The first in a series of mixes to put together to bring attention to a given artist or group using a number of tracks from their back catalogue. Hopefully you will hear a few tracks that are new and hunt them down to buy.
01: Egyptian Lover - Planet E
02: Egyptian Lover - Kinky Nation (Kingdom Kum)
03: Egyptian Lover - Keep It Hot
04: Egyptian Lover - Freaky DJ
05: Egyptian Lover - The 808
06: Egyptian Lover - Electro Pharaoh
07: Egyptian Lover - What Is A DJ
08: Egyptian Lover - Soiree At The Shindig
09: Egyptian Lover - Sintropolis
10: Egyptian Lover - The Lover
11: Egyptian Lover - Girls
12: Egyptian Lover - You’re So Fine
13: Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt
03: Egyptian Lover - Keep It Hot
04: Egyptian Lover - Freaky DJ
05: Egyptian Lover - The 808
06: Egyptian Lover - Electro Pharaoh
07: Egyptian Lover - What Is A DJ
08: Egyptian Lover - Soiree At The Shindig
09: Egyptian Lover - Sintropolis
10: Egyptian Lover - The Lover
11: Egyptian Lover - Girls
12: Egyptian Lover - You’re So Fine
13: Egyptian Lover - Egypt Egypt
Compiled mixed & produced by Ged Morris
With this this mix we focus on one of the most innovative producers of the old-school/electro era, Egyptian Lover's Greg Broussard recorded a parade of singles during the mid-'80s that proved influential for decades.
Influenced himself by Kraftwerk/hip-hop sound clashes like Afrika Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" and Man Parrish's "Hip-Hop Be Bop (Don't Stop)," as well as the extroverted black-lover soul of Prince and Zapp, Broussard began recording from his Los Angeles base in 1983.
One year later, he emerged with the breakdancing anthem "Egypt, Egypt," released on the Freak Beat label. Similar to excellent tracks being produced all over America from the likes of Detroit's Cybotron to New York's Mantronix,. Egypt, Egypt (along with tracks such as What Is a DJ If He Can't Scratch, My Beat Goes Boom, and Computer Love), would be in many DJs crates during the '80s and '90s.
Broussard also released several LPs from the mid-'80s through the '90s, highlighted by 1984's On the Nile (practically a greatest-hits compilation), 1986's One Track Mind, and 1994's Back from the Tomb.
He returned in 2006 with Platinum Pyramids, continuing to perform live and in 2015 he released the long-in-the-works 1984.The following year, Stones Throw compiled 1983-1988, a proper anthology of Broussard's early highlights. It included a couple re-edits from label boss Peanut Butter Wolf, who sampled "What Is a DJ If He Can't Scratch" during his early-'90s partnership with MC Charizma.
Greg Broussard's legacy within Electro Funk can not be denied.
He returned in 2006 with Platinum Pyramids, continuing to perform live and in 2015 he released the long-in-the-works 1984.The following year, Stones Throw compiled 1983-1988, a proper anthology of Broussard's early highlights. It included a couple re-edits from label boss Peanut Butter Wolf, who sampled "What Is a DJ If He Can't Scratch" during his early-'90s partnership with MC Charizma.
Greg Broussard's legacy within Electro Funk can not be denied.
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