http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38257&rws=%2Flouie-devito%2Fmusic-videos.rssKnown by some as "the man with the golden ear," New York denizen Louie DeVito started out listening to DJ Franco Lamello on his local radio station. A construction worker at the time, DeVito was inspired by his idol to learn to mix, and eventually made it onto the radio himself on WKTU's <I>Friday Night Mix Show.</I> His proven ability to pick out a big mainstream dance hit gained further traction with the release of his first compilation, <I>NYC Underground Party</I> (1999), which sold over 60,000 copies and allowed him to begin a regular release schedule of discs under this rubric, before adding a second series titled <I>Dance Factory</I>. His hit-driven programming style tends to elicit sneers from the serious dance music and electronica cognoscenti, but there ought to be a place for everyone in the supposed PLUR (Peace Love Unity Respect) night world, and any DJ that can regularly get feet on dancefloors and wallets out of pockets deserves a nod, no matter how predictable or premeditated the music choices may be. - Nicholas BakerDance Popen720Mon, 7 Dec 2009 13:12:25 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.38257&rws=%2Flouie-devito%2Fmusic-videos.rss Known by some as "the man with the golden ear," New York denizen Louie DeVito started out listening to DJ Franco Lamello on his local radio station. A construction worker at the time, DeVito was inspired by his idol to learn to mix, and eventually made it onto the radio himself on WKTU's <I>Friday Night Mix Show.</I> His proven ability to pick out a big mainstream dance hit gained further traction with the release of his first compilation, <I>NYC Underground Party</I> (1999), which sold over 60,000 copies and allowed him to begin a regular release schedule of discs under this rubric, before adding a second series titled <I>Dance Factory</I>. His hit-driven programming style tends to elicit sneers from the serious dance music and electronica cognoscenti, but there ought to be a place for everyone in the supposed PLUR (Peace Love Unity Respect) night world, and any DJ that can regularly get feet on dancefloors and wallets out of pockets deserves a nod, no matter how predictable or premeditated the music choices may be. - Nicholas Baker