DJ Scotch Egg

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

DJ Scotch Egg
DJ Scotch Egg on stage at the 2008 Sonar festival in Barcelona
Background information
Birth nameShigeru Ishihara
Also known asShiez 2000
Scotch Grind
OriginTokyo, Japan
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • producer
  • DJ
Instrument(s)Nanoloop, Loudspeaker
Years active2003–present
Labels
  • Wrong Music
  • Adaadat
  • Load
Websitewww.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. 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.

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