DJ SCOTCH EGG - DRUMIZED (LOAD 114)

I SOMETIMES WONDER (WITHOUT MAKING ANY EFFORT TO FIND OUT) HOW A JAPANESE MUSICIAN BASED IN BERLIN NAMED HIMSELF AFTER A SAVOURY SNACK THAT IS MOSTLY EATEN IN THE UK BUT THAT IS BECAUSE I CONTEMPLATE THE DEEPER MYSTERIES OF LIFE.

ANYWAY I KIND OF REMEMBER SCOTCH EGG AS HE USED TO PLAY OUT QUITE A LOT AND DO BRISK BUSINESS AROUND THE CHIPTUNE REVIVAL (NOT STRICTLY A REVIVAL AS THE ORIGINAL CHIPTUNE ERA WAS A MATTER OF FUNCTION WHEREAS THIS WAS AN AESTHETIC). PEOPLE LIKED HIS COLOURFUL AND ABSTRACT SEMI-TECHNO SEMI-AVANT STUFF BECAUSE OVER THE TOP OF THE BROKEN FORM WAS A PLEASANT AND CONSONANT MELODY HAPPENING THAT REMINDED THEM OF CONSUMER ELECTRONICS PLEASURES OF YORE.

ACTUALLY NOW I THINK ABOUT IT (ALWAYS CONTEMPLATING) DJ SCOTCH EGG IS ONE OF THE FEW MUSICIANS WHO REMIND ME OF LOAD RECORDS WHEN IT WAS A PROVIDENCE WAREHOUSE ART SPACE CONCERN. THINGS HAVE GOTTEN PRETTY SERIOUS AROUND HERE OF LATE AND SCOTCH EGG IS LIKE A CHERRY BOMB IN THE BUTTHOLE OF ALL THAT.

THIS IS A REASONABLY GOOD RECORD IF NOT TERRIBLY GROUNDBREAKING. IT WANTS YOU TO LIKE IT: THERE ARE NO SUDDEN LURCHINGS INTO A LO-FI NAVEL GAZING SCREED IN A BROWN SHADE OF ATONALISM. IT IS FUN AND IT GIVES YOU A GOOD TEASE OF THE MAYHEM YOU GET IN HIS LIVE SET.