing process. It was like planting a tree, each branch represented an artist, a sound, a groove. The entire process happened within a few years. It started with a few songs and then this past year, I was in a creative state and the music happened back to back. As I travelled and toured, I met artists on the road and would record with them a few weeks later. The experience with the artists on the album was magical; they are all so talented and very unique and have their own special quality.”

There are only a few times in an artist's career when their sonic pallet and relationships with other artists reach a level where true magic can happen. After 30 years in music, Vega has reached a special and unmatched point in his career.

He knows where all of the world’s sounds live and hide. He has relationships with the owners of those sounds and understands what they represent. This album is the latest testament to Louie’s growing legacy as a master bricoleur. By bringing together the diverse genres of house, funk, latin soul and gospel, Louie Vega created a record filled with positive vibes. Like a fine bottle of wine, the album’s ingredients and their interactions with each other come to the light upon pressing play. Listeners can expect notes of Afro &
Latin and pure house infused with funk, gospel, Caribbean, jazz, r&b, soul. All the ingredients for an amazing global party. Each song is uniquely crafted to represent a different emotion, energy or experience. Their melange with Louie Vega’s timeless music production is the album’s true treat, “Today’s listener wants to feel good and that’s exactly what our songs and tracks do. We celebrate the gift of love, art and music,” adds Vega.

Followers of his illustrious career will find the album unveils a completely new side of the legendary artist; that of a sound chemist. Louie explains, “My inspirations came from various visits around the world and experiences in life. As far as the album’s sounds, I revisited lots of R&B, soul, gospel, nu jazz, even some disco, all within the backdrop of house music, took it back to the artist and song tailoring”.

Here’s a complete list of the chemist’s preferred elements for this album: The group Funkadelic & the Iconic George Clinton, The 3 Winans Brothers and The Clark Sisters, Jocelyn Brown, Nick Monaco & Soul Clap, N'Dea Davenport, Lisa Fischer, Cindy Mizelle, Anane Vega, Monique Bingham, Caron Wheeler, Josh Milan, Bucie, Tony Momrelle, Kaylow, Vikter Duplaix, Foremost Poets, Adeva, Covertion & Leroy Burgess, Kenny Bobien, Zara McFarlane, Luis Salinas, Roberto Roena, Diviniti, and Byron Stingily.

The delivered sampling of featured artists on Louie Vega Starring… is one for the record books and a must for any music aficionado. Be sure to pick up the album at all digital outlets, and a special cd & vinyl package at participating distributors.

Louie Vega Starring…XXVIII

01. Funkadelic ‘Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda Hard On You?’

Publishing info: G. Clinton & R. Mandell (Pooch Music (SACEM) / RM Moods & Colors)

Remix Produced By: Louie Vega &
George Clinton
Lead Vocal: George Clinton
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Synth Bass On Remix: Axel Tosca
Drum Programming On Remix:
Louie Vega & Yas Inoue
Remix Recorded & Mixed At:
Daddy’s Workshop, NJ
*Original Produced By: George Clinton & G Koop
*Vocals: George Clinton, Tonysha Nelson From Kandy Apple,
Redd, Rey Joven, Robert ‘P-Nut’ Johnson, Sidney Barnes,
G Koop, 13TEEN, Ebony Houston,
Brandi ‘Nakid’ Scott, Ricky Tan
*Drum Programming , Keys & Music Programming: G Koop
*Bass Guitar: Lige Curry
*Guitar: Garry Shider
*Guitar: Michael ‘Kidd Funkadelic’ Hampton
*Strings & Synthesizers: Danny Bedrosian
*Original Version Recorded & Mixed At: What Studio, Tallahassee Florida

02. ‘Dance’ 3 Winans Brothers Featuring The Clark Sisters

Publishing Info: BeBe Winans & Daniel Weatherspoon (BMI/ASCAP/BMG)

Remix Produced By: Louie Vega
Vocals Produced By: 3WB
Executive Producers: 3WB & Louie Vega
Lead Vocals: 3 Winans Brothers,
The Clark Sisters
Background Vocals: The Clark Sisters
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
B-3 & Wurlitzer: Josh Milan
Synthesizers & Synth Bass: Axel Tosca
Drum programming: Louie Vega
Original Version of Dance on ‘Foreign Land’ Album (Regime/BMG) Produced By: Daniel Weatherspoon for Longlife Ent.
Winans

03. ‘Elevator (Going Up)’
Starring Monique Bingham

Publishing Info: Monique A. Bingham
(My Soulmate Songs, ASCAP)
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocals & Backgrounds:
Monique Bingham
Vocal Arrangement: Monique Bingham
Keyboards, Synth Bass & Piano Solo:
Axel Tosca
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue

