Tony De Vit (b. Kidderminster, England on September 12, 1957 - d. July 2, 1998 in Birmingham, England) was an influential club disc jockey. Map sources for Kidderminster at grid reference SO825765 Kidderminster is a town in the Wyre Forest district of Worcestershire, England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... September 12 is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... For other meanings of DJ, see DJ (disambiguation). ...

De Vit started as a wedding DJ in 1976, before becoming resident DJ at Birmingham's premier gay venue, Nightingale, where he played pop and Hi-NRG. Tony De Vit's life changed forever after visiting the infamous Trade at Turnmills in London. Never before had the Midland DJ witnessed such overpowering, supercharged hedonism. 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... For Popular music (music that is popular, rather than being of a specific genre or style), see Popular music. ... Hi-NRG (High Energy) is a type of electronic dance music popular in nightclubs in the early 1980s. ... Trade was a gay nightclub started in 1990 by Laurence Malice. ... Turnmills is a London nightclub, on the site of Turnmills Street, Clerkenwell and Farringdon. ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ...

"It changed my idea of clubbing. It was the sheer energy," De Vit later said.

De Vit left Nightingale for Birmingham super club Chuff Chuff where he pursued his love for Hard House, initially being paid £35 per gig within weeks he was headlining above house DJ Sasha. Chuff Chuff was a House music event that took place across the uk Midlands in the early to late 1990s. ... Hard house is a style of electronic music that evolved from mixing techno and house music in the 1990s. ... House music is a style of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ... This article is about Sasha the DJ, for other people see Sasha (name) Sasha, born Alexander Coe (born September 4, 1969), is an Welsh DJ and record producer. ...

In 1993 Tony De Vit received his longed-for residency at Trade. Technically untouchable and forward thinking, De Vit's DJ sets became stuff of legend. Struck by his talent in the same year rave/dance legends Fantazia asked Tony to mix 1 of the discs on the 2nd album of the Fantazia House Collection series, which went on to be a massive UK hit selling over 100,000 copies. Fantazia later in 1995 asked Tony to compile an album all of his own, The Remixers: Tony De Vit, was a successful underground album, consisting only of tracks remixed by De Vit. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

By the mid-90s, De Vit was so in demand that he could have confined his diary to superclubs but instead insisted on playing tiny venues in Inverness and Cheltenham. In straight clubs he tended to play for 90 minutes. At Trade on Whitsun Bank Holiday in 1995, De Vit performed for twelve hours. He also had two releases in the Global Underground series: GU 005: Tokyo and GU 001: Tel Aviv. Inverness (Inbhir Nis in Scottish Gaelic) is the only city in the Scottish Highlands. ... Cheltenham (or Cheltenham Spa) is a spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, England, near Gloucester and Cirencester. ... The word Whitsun is another name for Pentecost It has that meaning in the following: Whitsun, a poem by Sylvia Plath The Whitsun Weddings, a poem by Philip Larkin A Whitsun Ale (esp. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Global Underground is a series of electronic dance music albums that focus on live performances which take place at high-profile venues such as Space (a dance club in Ibiza, Spain) and are mixed by high-profile DJs and producers such as John Digweed, Sasha, Nick Warren, Paul Oakenfold and... Global Underground 005: Tony De Vit, Tokyo is a DJ mix album in the Global Underground series, compiled and mixed by Tony De Vit. ... Global Underground 001: Tony De Vit, Tel Aviv is a DJ mix album in the Global Underground series, compiled and mixed by Tony De Vit. ...

De Vit was HIV-positive, and his health deteriorated. On July 2 1998 he died due to bronchial pneumonia and bone-marrow failure. Human immunodeficiency virus (commonly known as HIV, and formerly known as HTLV-III and lymphadenopathy-associated virus) is a retrovirus that is the cause of the disease known as AIDS, or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a syndrome where the immune system begins to fail, leading to many life-threatening opportunistic infections. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... Pneumonia is an illness of the lungs and respiratory system in which the microscopic, alveoli (air-filled sacs) responsible for absorbing oxygen from the atmosphere become inflamed and flooded with fluid. ...

After De Vit's death a messy wrangle kept his records off the shelves for many years, but finally a compilation of his best tunes and remixes was released called Are You All Ready? on Tidy Trax records. Tidy Trax is a leading UK based Hard Dance record label. ...

De Vit's legacy lives on in DJ stars such as Eddie Halliwell and frantics Guffy to De Vit's hand picked protege Fergie and Trade resident Smokin' Jo. Eddie Halliwell is an English DJ, with the mixing ability of the average pet hamster. ... Fergie with fellow Radio 1 DJ and Northern Irishman, Colin Murray. ...

External links

• Official website
• Tony De Vit at MusicBrainz
• Tony De Vit profile on Fantazia
• House Collection 2 - Details of album mixed by Tony De Vit
• The Remixers Tony De Vit album - Details of the album
• Website about dance clubs and club promotion. Specific page relating to Tony de Vit.
• Downloadable Mixes (Free Registration)