DJ Scotch Egg

Japanese electronic music producer
  • Chiptune
  • noise
  • speedcore
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • producer
  • DJ
Instrument(s)Nanoloop, LoudspeakerYears active2003–presentLabels
  • Wrong Music
  • Adaadat
  • Load
Websitewww.djscotchegg.org
Musical artist

Shigeru Ishihara, better known by the stage name DJ Scotch Egg, is a Japanese producer of chiptune/gabba music based in Berlin, Germany.[1][2]

He has released music on the Wrong Music label and Adaadat, and was signed to Load Records after Lightning Bolt were impressed by his music.[3] A new album entitled Scotch Hausen was released in Spring 2007.

Contributions with other artists include Ove-Naxx, Hrvatski (Keith Fullerton Whitman), Mike Paradinas, Duracell, Bong-Ra, The Pipettes and The Go! Team.[citation needed]

Shige has recorded improvised music collaboratively with Ashley Marlowe and Sam Dook under the moniker Same Things.[citation needed] Two tracks have so far been released through Junior Aspirin Records.[4][5]

Discography

Demos

  • Shiez 2000 demos
  • Scotch Dub (2006, The Compliants Department)

Singles

  • "Scotch Chicken" 7" single, Wrong Music, 2005
  • "Scotch Vader" (featuring additional remixes by Ove-Naxx and Bong-Ra; Netherlands only) Kriss Records, 2006
  • "Scotch Bach" (features additional remixes by Aaron Spectre and Shitmat, unreleased.)
  • "Scotchy & Shitty - Rave Like A Headless Chicken" (split with Shitmat) 12" single, Wrong Music, 2008

Albums

  • KFC Core, Adaadat, 2005
  • スコッチエッグのハードコア・チップチューン大百科 (Japanese only album, released on De-Fragment records[6] title translates as "Scotch Egg's Encyclopedia Of Hardcore Chiptune") 2007
  • Scotch Hausen (Adaadat/Very Friendly/Wrong Music) 2007
  • Drumized (Load Records, 2008)

Compilation appearances

  • 'Yeah Man Thanks' (as Shiez 2000) on That's What I Call Wrong Music Volume 4 (Wrong Music, 2004)
  • 'Scotch Forest' on Whatever (Wrong Music, 2005)
  • 'Scotch Boy' on Remove Celebrity Centre (Junior Aspirin Records, 2006)
  • 'Switched on Scotch Bach 10' on Etc (Wrong Music, 2006)
  • 'Scotch Forrest' & 'Scotch Chicken' on OverKill (on Overkill, 2006)
  • 'Scotch Grind' on NUCD#02 (on Numusic records, 2007)

Collaborations

  • 'Untitled'(with Duracell) and a Live noise set at ICA with Hrvatski on Trade & Distribution Almanac Volume 3 (Adaadat, 2006)
  • 'Youth Pixxel' (with Germlin) on Youth Pixel album (Adaadat, 2006)
  • 'Punchingcones' (with Toxic Lipstick and Kunt) appears on The Rebirth Of The Fool Volume 3 (Dualplover, 2006)
  • 'Oodanhodoh Jya Massive Shoco-shocore (Ovnx And ScotchEgg Mashed U Shit)' (with Ove-Naxx) on Ove-Chan Dancehall
  • 'Scotch Pine' with Pine Forest on Infinite Chug
  • 'Brew' with Same Things on ASP 008 'Remove Celebrity Centre' CD compilation.[7]
  • 'Toothache' with Same Things on ASP 014 'Skill 7 Stamina 12[8] - Toilet[9] - Same Things' limited vinyl 12", 200 copies Junior Aspirin Records.

References

  1. ^ Sadiq, Attiq (May 22, 2008). "Scotch Bach 2 by DJ Scotch Egg". The Times. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. ^ Kennedy, Adam (2008-07-09). "The scrambled sounds of DJ Scotch Egg". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  3. ^ "a biography of DJ Scotch Egg". Clubtransmediale.de. Archived from the original on March 3, 2006. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  4. ^ "REMOVE CELEBRITY CENTRE | Junior Aspirin Records".
  5. ^ "SAME THINGS | Junior Aspirin Records".
  6. ^ "DJ Scotch Egg - Encyclopedia Of Hardcore Chiptune". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  7. ^ "JUNIOR ASPIRIN RECORDS - REMOVE CELEBRITY CENTRE - ASP008". Junioraspirin.com. 2006-11-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  8. ^ "SKILL 7 STAMINA 12 op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  9. ^ "TOILET op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
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