04. ‘Angels Are Watching Me’ Starring Bucie

Publishing Info: Josh Milan
(Josh Milan Music, BMI)
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Bucie
Background Vocals: Josh Milan & Bucie
Vocal Arrangement: Josh Milan
Keyboards: Junito Davila & Axel Tosca
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Congas, Percussion: Luisito Quintero
Drum Programming: Louie Vega
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue

Josh Milan (josh Milan Songs) Bmi Luis F. Vega (niconane Music) Bmi Produced By Louie Vega Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue Lead Vocal: Bucie Background Vocals: Bucie, Josh Milan Keyboards: Junito Davila, Axel Tosca Electric Bass: Gene Perez Congas, Timbales, Percussion: Luisito Quintero Recorded & Mixed At Daddy's Workshop, Nj

05. ‘A New Day’ Starring Caron Wheeler

Publishing Info: Caron Wheeler (Copyright Control), Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocals & Backgrounds:
Caron Wheeler
Vocal Arrangement: Caron Wheeler
Song Lyrics: Caron Wheeler
Drum Programming: Louie Vega
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards & Synth Bass: Axel Tosca
Congas: Papo Swing

06. ‘Magical Ride (Wave of Love)’ Starring N’Dea Davenport

Publishing Info: N’Dea Davenport
(My Dog Luna Music, ASCAP),
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocals & Backgrounds:
N’Dea Davenport
Vocal Arrangement: N’Dea Davenport
Drum Programming: Louie Vega
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards, Synth Bass, & Synth Solo: Axel Tosca

07. ‘Gift of Love’ Starring Tony Momrelle

Publishing Info: Josh Milan
(Josh Milan Music, BMI),
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Tony Momrelle
Background Vocals: Josh Milan, Lisa Fischer & Tony Momrelle
Vocal Arrangement: Josh Mlian, Louie Vega, Tony Momrelle, Lisa Fischer
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Drum Programming: Louie Vega
Electric Guitar: Sherrod Barnes
Guitar Arrangement: Sherrod Barnes
Synth Pads: Axel Tosca
Live Bass: Gene Perez
Percussion: Luisito Quintero

08. ‘Heaven Knows’ Starring
Anané Vega
Publishing Info: Josh Milan
(Josh Milan Music, BMI),
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Anané Vega
Backgrounds: Anané Vega, Josh Milan
Vocal Arrangement: Josh Milan
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards, Synth Strings & Rhodes:
Axel Tosca
Synthesizer Lines: Louie Vega
Wurlitzer Solo & Comping:
Hajime Yoshisawa
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Shakers, Shekere & Tamborine:
Dres Ramos
Groove Inspired by Gabor Szabo’s ‘Spellbinder’ on Impulse Records

09. ‘Can We Keep This Going’
Starring Kaylow

Publishing Info: Kaylow Publishing
(Sony ATV), Luis F. Vega
(Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocals & Backgrounds: Kaylow
Vocal Arrangement: Kaylow
Keyboards, Synthesizers & Synth Bass: Axel Tosca
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Congas & Percussion: Luisito Quintero

10. ‘Gimme Some Love’
Starring Vikter Duplaix

Publishing Info: Vikter Duplaix (Enertia Creations/Westbury Music, ASCAP),
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Vikter Duplaix
Backgrounds: Vikter Duplaix &
Anané Vega
Vocal Arrangement: Vikter Duplaix
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards, Moog & Synth Bass:
Axel Tosca
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Bongos & Percussion: Luisito Quintero

11. Louie Vega Starring Cassio Ware “Just The Way I Like it”

Publishing Info: Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI), Cassio James Vincent Ware II (Down With You, ASCAP)
Produced B:y Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Cassio Ware
Vocals Produced by Cassio Ware
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards & Drums: Louie Vega
Background Vocals & Adlibs: Heather Walker & Adrienne Sykes
Lead Vocal & Backgrounds Recorded at Fuzion Studios, NJ
Lead Vocal & Backgrounds Recorded & Engineered by Franke..Estevez
Vocal Arrangements: Cassio Ware, Franke..Estevez, Louie Vega
Music Recorded at Daddy’s Workshop, NJ
Mixed at Daddy’s Workshop, NJ

12. ‘See Some Light’ Starring Nick Monaco & Soul Clap

Publishing Info: Nicolas Monaco
(Love the Crew, ASCAP),
Eli Goldstein (Love the Crew, ASCAP), Charles Levine (Love the Crew, ASCAP), Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Nick Monaco, Soul Clap
& Louie Vega
Lead Vocals: Nick Monaco & Soul Clap
Vocal Arrangement: Nick Monaco,
Soul Clap
Keyboards: Nick Monaco, Soul Clap
Drum Programming: Nick Monaco,
Soul Clap, Louie Vega
Mix Engineer: Yas Inoue

