There has never been a thread about Egyptian Lover

www.egyptianempirerecords.com

his site isn't working ... :( you used to be able to buy tshirts from it

http://www.chocosho.com/admin/images/285x380/79625_vertical_1_egyptian_lover__mens_vertic.jpg

^^ Just stroked chin at concert.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j244/egyptianlover661/Tshirtstatoo.jpg

^^^has been shaking booty to egyptian lover since 1983

Oh wow.

'house on the nile' has some fantastic lyrics, something about his waterbed and solid gold speakers.

^^^i bet his neighbors complained a lot too

^^^dont know why ^^^ were necessary in that post

remember when Hashim posted on ILM? he kept spamming us with links to his new breaks stuff lol

i found an egyptian lover cassette in the budget bin when i got my first car and was looking for shit to bump in the tape player. i believe him when he says the pyramids are shiny.

its entirely possible that the pyramids are shiny. shit gets awful bright in the desert, sand reflects the sun etc

http://www.chocosho.com/admin/images/285x380/79625_vertical_1_egyptian_lover__mens_vertic.jpg

my sister had this album, the beats were good & the synths chilly, the rapping always sounded kinda...y'know..."the pyramids are oh so shiny" wtf are you talking about egyptian lover

loool

WHAT IS A DJ IF HE CAN'T SCRATCH
WHAT IS A MC IF HE CAN'T RAP
WHAT IS A BEAT WITHOUT A LIVE CLAP
WELL I CAN DO IT ALL BABY JUST LIKE THAT

oh and let's not forget FREAK-A-HOLIC

http://www.parisdjs.com/images/covers/parisdjs_vintagerobot/The_Egyptian_Lover-Freak-A-Holic_b.jpg

i'm searching desperately to find egyptian lover lyrics page :(

http://www.chocosho.com/admin/images/285x380/79625_vertical_1_egyptian_lover__mens_vertic.jpg

am0n quit being lame, "shiny" is a non-starter as a descriptor for pyramids and you know it

see my waterbed, fifty feet long
with solid gold speakers, to play this song

it is mostly about the original 4 track ep -- http://www.discogs.com/release/43329 -- 'On The Nile' had remade versions of some of the tracks. see also 12" for 'Computer Love (Sweet Dreams)'

& I remember his track for Bobby Jimmy and the Critters was, well, I bought everything he did in 1984

'We Like Ugly Women' - http://www.discogs.com/release/97719

And My Beat Goes Boom (Long Version)

Drums - (Ultimate) Egyptian Lover, The*
Producer - (Genius) Egyptian Lover, The*
Remix - (Awesome) Egyptian Lover, The*
Vocals - (Creative) Egyptian Lover, The*

http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=R&obid=48819

THE FREAK-A-HOLIC VIDEO (must see):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Pjyu6BpJF0

FUKK ALL DA HATTERZ !!!!

Egyptian Lover is THE MAN. A few of my favorites 12"s are "Girls/Voices" and "She's So Fine." The "one track mind" is non-stop genius. Bambaataa ain't got shit on The Lover's early material as far as I'm concerned. And, in fact, Electro may have got it's start on the East Coast, but it really came of age on the west coast. Dudes like LA Dream Team, Arabian Prince/Professor X, Unknown DJ, and Ice-T (in his early days collaborating with Chris "The Glove" Taylor) really kept the electro flames burnin' and dropped some serious next level shit.

And here's a fun fact: The Egyptian Lover taught Luke Skywalker how to program beats ... so dude is like the godfather of Miami Bass and shit.

I must say though that The Lover's 1990 LP, "Get Into It" is kinda weak despite a few good jamz.

http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/uploads/pics/picture_egyptian_lover_turntable_afro_hair_old.jpg

Home of the Egyptian Empire
http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/uploads/pics/picture_egyptian_empire_los_angeles.jpg

and this: http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/typo3temp/pics/cover_rodney_o_everlasting_bass_egyptian_empire_dmsr_00772_1986_front_02_a6230022e6.jpg

freak-a-holic is dope but way different than his other stuff

"if i go to see egyptian lover i want to do it in an atmosphere that reflects the music"

Please put this on a t-shirt.

(Then the beardos can wear it and stroke).

I first heard I Need A Freak through Egyptian Lover. I remember working at the record store when the owner found an Egyptian Lover album and just flipped his shit—apparently he had loved him as a kid, because as a kid he was totally into pyramids and mummies and shit, and hadn't ever put together that Egyptian Lover wasn't actually, you know, archeological until he heard the stuff again as an adult.

