Tony de Vit, the late onerous home specialist, will likely be remembered with a blue plaque in his hometown Birmingham — marking the primary time a DJ has ever acquired the glory.
De Vit died in 1998, on the age of 40 and on the very peak of his sport.
Throughout his lifetime, de Vit carved out a distinct segment as as one of many go-to DJs for harder-edged home units. His status was confirmed in 2011, when Mixmag’s “Biggest DJ Of All Time” ballot ranked him at No. 9.
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The blue plaque, which the Birmingham Civic Society commissions, is alleged to acknowledge a person who has “achieved greatness” and “made [the city] what it’s in the present day.”
The official unveiling will happen Sept. 24 on the Custard Manufacturing facility in Digbeth, the location the place de Vit launched V2 Recording Studio with Simon Parkes, and reduce or remixed lots of the 100 tracks he launched throughout his lifetime. Eleven of these singles impacted the Official U.Ok. Chart within the 5 years earlier than his dying.
The Birmingham Music Archive remembers de Vit as a “pioneering and massively influential DJ within the LGBTQ+ neighborhood who introduced his music to a mainstream viewers.”
I am tremendous proud to have performed a component in getting @BirminghamCivic Blue Plaque for Tony De Vit, a pioneering & massively influential DJ within the LGBTQ+ neighborhood who introduced his music to a mainstream viewers. Birmingham music, historical past & tradition! Unveiling 24/09 Thanks @djmarkkavanagh https://t.co/lyWElUvyrp
— BirminghamMusicArch (@brummusicpics) August 19, 2022
Provides Jez Collins of the Archive, “I’m so delighted {that a} historic establishment just like the Birmingham Civic Society is recognizing the contribution that Tony de Vit has made, not solely to Birmingham’s dance and music tradition, but additionally the affect he’s had on a technology of DJs, clubbers, promoters and audiences.”
A pumping dance occasion at The Mill will full celebrations, with de Vit’s protégé Fergie, Tall Paul and Seb Fontaine among the many headliners.