13. ‘I Deserve to Breath’ Starring Adeva

Publishing Info: Leah Lorien (Leloka Critiqueka Works, ASCAP),
Lem Springsteen (One Boy Music, ASCAP) Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Lem Springsteen
& Louie Vega
Lead & Background Vocals: Adeva
Vocal Arrangement: Leah Lorien,
Lem Springsteen, Louie Vega
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Drum Programming: Louie Vega,
Lem Springsteen
Lead Vocals Recorded At: Fuzion Recordings Studio, Union City NJ
Keyboards & Synth Bass:
Lem Springsteen

14. ‘Let’s Do It’ (Dance Ritual Mix) Convertion & Leroy Burgess
A Louie Vega Interpretation

Publishing Info: Leroy Burgess,
James Calloway, Sonny T. Davenport (Calebur Compositions/PAP Music Divison & Leeds Music Corp., ASCAP)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Leroy Burgess
Vocal Arrangement: Leroy Burgess,
Louie Vega
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Drum Programming: Louie Vega
Background Vocals: Lisa Fischer,
Cindy Mizelle & Leroy Burgess
Keyboards & Synthesizers: Junito Davila & Axel Tosca
Electric Bass: Gene Perez

15. ‘You Are Everything’ Starring Jocelyn Brown

Publishing Info: Josh Milan (Josh Milan Music, BMI), Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI), Selan Lerner (Soul-On Productions, ASCAP)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Jocelyn Brown
Background Vocals: Cindy Mizelle,
Sharon Anderson, James ‘D Train’ Williams, Paulette McWilliams
Vocal Arrangement: Josh Milan
Background Vocal Arrangement:
Josh Milan, Cindy Mizelle, James ‘D Train’ Williams, Sharon Anderson, Paulette McWilliams, Jocelyn Brown, Louie Vega
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Piano, Organ & Synthesizers: Selan Lerner
Synth Bass: Louie Vega
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Wurlitzer: Josh Milan

16. ‘Together We Can’
Starring Kenny Bobien

Publishing Info: Kenny Bobien
(Off the Top Music, ASCAP),
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI),
Efrain Davila (Hookdaddy Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Kenny Bobien
Vocal Arrangement: Kenny Bobien
Background Vocal Arrangement:
Cindy Mizelle
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Drum Programming: Louie Vega
Background Vocals: Cindy Mizelle,
Kenny Bobien, Louie Vega
Keyboards: Junito Davila
Keyboards, Piano & Organ: Axel Tosca
Electric Bass: Gene Perez

17. ‘Joy Inside My Tears’
Starring Josh Milan

Publishing Info: Stevie Wonder (EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Josh Milan
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Background Vocals: Lisa Fischer
& Cindy Mizelle
Keyboards, Rhodes, Synth & Organ:
Selan Lerner
Piano: Josh Milan
Live Drum Beat: Jerard Snell
Electronic Drum Programming:
Louie Vega, Yas Inoue
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Electric Guitar: Sherrod Barnes
Live Harmonica: William Gallison

18. ‘Because We Love It’
Starring Zara McFarlane

Publishing Info: Zara McFarlane (Copyright Control),
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal & Scats: Zara McFarlane
Vocal Arrangement: Zara McFarlane, Louie Vega
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Drum Programming: Louie Vega,
Yas Inoue
Background Vocal: Cindy Mizelle
Background Arrangement: Zara McFarlane, Cindy Mizelle, Louie Vega
Upright Bass: John Benitez
Congas & Ride: Luisito Quintero
Keyboards, Piano & Rhode Solo:
Axel Tosca

19. ‘Turned Onto You’
Starring Lisa Fischer & Anané Vega

Publishing Info: Roy Ayers
(Roy Ayers Ubiquity, ASCAP),
Edwin Birdsong (Edwin Birdsong Music, ASCAP), AFI Music (ASCAP)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead & Background Vocals: Lisa Fischer, Anané Vega
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards & Rhodes: Selan Lerner
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Live Drums: Jerard Snell
Tenor Sax: John Scarpulla
Trumpet: Don Harris
Trombone: Ozzie Melendez
Congas & Percussion: Luisito Quintero

