There has never been a thread about Egyptian Lover

"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.

yep that's what it was...i didn't know shit about wire when i bought it, i only knew them from "eardrum buzz" video on 120 minutes

that comp has Dot Dash which isn't on the first 3 records OR their CD reissues if I remember correctly. Nothing to do with LA Electro though.

Whenever i see a pic of EL i'm treated to spontaneously imagined whiff of activator and spermicide.

oh man Big Butt Ugly Girls

Women rather

did we already decide if he was really Egyptian?

and was the Arabian Prince his protoge?

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.

Should've been titled Songs Missing.

*boom boom*

Egptians are Coptic in ethnicity, not Arab, so probably no relation. AP was in NWA though.

i dont think they worked together in the late 80s but i think theyve done at least one show together here in LA recently

world seems to go him-shaped when tompkins takes up pen so i dunno if this any of this interview was even 4real or not but still eh?

the first wire album i owned was called *In The Pink*. i bought it in the mid 80's. it was kind of a perfect album really. when i first bought the actual albums all i wanted to hear were the songs on that comp.

what

i said the first wire album i owned was called *In The Pink*. i bought it in the mid 80's. it was kind of a perfect album really. when i first bought the actual albums all i wanted to hear were the songs on that comp.

haha

what

I sort of like his narcissism actually. Is there an Egyptian Lover track where he doesn't namecheck himself in the vocals? Or where his record sleeves don't say "Everything was written, produced, performed, mixed, engineered, and mastered by Egyptian Lover"?

SS: Then the guy from Cybotron, Rick Davis, thought you were dead?

EL: He saw the headline: “Lady Diana Dies With Egyptian Lover.”

EL: One time this girl from the LA Times came up and said, “Wow, you’re better than the Egyptian Lover. What’s your name?” And I said, “DJ Sperm Cell.” LA Times the following Sunday: “DJ Sperm Cell Better Than Egyptian Lover.” With pictures of me in the paper. Some damn fools!

ahahah

Dj Sixth Sense was playing "Egyptian Lover" today on the Friday morning 8 am US eastern time Wrong Song segment of the syndicated Russ Parr morning show (heard on American R'n'b/rap radio stations)

SS: Then the guy from Cybotron, Rick Davis, thought you were dead?

EL: He saw the headline: “Lady Diana Dies With Egyptian Lover.”

-- haitch, Monday, September 24, 2007 11:56 PM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

hahahahaha

hahaha i was about to quote that and lol too

omg driving back from the studio last night my bass player was playing some Macola Records comp tape that had Egypt Egypt and a bunch of other early LA electro stuff - Bobby Jimmy & The Critters' "Big Butt" was just cracking my ass up, never heard that one before.

BREAKDOWN

hilarious slim longhaired wite kid w/silver space jacket & magma t-shirt on stage at the EL gig, what's on yr ipod? I mean, what are you doing there stood behind some keyboard just clapping your hands.

I had no use for http://www.chocosho.com/admin/images/285x380/79625_vertical_1_egyptian_lover__mens_vertic.jpg but RIP