Academy: New York Applause Egyptian Lover Thank you. Noz Now, what first drew you to turntables and DJing, other than the women, naturally? Egyptian Lover I started out making mixtapes back in the day. Noz Going back to the mixtapes stage, what sort of records were you playing in those days? Noz Now, there is also an emerging dance culture in Los Angeles at the time. Laughter Noz They just left the club pregnant?
Came in not pregnant? Laughter Noz Do you remember your first DJ gig? Noz Did you start booking gigs pretty quickly after that? Egyptian Lover Well, I was still in high school, so I had to wait for high school to be over. Noz Can you tell us a little bit about Club Radio? Egyptian Lover Alright. Any time now. Noz Now, who else was around in those days? Noz You guys did that purely independently, correct? Egyptian Lover Definitely, independently. Applause Noz So who was recording the moans on there?
Egyptian Lover Different freaks, whatever one was good at the time. Laughter Noz How did you go about sourcing these freaks? Egyptian Lover Wow, well, growing up in the hood, the first thing you want to do is get out the hood. Egyptian Lover Well, the name was way before the music started.
Laughter A lot of people think I got the breathing from Kraftwerk , but I actually got it from Prince , because Prince would always breathe in his records.
Thank you very much. Applause Noz So you mentioned Prince and Kraftwerk. Egyptian Lover Definitely. Laughter Noz Tell me a little bit about the first time you encountered an Noz Do you still own that specific machine? Noz Do you rock multiples? Egyptian Lover She does. Applause Noz I would really love to hear that record form that sounded like that. Noz Now, did you get a chance to tour? Egyptian Lover Oh, all the time. Noz What was that like, realizing you had this international audience that late in the career?
Noz Have you heard a lot of music from out that way that is inspired by you? Egyptian Lover Definitely, a lot of music, inspired not only by me but all the West Coast scene, the East Coast scene. Noz Have you recovered from the sexaholism? Egyptian Lover What else could I be? Noz What do your kids think of this career? Egyptian Lover Well, I adopted 35 year-old girls and waited two years. Noz What are the advantages to that? Egyptian Lover Well, as soon as you played that video I heard the digital sound, and I hate the digital sound.
Applause Noz Do you run through your records, though? I imagine they get torn up. Egyptian Lover I got the same records I got from to right now. Plays a record backwards And this is why they call me the devil, because I used to play all the records backwards at the parties. Noz Other than the changeover from analog to digital, what other changes have you seen in DJ culture? Noz What is the essential record in your collection? Noz Cool, well, maybe we should open it up to some questions from participants.
Egyptian Lover Yes. Audience Member Thank you for coming and talking with us and being here today. Egyptian Lover Well, that happened by mistake in the studio. Egyptian Lover Well, it was rare because it never was supposed to be a record out for the public. Audience Member But do you own one? Egyptian Lover Yeah, I own like six. Egyptian Lover Alright, we got a deal. Laughter Audience Member Good evening, sir.
Egyptian Lover Thank you, good question. Audience Member Hey there. Egyptian Lover Very good question. Audience Member And it all comes out on vinyl as well? Egyptian Lover Definitely, always. Audience Member I was just wondering, when you started making hip-hop or what we call electro or whatever, and then other artists who you were making music with then went on to make more like what hip-hop is now, were you ever tempted to experiment with anything like that?
Audience Member Glad to hear that. Egyptian Lover Cool, thanks. Audience Member There have been a few references to sex and music and you told us to remember that this was to get the chicks. Audience Member Much respect first of all, first and foremost. Audience Member Did you hear from other hip-hop artists who had been checking your work? Egyptian Lover All the time. Audience Member Rock on. Egyptian Lover Thanks, man. Audience Member You talked a little bit at the beginning about how in Los Angeles, before people were making records, all of the DJ crews were doing DJ mixes.
Audience Member Do you still have copies of your old tapes? I started DJing a little, started doing more scratching. I didn't have very good turntables at home so my practice came at Club Radio. Read Story. His name was inspired by Egyptian imagery.
In my mind, I took myself out of there, just took myself to any place I could find, which was probably Egypt at the time," he says.
Egyptian Lover used the name long before he started DJing. You had Mr Guns and you knew that he was the guy with the guns. I had Egyptian Lover on the back of mine. I ain't no gangster, but the women liked Egyptian Lover, so I stuck with the name.
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