KFC Core is the debut album from

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based artist

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. He has released music on the Wrong Music label and Adaadat, and was signed to Load Records after Lightning ...

. The album contains 12 tracks of

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and

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music which was allegedly recorded with a

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, a loudspeaker, and effects pedals. The album also includes the song 'KFC Song', a song of

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which includes

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and

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(that also featured as the B-side to The Pipettes' 7" single of ' Judy'). The final song, Scotch Orchestra, is basically a conversation between Shigeru and the staff of the London Road

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in Brighton, about eating the fast food.

Track listing

#KFC Core #Scotch Chicken #Tetris Wonderland #Scotch Heads #Scotch Grime #KFC Song #Scotch Forest #Scotch Attack #Acid Boy Two #Scotch Land #Scotch Out #Knock Knock Sandwich Next Door / Scotch Orchestra

Singles

"Scotch Chicken" vinyl

The vinyl is of poor quality due to having been recorded at the wrong speed. It came packaged in a large picture of a scotch egg. #Scotch Chicken #Scotch Party

Notes

*Some tunes on KFC Core are remakes of traditional songs, for instance ''Tetris Wonderland'' is a remake of the Russian song ''

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''; ''Scotch Forest'' is a remake of the theme of ''

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'' and ''Scotch Land'' is a remake of ''

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''. *The songs ''Tetris Wonderland'' and ''Acid Boy'' (sans vocals) are taken from DJ Scotch Egg's Untitled Demo.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kfc Core 2005 albums