The Egg are dance floor technicians – they play live rocktronic, funk and house inspired big textural dance music. Their live performances are legendary multimedia experiences where they combine electronic and live instruments with synched video samples with vocoder’d live vocals to create an audiovisual show that draws its sonic Inspiration from bands the likes of Pink Floyd, New Order, Underworld, Air, Ulrich Schnauss, LCD soundsystem and anything underground and electronic.
The band are based around twins Ned (keys and vocals) and Maff Scott (drums), with bass and guitar- up to 4 -people but often have guest musicians: Moog bass, guitar, slide guitar, vocalists, rap/ beatbox, the ramin, flute, violin, video artists and live painters, & Midi controlled video samples on LED screens. The band are well known on the UK festival circuit and the club scene, performing in a range of different situations. They have played throughout Europe, Australia and Brazil, India, Ibiza, and USA Jam scene (16 visits inc NYC), and alongside Lotus, Disco Biscuits @Nokia Theatre NYC & Camp Bisco NY, Youth’s ‘Space Mountain’ (Granada), recently playing Goa, Malta, California & Hawaii. They have worked with / remixed by: Tocadisco, Mylo, David Guetta, Rollo (Faithless), Camille Jones, Next men, Fila Brazillia, Psychemagik, Freddy Mercury (remix), Dusty Kid, Ulrich Schnauss, White Bully, DJSasha Oliver Koletski, Gaudi, Greg Hunter (Orb),Youth (Pink Floyd), John Monkman, Matt Black (Coldcut) & producers Robin Twelftree, Benji Vaughan, Bruno Ellingham, Tripswitch, Tim Holmes & John Leckie.
They have enjoyed a worldwide hit with the massive (Berlin based) Tocadisco electro-house remix of ‘Walking Away’ and the David Guetta bootleg that followed (no.3 UK charts, no.1 (Spain 6 weeks), and the biggest selling dance tune in the world that year. They also co-wrote ‘For Lovers’ with Pete Doherty (UK no7) & TOTP performance.
Recorded: Their 1st album ‘100%’ (live) opened festival doors: and 2nd & 3rd albums ‘Albumen’ & ‘Travelator’ on Warner’s, gained US jam band & UK crossover interest. 4th Album ‘Forwards’ (Benji Vaughan), & 5th: ’Something to do’ (Robin Twelftree). 6th album ‘Galactic Love Machine’ was produced and co-written with Greg Hunter (The Orb, Dubsahara), a more downtempo and reflective electronic feel featuring tracks like ‘The Sun is Flat” also on Cafe Del Mar & A- listed on Chill Fm. ‘Deep Sea’: licensed for Japan’s CABAN album and ‘Orangenie’ on Interchill’s recent Double CD: ‘Zero Gravity’
After 2018/19 playing in USA, Hawaii, SE Asia, Malta, Paris, Berlin, Shepherd’s Bush Empire, a year off in 2020 enabled work on animation, & live show ‘Lockdown TV – also producing new music: animation & remix for Youth and Gaudi, (shown on BBC) & 2 live comp albums. Plus new tunes with Lara Smiles, a doc for Californian TV. 2021/22 saw UK festivals, Transylvania & the Danube, and are booking for 2023 with slots confirmed at Glastonbury and Shindig. They average 170,000 plays a month on Spotify& also DJ or play as a stripped down electronic set, via DJ decks.