DJ Scotch Egg
DJ Scotch Egg | |
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DJ Scotch Egg on stage at the 2008 Sonar festival in Barcelona | |
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| 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 |
Shigeru Ishihara, better known by the stage name DJ Scotch Egg, is a Japanese producer of chiptune/gabba music based in Berlin, Germany.
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. 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.
Shige has recorded improvised music collaboratively with Ashley Marlowe and Sam Dook under the moniker Same Things. Two tracks have so far been released through Junior Aspirin Records.
Ishihara is a founding member of WaqWaq Kingdom, along with vocalist Kiki Hitomi. They have released a number of albums on Phantom Limb.