You must purify yourself in the waters of the Egyptian Lover's pyramid-shaped pool.

His stuff is a cut above most 80s electro... "Sexy Style" has these great sonar blips in them. "What Is A DJ" is probably my favorite through.

i always had a (maybe) confused impression that he was connected to that club party group thing "uncle jamm's army"...t/f?

he was part of Uncle Jamms Army too

The Egyptian Lover started out as a D.J. in Los Angeles with Uncle Jamms Army doing dances at the L.A. Sports Arena with over 10,000 party people. The Egyptian Lover began recording around Los Angeles in 1983 as a member of the Radio Crew and later that year released "Dial-A-Freak" as part of Uncle Jamm's Army (see 1983 in music). The Egyptian Lover released his debut solo single and club hit "Egypt, Egypt" in 1984. It was followed by more dance hits, including "And My Beat Goes Boom", "What Is a DJ If He Can't Scratch", "Egypt Egypt", and "Girls", with even more that came like "You're so Fine", "The Lover", "Sexy Style", "The Alesby Inn" and "Freak a Holic". Is popularly known for the phrase "doing what I want, seven days a week."

Holy shit, check out the list of members of Uncle Jamms Army
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Jamms_Army

holy shit it's like a farm team for early west coast dudes!

this site too
http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/groups.html
all those dudes chilled together

my older bro used to go to the parties these guys used to rock

do you guys remember "what's happening now?" it was this 80s spinoff of "what's happening" with some of the same characters but all grown up...anyway one time LA Dream Team guested on the show and performed a song...it went "Yesssss....they're here....Dream Team is here!" me and my friend saw it once on reruns and that was our catchphrase in high school for awhile.

we were dorx ;_;

that's a good record there

http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/typo3temp/pics/cover_la_dream_team_is_in_the_house_dtr_631_1985_front_02_d2370ef08e.jpg

holy crap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqBA22B5KHU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yltrGPr_RA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv1jDREKJWc

I have this record....

http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/index.php?id=248.0.html

http://www.westcoastpioneers.com/uploads/pics/cover_hit_hip_hop_on_hot_vinyl_dr_dre_macola_mrc_910_1985_front_02.jpg

Let's jam, let's jam radioactive!!

i saw him a few weeks back. prolly wouldn't have gone if i hadn't gotten free tickets (not into seeing older bands redo their thing). he actually put on a really good show though. great dj set where his hypeman handed him the records in order. all the hits.

the crowd at my show was the complete opposite though. dorky b&t crowd and everyone was dancing. except me. i couldnt' distance myself from the crowd and even though i was really enjoying the music and the show, i wasn't exactly "having fun". oh well, i'm the chin scratching hipster deej wished wouldn't come to the show.

i love the On the Nile album. there's way more guitar on it than i would expect from an electro album.

Most of your songs are very uptempo. What´s the reason for this?
Back in the days we have this famous dance called "The Freak". People dancing close to close very sexy. So as faster the beats the more freaky the dance became. And also I do not like to fuck slow, do you?

jaxon its one thing if there's a room full of dancing ppl and yr not in the mood, its another thing entirely if the whole crowd shows up, he plays shit aimed directly at the dancefloor, and every just sort of stands around like their studying a painting on the wall. its not a museum!

oh man i had that hit hip hop on cassette, they used have this bonkers cutout bin at my wal-mart in HS...i also bought this weird wire thing that was sort of a semi-comp of the first two records mashed together in different order w/some songs missing.

i would do "The Freak" to all of this songs

why because it look interesting

matt, you mean On Returning, which is a comp of the first 3 albums "greatest hits" or sorts.

!

http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/egyptianlover/1983-1988

And building on that new collection: I talked with the man himself.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/30/the-egyptian-lover-interview-electro-stones-throw-anthology

http://www.hexapolis.com/2014/10/31/historians-concur-great-pyramid-glass-like-shiny-4000-years-ago/

nice piece, ned!

Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BNUV9SiEVg

really cool new video feat. (among many) Lady Tigra of "Cars That Go Boom!"

https://67.media.tumblr.com/afc168482221c8836b3a0dfd7200399d/tumblr_n9oa3z4DJ81twulego6_500.gif
(via Night Flight on Facebook

I'm pretty lukewarm on most of his stuff but man I love "I Cry". Any recommendations on similarly moody 80s electroish stuff?

I don't know but here's Jeff Mills in 1983 scratching side two track two of the first release on Freak Beat Records

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uapn-mknXVU

Wow I didn't know Mills was active quite that early in the 80s