How to use a Roland TR-808 Rhythm Composer by The Egyptian Lover 1983
Published on Jul 30, 2012 flashmanboogie
Three vids of the Egyptian Lover and the TR-808 on 808 day!
"The Egyptian Lover demonstrates the Roland TR - 808 Drum Machine
("TR" initialism for Transistor Rhythm)
Breakin' n' Enterin' (U.S.-TV Cutscene 1983)"
Published on Sep 25, 2012 FACTmagazine
"So a while ago, we linked to a video that you all seemed to like very much.
It was from the extended TV version of 1983 documentary Breakin' n Enterin', and featured Egyptian Lover, one of the masters of the Roland-TR808 drum machine, giving a brief tutorial on how to use the box (filmed, we believe, around 1981). You can watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqXayq... [embed above]
Now, given how popular FunkinEven's recent MPC tutorial for FACT TV also was, when we heard that the Egyptian Lover was in London this Summer, we asked if he was down to recreate the scene for 2012. Being a total gent, he was up for it, and built a beat live for us in his hotel room after performing at Blunted. Of course the speakers that we brought didn't work, so the Lover ended up plugging his 808 straight into the hotel alarm clock, which made it all even cooler.
Filmed by Kamil Dymek"
And one of the classic tracks that made everyone love the 808:
The Egyptian Lover - Egypt, Egypt
Uploaded on Feb 26, 2008
"One of 1984's finest. Born Greg Broussard, The Egyptian Lover started off doing his thing as a Los Angeles DJ doing parties at the LA Sports Arena, and later putting his stamp on the hip-hop/electro scene with this memorable song that I still play to this day!!!! You can see this brother performing and coming to a town near you. Man, I feel like breakdancing right damn now, but my arthritis won't let me LOL"
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