Dj Scotch Egg

DJ Scotch Egg, a.k.a. Shigeru Ishihara is a fine craftsman of his art. When he’s not creating 8-bit madness with a Game Boy, he’s throwing Scotch Eggs into the crowd, or simply screaming into a megaphone. Simply by doing this in front of a whole bunch of very confused indie kids who had gone to see Lightning Bolt, he somehow managed to make a bit of a name for himself.
Hailing from Japan originally but now residing in Brighton, Shuge hit up a nice friendship with Henry Collins (also known as Shitmat). Collins persuaded Shuge to create tracks using everyones favourite childhood toy, the Game Boy.
I'm not sure of the logistics of it or anything, but it sounds amazing. DJ Scotch Egg's sound is based around the 'blip blop' sounds created by a Game Boy in mid-flow, combined with beats and shouting incomprehensibly at certain intervals. It's quite refreshing to get halfway through a noisy, punishing live set and suddenly become aware that what you're actually listening to is the soundtrack to Super Mario 2, around Level 4 where you always go down the wrong tunnel.

Alas, I can't use words alone to try and convince you to convert to the Scotch side, of course. MP3's will be up later but for the moment hopefully this will whet your whistles:

DJ Scotch Egg - Scotch Hausen (Video)

By Steve Wakefield