The second mix featuring 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.
01: Egyptian Lover - The World Keeps Turning feat Newcleus
02: Egyptian Lover - Electrohiphopoldschoolpartyjam
03: Egyptian Lover - Everything She Wants
04: Egyptian Lover - Get Down
05: Egyptian Lover - Killin' It
06: Egyptian Lover - Poppers Anthem
07 Egyptian Lover - Freaky Deaky Machine
08: Egyptian Lover - Cyborg
09: Egyptian Lover - A Tomb Groove
10: Egyptian Lover - Future Tech
11: Egyptian Lover - To 1985
12: Egyptian Lover - P.E.L.F.
13: Egyptian Lover - Problems Of The World
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