Egyptian Lover on “Egypt, Egypt”
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- čas přidán 18. 12. 2020
- For this debut episode of Red Bull Music Academy’s new Key Tracks series the dublab film team connected with West electro legend Egyptian Lover. We visited the 808 controlling wizard at Rusk Sound Studios, where he recorded his 1984 album On the Nile which included the classic “Egypt, Egypt.” Egyptian Lover sketches out the inspiration behind the recording of this monumental jam and even graces us with a grand piano performance before a mind blowing recreation of the tune on his OG Roland TR-808. We were thrilled to once again collaborate with our buddies in forward thinking sound at RBMA. Keep your eyes and ears open for more installments of their Key Tracks series, as they continue to share personal sonic insights from musical legends.
Directed by: Mark “Frosty” McNeill
Filmed by: Alex Pelly & Steven Andrew Garcia
Edited by: Alex Pelly
Sound: Jake Viator
Produced by: dublab for Red Bull Music Academy - Hudba
An early 80’s classic that helped shape electro music forever.
Tons of other good songs too!
This is fucking GOLD! long live the 808 king
Man I got goose bumps watching this
Damn right, nice one. PS. Love that he’s custom’d his own 80&
I shit you not, I play Egypt, Egypt almost everyday. I love Techno Hip Hop (or whatever the genre is called) and The Egyptian Lover occupies a lane all by himself. Much respect!
I just bought albums 1984 and 1985. I love this music. I am 57yo and will be rocking these beats forever.
Fu@king legend right here! What a great time for innovative music, the early 80s.
One of the best Westcoast pioneer ever known, and my beat goes BOOM 💥
The song is a timeless classic. Born in 92 and still rockin it.
Slept on LEGENDARY influential and inspiring DJ/MC from the left coast! 🌎
I still play this in my car on the way to work, and even now it still blows my mind. Timeless! 👊🏿🙏🏿
One of the founding fathers of West-Coast hip-hop music.
Based out of Los Angeles, California.
With almost no major radio airplay, his music was popular in High Schools, Colleges etc..
viva "EGYPTIAN LOVER" forever!!
Yes man, that's true. I was in Alabama in 1985 an we rocked this whole album. Believe me, Huntsville Alabama had zero cool points for hip hop in 85. This was pure high school dub to dub all over the damn country.
I was a little white boy in Missouri when I first heard this song. It opened me up to hip-hop and electronic music. I'm 55 now and still listen to this and current hip-hop and electro often. In fact, I listen to almost all genres of music but, these rate as my top favorite genres.
Thanks Egypt, hip-hop story's the coolest
Saw him at a Rodney O and Joe Cooley concert in Oxnard back in the 80s, He was in the crowd with two Fly Ass ladies and his entourage... Tony Toni Tony and the Deele rounded out the show!
That’s dope you Saw Rodney O and Joe Cooley but you don’t hear me though!
I’ve been listening to Egyptian Lover since the 80s. I was a kid in high school and used to pop and breakdance to this awesome music. I promised myself that one day I would play Egyptian Lover while on a trip to Egypt. I finally traveled to Egypt earlier this month April 2024, and played the song inside the king’s chamber inside the Great Pyramid of Giza. I also played the song while going down the Nile on a cruise ship, between the cities of Luxor and Aswan. I’m sure I will be listening to this immortal song the rest of my life. Lol
Class ❤❤❤❤
Love it, so simple, no VSTs just pure talent to keep it simple and punchy
The General of the club
I like his track 'girls' especially the version on 'electro 7'...great beats
YO EGYPT WAS THAT DUDE!!! I MISS THEM DAYS!!! BAMBAATA PRETTY TONY CYBORTRON KRAFTWERK ALL THEM DUDES MADE TONS OF GOOD DANCE MUSIC THEN... BRING THAT SH@T BACK!!!
Because of this man electro and Detroit techno is my first choice for any genre of music. Thanks Egypt L!👍🏽✊🏽👍🏽
You know it!
Heard this on Electro 5 when I was 10 still an absolute banger 40 years later! Going to buy this on band camp best $1.29 I’ll ever spend !!!❤❤❤
One of my favorite rec . Have it on my playlist for 20 years
Man this is sweet....to hear how all this great music came about..I'm 45 years old today and I'm still rocking to Egyptian Lover 35+ years later...While I'm getting ready for work, driving to work, at work if the customer isn't home.If they are home,I have a bluetooth in my ear. The music gives me energy and great memories of my youth and the 80's.... Thank you E.L. Your music was the $hit,is the $hit and will always be the $hit... Thank you brotha!!🤝🏼 In my will,I want to be buried with an Ipod with music from E.L., Prince , James Brown and Funkadelic/ Parliamenst so I can jam in the next life!!!
Old School forever!
Living legend! One of the best to ever use the 808.
Habe heute noch einige Schallplatten vom Lover ❤
Middle school me and my friends use to break to his music all the time
His music takes me back to that time
The master at work!!!!!
