THE EGYPTIAN LOVER (ELECTRO)

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GET TICKETS HERE! The Den & Soul'd Out Present: The Egyptian Lover with Supreme La Rock, DJ Mike Moses The Egyptian Lover has been bringing you that sound you have enjoyed for over 40 years. Some call it Electro, some call it Hip Hop, some call it Old School, some call it Rap, but he calls it "Dance Music". Egyptian Lover makes music to make you Dance. He started out as a DJ in 1978-79 and became the headlining DJ for Uncle Jam's Army in 1982. He has been in the music business all his life. His first time in the studio he recorded the "Breakin' & Entering" soundtrack. A true "Electro" recording and the first of its kind. Getting his style from Kraftwerk and enjoying the 808 Drum Machine, programming it like a mad man, he loved beats and no one was making records with just beats back then. You could only get a (bonus beat) at the end of a song on a 12" single. So He made his own. After that He went into the studio with Uncle Jam's Army and recorded "Yes, Yes, Yes" with beats that sound like that "Breakin' & Entering" soundtrack and then "Dial-a-Freak" one of his all time favourites. The Egyptian Lover wrote all the lyrics, he said "it was easy". Because he was making rap tapes for people at his High School (James Monroe in the San Fernando Valley in California) he was doing pretty good for himself as he was selling many many tapes. The Egyptian Lover became a local celebrity. When asked about his experiences he stated, "It was so much fun in the studio I had to go back and record some more. I booked the studio time and grabbed my notebook of raps and went to the studio to record my solo project "Beast Beats". My mother and sister read the title of my song and said, "You better not make that song, Don't play with the Devil". So I went to the studio and changed my mind and programmed the beat to "Egypt Egypt". He did not think this song was going to be a big hit, he had just wanted a song to play at the dances when he was DJing. He wanted a song that said…

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