Egypt (band)

There is/has been more than one band called Egypt over the years. This can cause confusion with albums & tracks from different 'Egypts' often listed together as if they were one band. This Egypt (1987 to the present) is best known for its close connections to 1960s/70s band The Groundhogs and, just to add to the confusion, had a very different style and line-up in the early days, making many people believe they were two different bands.

The early years

Egypt's original line-up first got together in a squat in Shepherds Bush, London in late 1987, but the story really begins a few weeks before when ex-Groundhogs bass player Alan Fish and ex-Jethro Tull drummer Clive Bunker were asked to record the very first album release (literally serial number 001) for the then fledgling record label HTD Records (HTD are now Talking Elephant Records and deal with Wishbone Ash, Fairport Convention, Ritchie Blackmore, Steven Stills, etc.). Also included was guitarist Don Greer (ex-Bachman Turner Overdrive and others).

Egypt (TV series)

Egypt is a BBC television docudrama serial portraying events in the history of Egyptology from the 18th through early 20th centuries. It originally aired on Sunday nights at 9 pm on BBC1 in 2005. The first two episodes explored the work of Howard Carter and his archaeological quest in Egypt in the early part of the twentieth century. The next two episodes focused on the eccentric explorer "The Great Belzoni". played here by ]Matthew Kelly. The final two episodes dramatise the discovery and deciphering of the Rosetta Stone by Jean-François Champollion (Elliot Cowan).

The music was recorded by the Warsaw Radio Orchestra and is featured on the CD Timeless Histories by Chappell music, produced by Clare Isaacs.

Production

The series was a major new docudrama series produced by the BBC for the Autumn 2005 schedule.

In order to create a sense of "seeing the treasures of Ancient Egypt for the first time", Dolling and Bradshaw felt it essential to film at the actual archaeological sites referenced in the series.

History of Persian Egypt

The history of Persian Egypt is divided into three eras:

References

Timbuktu (software)

Timbuktu is a remote control software product developed by WOS Datasystems. Remote control software allows a user to control another computer across the local network or the Internet, viewing its screen and using its keyboard and mouse as if he or she were sitting in front of it. Timbuktu is compatible with computers running both Mac OS X and Windows.

Timbuktu was first developed in the late 1980s as a Macintosh product by WOS Datasystems and a version was later developed to run on Microsoft Windows. WOS Data Systems was purchased by Farallon Computing in the 1990s. Farallon was renamed Netopia in 1999 and the company was acquired by Motorola in February 2007. Timbuktu's primary function is remote control, and the application has support for various remote-control features such as multiple displays, screen-scaling, remote screen lockout and keyboard lockout, clipboard synchronization and "on the fly" color-depth reduction for enhanced speed.

Timbuktu (musician)

Jason Michael Bosak Diakité (born 11 January 1975 in Lund), known under the stage name Timbuktu, is a Swedish rapper and reggae artist. Earlier in the mid-1990s, he started as part of the rap group Excel before going solo as Timbuktu. He has won many awards.

Biography

He is the son of Madubuko Diakité, a US born Swedish human rights lawyer and academic.

Jason suffered from severe depression during the late 90's during his stay in New York. He moved back to Sweden where his depression continued. It is said rap saved his life by giving him an outlet to vent his emotions.

Timbuktu has been hosting the music aid radio/television show Musikhjälpen for several years.

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

Filmography

In April 2010 Arash released a video for "Dasa Bala" featuring Timbuktu, Yag and Aylar Lie, which was directed and edited by Fred Khoshtinat.

See also

References

Timbuktu (hip hop artist)

Tim Wallace, better known by his stage name Timbuktu, is a Canadian underground hip hop artist and member of the Backburner crew. He is a former member of the group Toolshed (with Chokeules, Psyborg and Selfhelp), and a member of the groups Wolves (with Bix, D-Sisive, Ghettosocks and Muneshine), Swamp Thing (with Chokeules and Savillion) and My Giants (with Ambition and Uncle Fester). He also makes up one half of the duos Teenburger (with Ghettosocks) and Sequestrians (with Chokeules).

Discography

Timbuktu

Toolshed (Timbuktu with Chokeules, Psyborg & Selfhelp)

Swamp Thing (Timbuktu with Chokeules & Savillion)

Teenburger (Timbuktu with Ghettosocks)

Backburner (Timbuktu with Ghettosocks, Jesse Dangerously, More or Les, Wordburglar, et al.)