I grew up on this right here! Classic fire!
This is dope….
The Legend
Bro look like 35y old his whole life long! What a Legend...
Thank you teacher 🎉 Moore!
I’m born in ‘92. My Uncle used to play this but I never knew the name. Finally, I watched some video on Vladtv n I just decided to search it cuz Egyptian Lover is a weird kinda rap name 😂 come to find out it’s the song that used to get on my neeeerves ridin thru Compton. 😂 But I’m a fan now. R.i.p Unc salute to Egyptian Lover. Legends 💯
Was it the MC Eiht interview?
I still blast this beat! In 2024!!!
Still bump this!
The Egyptian Lover was ahead of his time
Thank you sir 🙏
Yessssss❤
Everyone from that era got amazing 808 stories
It was in the back of my head and I looked it up to hear it and found this. This is pure gold. Thanks.
what this man did for the culture cannot be stressed enough
I was the first cat in jr high with the Egypt Egypt 12”!!! I was hero of the school! I still play it in my DJ sets currently
Awesome !!!!! ❤️👍🏻✊🏻🖖🏻
Hot Fire
YES!!! HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE!
the sound of my childhood!
my all time fav!!
heard him in '84..still have every cd he ever put out!
2021 later, still listening!
a legend
brings back alot of good memories hearing this....
Classic dope boy music
Absolute legend, I was blown away when this track came out
Amazing box of tricks that 808
This is Amazing
PRICELESS......saw Egyptian Lover in San Jose, Ca. he was amazing........watching this shows his innovation & skills to be a classic mix master for his own beats.......LOVE
Egyptian Lover and Pretty Tony Butler were the two best electro funk producers during the 80’s. Egypt is still keeping the electro funk alive with some new jams. Pretty Tony has been claiming he’s coming out with new material the last 15 years or so, but hasn’t came out with anything at all.
It started with Baker & Robie in NYC though.
@@SPAZZOID100 Absolutely. Arthur Baker and John Robie were a dynamic team. Changed the game completely
This takes me back to my early teens
Almost 40 years later I still blast it
Egypt-Egypt!
Brings back some old memories LOL
BEST song for poppin n lockin back in the day
Awesome
I have a picture of me and your son in Las Vegas at a shoe store I was wearing all Adidas he was wearing all puma so we took a picture then he told me you were his dad I’m 46 years old and I started breakdancing at five years old and Egyptian lover was one of my Set It Off move songs, much props, and respect keeping it old-school Adam Nevarez from Victorville California love for hip-hop old-school break dancing all the elements
I never loved this one that much, but I love And My Beat Goes Boom, I Need a Freak, GIRLS, and My House(On the NIle)
wow
I smoked a joint with Egyptian lover in the back of the KDAY van back around 83-84
That TR 808 Was and IS a beast!!!
You are a LEGEND! Ty for those beats,songs and memories!
Artiste
This Definitely takes me Back there
fresh fresh again !!!!
G from The D - great memories of these beats!!!!
I mix so fast, I snatch so sweet 🎉
Damn. That entire song off that machine. Wonder who designed that machine.
My favorite song when I was a teenager in the mid 80's (and it still is), my adult daughter loves it just as much as I do because she grew up with me playing it so much, all of Egyptian Lover's music. He is always on my playlist when I want to dance or need to dance because how can you not dance when you hear any song by him?
Best breakdancing song ever imo!!
Icon
A true legend. Let‘s forget about the fact that he ripped the beat of Kraftwerk’s Numbers. He applied the Hip Hop principle. Use it and golden it.
One of my Electronic heroes🙏
Omg I love seeing how @Egyptianlover brought this badass beat together!!
Wow great story
Totally inspirational! Many thanks Egyptian Lover!
gets me groovin every time
Definitely the 🐐 in my eyes no doubt! West Coast legend!🔥💯
King !
I have everything he put out he was the best , even his alias Jamie jupiter
This is great!
I got Egyptian blood! Fav song in high school!
My junior high years and on and on . . .starting with my 12" of Dial-A-Freak, then this jam next.
The 80s are back new and improved with lots of new music 🎶
I remember hearing this on Electro 5,never heard anything like it before in my life and was instantly hooked!! Xx
Música épica de los 80'😊
My favourite track from egyptian lover is Dance
Just went to History Class real quick 🔥🔥🔥
Every beat I have every made is somehow because of this beat.
2:22 and 4:44 are game changers for me _ thanks for being a massive inspiration!
Beside Kraftwerk electronic Mindblowing in the early 80s. Loved it playing very loud in my first car and my friends used to listen to Radio mainstream asked: Who's that ?
Fantastic work
That's bad ass. He was here at the Indio Tamale festival 2022
i use to always catch egypt shows in cali , dude is cool af . signed all my records and cassettes without hesitation.
My favorite song for years.Tried learning how to pop without success but had a pop name-Pharaoh-because of Egyptian Lover's jam