Resident Advisor on Instagram: "A master at the controls. Before laptops, before plugins and before electro had taken full shape, there was Egyptian Lover and the 808. ⁠ ⁠ Released in 1980, the Roland TR-808's synthetic kick, crisp handclaps and rigid step-sequencing offered full rhythmic control at a time when studio access was expensive.One of the first to make the drum machine their own was Egyptian Lover. ⁠ ⁠ There, in Los Angeles circa 1984, he unleashed classics like Egypt, Egypt and I Cry