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]
DJ Scotch Egg | |
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 DJ Scotch Egg on stage at the 2008 Sonar festival in Barcelona | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shigeru Ishihara |
| Also known as | Shiez 2000 Scotch Grind |
| Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
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| Instrument(s) | Nanoloop, Loudspeaker |
| Years active | 2003–present |
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| Website | www.djscotchegg.org |
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
editDemos
edit- Shiez 2000 demos
- Scotch Dub (2006, The Compliants Department)
Singles
edit- "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
edit- 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
edit- '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
edit- '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
edit- ^ Sadiq, Attiq (May 22, 2008). "Scotch Bach 2 by DJ Scotch Egg". The Times. Retrieved 2010-02-18.[dead link]
- ^ Kennedy, Adam (2008-07-09). "The scrambled sounds of DJ Scotch Egg". Metro.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "a biography of DJ Scotch Egg". Clubtransmediale.de. Archived from the original on March 3, 2006. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "REMOVE CELEBRITY CENTRE | Junior Aspirin Records".
- ^ "SAME THINGS | Junior Aspirin Records".
- ^ "DJ Scotch Egg - Encyclopedia Of Hardcore Chiptune". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ "JUNIOR ASPIRIN RECORDS - REMOVE CELEBRITY CENTRE - ASP008". Junioraspirin.com. 2006-11-20. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "SKILL 7 STAMINA 12 op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
- ^ "TOILET op MySpace Music – Gratis gestreamde MP3's, foto's en Videoclips". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2010-02-18.