Join MCA Denver to celebrate the closing of Wall Writers with a proper dance party featuring THE EGYPTIAN LOVER (LA) and DJ A-L.

9PM—1AM | May 5, 2017 | 21+

$10 Members (enter your email address as the promotional code)
$15 General
$20 Doors

The Egyptian Lover

KING OF THE 808
The Egyptian Lover started out as a D.J. in Los Angeles with Uncle Jamms Army doing dances at the L.A. Sports Arena. He began recording around Los Angeles in 1982 as a member of the Radio Crew. In the early days of hip hop, albums were rare, so most of The Egyptian Lover's successful recordings were 12" singles. He would eventually release some of the earliest rap LPs, which was especially unique for being west-coast based, but they were less popular than his singles. But on the strength of containing an alternate mix of his most popular single "Egypt, Egypt", 1984's On the Nile was moderately successful. After a break in the early 1990s, Egyptian Lover returned in 1994 with "Back from the Tomb". His last full-length album in over ten years. Since then he has made "Platinum Pyramids" and "Electro Pharoh" (Digital MP3) and is now working on a New Album entitled "1984" due to be released in 2011.

The Egyptian Lover also established his own record company, Egyptian Empire Records, which included artists such as Rodney O & Joe Cooley.

MCA Denver exhibitions are also sponsored in part by the Director's Vision Society. MCA Denver also thanks the citizens of the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District.

image: Chris 'Freedom' Pape. A Tale of Two Cities, 2017. Marker, spray paint, oilstick, and acrylic paint wall installation. Courtesy the artist.