THE BIG CHILL present EGYPTIAN LOVER
Fri 12th February
The Big Chill Presents is a series of monthly flagship events at The Big Chill House focused on bringing you some of the biggest and most exciting names in music. Keeping with The Big Chill's ethos, the music for each event will traverse the diverse musical spectrum of sound. For the launch we're proud to welcome one of the true innovators of the electro sound... Ladies and gentlemen 808 claps at the ready for the one, the only Egyptian Lover!
8pm-3am
Free before midnight/£5 after
Described as the Hugh Hefner of hip-hop, Greg James Broussard, AKA Egyptian Lover has spent over 25 years slaying dance floors across the globe with the slickest electro (...and we mean ‘proper electro'). Becoming the main DJ for Jamms Army in 1982 (a group of West Coast DJs and MCs) it was not long until the 'Lover hit the studio recording early electro classics such as Yes, Yes, Yes and Dial-a-Freak. Finding himself a natural talent writing lyrics and beats Egyptian Lover headed straight back into the studio and recorded Egypt, Egypt recorded in thirty minutes and initially meant as an introduction for his own sets, the track exploded and became one of the main themes of the early 80's electro scene. With a multitude of other productions such as Computer Love, An My Beat Goes Boom, Freak-a-holic, Filthy and many more, Eygptian Lover touches down to The Big Chill House live and direct from Los Angeles for one of what looks set to be the most talked about nights of 2010!
Supporting we are also more than happy to welcome Ali Renault, one half of Italo outfit Heartbreak as well as a hugely established and influential DJ and producer in his own right.
Get a taster of what Ali has in store for you by downloading this exclusive mix from Mixmag's website.
All this as well as leading London Italo club Cocadisco DJs and the How's My Raving VIP Crew DJs.
The Big Chill Presents is proudly sponsored by Santa Teresa Rum.
Egyptian Lover
The Egyptian Lover started out as a D.J. with L.A.'s number 1 Dance Promotion Team "Uncle Jam's Army". He also D.J.'d at Club Radio with the likes of Chris "The Glove" Taylor and "Ice T".
The Egyptian Lover Started Recording Beats for the legendary "Breakin' and Entering" Soundtrack and the Television Special entitled "The Pilot". In 1982 He Recorded "Dial-a-Freak", "Yes, Yes, Yes", and several beats for Uncle Jam's Army. He then found the time to record His solo project "Egypt Egypt". The success of this record spawn his own record label "Egyptian Empire Records" and "West Coast Record Distributors". It was the start of many Egyptian Lover records made and many more to come. He started touring in 1983 and has not stopped touring yet.
He started D.J.ing again in 2004 and is now doing gigs all over the world. One of his latest releases "Platinum Pyramids" in 2006 was made for his electro fans and today he is working on the Album "Electro Pharaoh" . He is working on new songs all the time and will be putting out Many New 12" singles. Currently touring around the world....... Coming to your town soon! Don't miss The Egyptian Lover rock the Turntables and the TR 808 Drum Machine Live! Since the Egyptian Lover music is always sold out and many record stores have closed down, in 2008/09 The Egyptian Lover released his music on iTunes and many digital download stores. Now you can all get Egyptian Lover Music with just a click on the computer. Don't worry D.J.'s, Vinyl will always be made just for you. The Egyptian Lover is a true fan of vinyl and everything old school!
www.myspace.com/therealegyptianlover
Ali Renault
Ali hails from the north west of England, where he began DJing 14 years ago playing Detroit techno and Chicago house to a scouse crowd monthly at the legendary 'Le Bateau' club in Liverpool. Soon after this he began experimenting with making machine music which resulted in the upstart of Human Shield records together with cohorts Peter Mangalore and Tommy Walker 3. He is one half of synth-pop sensations Heartbreak who released their debut album 'Lies' last year, supporting The Presets & Cut Copy in the U.S as part of their album campaign.
He now co-runs labels Human Shield and Cyber Dance and is involved with Magic Waves Radio, Cyber Dance's broadcasting project which is now hosted on Dutch internet radio station Intergalactic FM. Releasing solo records since 2003, including four very fine 12"s for London's now defunct Dissident label, his live set is a combination of tracks from previous releases on labels Dissident, Cyber Dance and Moustache records and his DJ sets vary from Italo disco, techno and electro depending on the nights theme. A talented producer and DJ, openly in thrall of the 80's heyday of synth-pop and italo disco, 2010 will be a defining year for Ali, seeing more releases and collaborations including his debut album.
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