20. ‘Do What You Gotta Do’
Starring Lisa Fischer

Publishing Info: Esther Williams/Norris Berry/Eddie Drennon (DAMIT Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal in Vamp: Lisa Fischer
Background Vocals: Lisa Fischer
& Cindy Mizelle
Male Backgrounds: Mr. V, Papo Swing
Live Drums: Jerard Snell
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards & Synth Bass: Selan Lerner
Electric Guitar: Mike Ciro
Live Drums: Jerard Snell

21. ‘Stop on By’ Starring Lisa Fischer
& Cindy Mizelle
Publishing Info: Bobby Womack/Thomas Truman Lee (Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC) 

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead & Background Vocals: Lisa Fischer
& Cindy Mizelle
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards & Rhodes: Selan Lerner
Electric Guitar: Sherrod Barnes
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Live Drums: Jerard Snell

22. ‘Slick City’ Starring Cindy Mizelle
& Lisa Fischer

Publishing Info: James Mason/Ninosha Escobar (James Mason Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead & Background Vocals: Lisa Fischer
& Cindy Mizelle
Spoken Word Lyric & Performance by: Jazzie B (Of Soul II Soul)
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards, Rhodes & Organs:
Selan Lerner
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Electric Guitar: Mike Ciro
Live Drums: Jerard Snell

23. ‘You’ve Got It Bad Girl’
Starring Josh Milan

Publishing Info: Yvonne Wright/Stevie Wonder (EMI Music Publishing)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Josh Milan
Background Vocals: Josh Milan
& Cindy Mizelle
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards: Selan Lerner
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Electric Guitar & Solo: Dominic James

24. ‘In The Morning’
Starring Adeva

Publishing Info: Josh Milan
(Josh Milan Music, BMI),
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Adeva
Background Vocals: Adeva & Josh Milan
Vocal Arrangement: Josh Milan, Adeva
Keyboards, Strings & Organ: Axel Tosca
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Drum Programming: Native Sons,
Ritmo Tumbao
Percussion: Cuba & Dres Ramos

25. ‘Been Such A Long Time Gone’ Starring Josh Milan

Publishing Info: Hugh Masekela
(We’ve Got Rhythm Music, BMI) 

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Josh Milan
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards: Axel Tosca
Electric Guitar: Dominic James
Electric Bass: Gene Perez
Congas & Percussion: Luisito Quintero

26. ‘Es Vedra’ Starring Luis Salinas

Publishing Info: Luis F. Vega
(Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead & Rhythm Guitar: Luis Salinas
Guitar Arrangement: Luis Salinas
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards, B-3, Rhodes, Synth Strings: Axel Tosca
Baby Bass: John Benitez
Congas, Cowbell, Percussion:
Luisito Quintero

27. ‘Everlasting Love’ Starring Diviniti

Publishing Info: Terri Smith
(Atido Music, BMI), Maurice Lamar Herd (HeadJob Publishing, BMI),
Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocals & Backgrounds: Diviniti
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards & Bass Synth: Axel Tosca
Congas & Percussion: Luisito Quintero

28. ‘Ain’t No Stoppin’ Love’
Starring Byron Stingily

Publishing Info: Byron Stingily (EMI Black Music Inc, BMI), Luis F. Vega (Niconane Music, BMI)

Produced By: Louie Vega
Lead Vocal: Byron Stingily
Background Vocals: Byron Stingily &
El Thornton
Mix & Recording Engineer: Yas Inoue
Keyboards: Axel Tosca
Electric Bass: Gene Perez

Executive Producer & A&R: Louie Vega
All Songs Produced & Arranged By: Louie Vega
All Songs Mixed By: Yas Inoue & Louie Vega
All Songs Recorded By: Yas Inoue
All Songs Mastered By: Walter Coelho
All Songs Recorded & Mixed At: Daddy’s Workshop, NJ

Project Manager/Coordinator: Zuleica Martins

Album Artwork Design & Layout: Matt Mayes for Signor Design
Art Direction: Matt Mayes & Louie Vega
Graffiti Wall Art: Richard Wilson
All Portraits By: Davide Di Pede

For Licensing Contact: zuleica@vegarecords.net

For Bookings Contact: zuleica@vegarecords.net
(Sacred Tone Entertainment)
www.vegarecords.net

3 Winans Brothers appears courtesy of Regime/BMG/
www.3winansbrothers.com

Caron Wheeler appears courtesy of ‘Caron Wheeler Music’
Nick Monaco & Soul Clap appear courtesy of Soul Clap Records
Kaylow appears courtesy of House Afrika Records, SA
Anané Vega appears courtesy of Nulu
Leroy Burgess appears courtesy of Burgess Entertainment Recordings
Josh Milan appears courtesy of Honeycomb Music
Funkadelic appears courtesy of C Kunspyruhzy Records