Since the Egyptian protests are all over the news lately, I’ve figured why not post some of Egytpian Lover’s oldschool electro hip-hop tracks. The very first time I’ve heard an Egyptian Lover’s track was back in 1984. A track titled Egypt Egypt on a DJ-mixed electro/hip-hop compilation record, released by StreetSounds, called Electro-5 on side-A — which is also available on this site. The second track I’ve heard by Egyptian Lover was My House On The Nile on StreetSounds Electro-6, side-B, which is also available on this site. And the third track I’ve heard by Egyptian Lover was Girls on StreetSounds Electro-7, side-A — again, also available on this site. After being exposed to those three tracks between 1984 and 1985, that was when I’ve decided to hunt and collect as many Egyptian Lover 12″ singles as I could find on the market. I’ve bought several of his 12″ singles on vinyl back then from Toronto, London and New York.
The Egyptian Lover is Greg Broussard — born on August 31, 1963. He’s an American musician, rapper, vocalist, producer and DJ from Los Angeles. Greg Broussard was one of the first men to pioneer the hip-hop/electro sound from LA. One of his main influences was Man Parrish’s track track Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop) — whom I’ve also blogged about on this site — so click here to read that article.
With just a Roland TR-808 drum machine among other flagship analog synthesizers and digital samplers, Greg Broussard rocked (and still can rock) the house.
Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” (12″ Vinyl)..
Artist: The Egyptian Lover
Title: Egypt, Egypt (12″ Vinyl)
Year: 1984
Label: Egyptian Empire Records
Egyptian Lover – “Egypt, Egypt” (12″ Vinyl) (mp3)
While the norm for most tracks go anywhere between 3:30 to 6:00 minutes in length, I prefer 15:00 minutes or longer, like the four seasons. Give me 4 long tracks to fill the hour, and I’ll be one very happy Iraqi. I love tracks that take me on long journeys through various movements. One of my all-time favorite synth-pop groups is PROPAGANDA from germany … who sound like twisted ABBA + Industrial + TechnoPop + Darkness. My favorite Proganda track is P:Machinery. I’ve taken two 12-inch vinyl versions of that track and conjoined them together as one … the way I want to listen to P:Machinery by:
Propaganda
Although he produced only a handful of tracks of renown and disappeared into obscurity almost as quickly as he had emerged from it, Manny ( Man ) Parrish is nonetheless one of the most important and influential figures in American electronic dance music. Helping to lay the foundation of electro, hip-hop, freestyle, and techno, as well as the dozens of subgenres to splinter off from those, Parrish introduced the aesthetic of European electronic pop to the American club scene by combining the plugged-in disco-funk of Giorgio Moroder and the man-machine music of Kraftwerk with the beefed-up rhythms and cut’n'mix approach of nascent hip-hop. As a result, tracks like “Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don’t Stop)” and “Boogie Down Bronx” were period-defining works that provided the basic genetic material for everyone from Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys to Autechre and Andrea Parker — and they remain undisputed classics of early hip-hop and electro to this day.
Man Parrish
What made Trevor Horn’s productions stand out was his unique and genius production techniques and the heavy use of state-of-the-art pro-audio gear, which made him become the torch-bearer for the kind of technology-led pop music which was hip and incredibly disciplined. Trevor Horn’s 12-inch remixes were uniquely long (anywhere from 8 to 13 minutes in duration) and told stories which took the listeners through long instrumental journeys at the begenning of tracks until the climax is reached (around the 5/6 or 7 minute mark). After the climax, the original or alternate full vocal version of the track takes over from that point on to the end, lasting additional 3.5 to 5 minutes in length.
Frankie Goes To Hollywood
Trevor Horn is the guy who produced and performed “
The Buggles
theres a trax he released and not sure of the name but it starts off with a reversed clap then it says wait a minute and the beats starts with an echoey hi-hat with eery synths and flutes??? anyway, i love this blog and pretty much everything on here i grew up on..thx!
i’ll look into it today by going through all my egyptian lover’s records.
Nope! Not in my collection. I’ve also checked & auditioned all other Egyptian Lover’s tracks on discogs.com …. and I cannot find what you’re looking for. Perhaps what you heard was a bootleg or part of a DJ mix with custom editing, no?
Don’t forget he was also on freak beat records first – i have a 12 inch press of “What is a Dj if he cant scratch “Not sure but i think he was part of uncle jams army great blog – keep up the good work feel free to hit me up anytime i would like to join your site if you need a reporter i am a hip hop historian + a dj
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This track was totally iconic of the ’84 breaking scene here in L.A…definitely amongst the Top 5 most-played songs in our ghetto blasters when it came out. I don’t think there was ever a song like this, that was simply *made* for Tutting. Thanks for sharing. Epic tune. I saw him play this at an Old School Jam in 2005 I believe. He still rocks.