The Egg are a British electronic dance music band, consisting of Ned Scott (keyboards), Maff Scott (drums), Paul Marshall (bass) and Matt White (lead guitar).

History

Founded in the early 1990s in

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, England, the Egg released its first EP ''Shopping'' (1995) on the

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, Cup of Tea Records. Having been signed by

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, in 1996 the band released the album ''Albumen'' in the United States on Discovery Records in 1997. In 1998, the follow-up album, ''Travelator'', was released, produced by Tim Holmes of

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. In 2000, the group recorded the

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to the

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series, ''

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''. Following ''Travelator'', the Egg began exploring the new directions. Following their ''Mellowmania EP'' in 2002, they were signed by Bar de Lune Records, a subsidiary of Beechwood Music. Beechwood folded the following year just before a return with their new album, ''Forwards'', (produced by Benji Vaughan) and subsequently released on Squarepeg Records in 2004. The

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"Walking Away" (featuring Sophie Barker of

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) was released in 2005, and further

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es commissioned by licensees. This became a crossover hit, and spawned the

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", to reach #3 in the

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in August 2006. In 2006, the Egg played at The Big Chill,

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, and other venues across Europe. The following year saw more UK

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s appearances. In 2007 the band toured Australia and Brazil for the first time playing most major cities in each. In 2008 the Egg contributed the song "Trails and Tribulations" to the ''

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charity album, and later in the year they played at Camp Bisco 7 in Mariaville, NY. They also toured the U.S. extensively in 2008, 2009, and 2010.

Members

Current members

*Ned Scott (keyboards, vocals) *Maff Scott (drums) *Paul Marshall (bass) *Matt White (guitars)

Touring members

*Todd Graft /

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(visuals) *Shaun Hunter (sound engineering)

Former touring members

* Drew Thane (2009, US tour only)

Discography

Studio albums

*1996 ''

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'' *1998 ''Travelator'' – UK #126 *1999 ''Get Some Mixes Together'' *2004 ''Forwards'' *2006 ''Forwards Special Edition'' *2012 ''Something To Do'' *2018 ''Galactic Love Machine''

Live albums

*2008 ''Live at Cargo'' *2009 ''Live at Camp Bisco'' *2009 ''Live in Saint Louis'' (video)

EPs

*1995 ''Get Some Money Together'' featuring remix by Fila Brazillia, Heights of Abraham, Statik Sound System *1995 ''Shopping EP'' *2003 ''Mellowmania''

Singles

*1997 "Bend" – Fila Brazillia mixes etc. *1997 "Get Some Money to Get Her" (Discovery USA) *1999 "Getting Away with It" – mixes by

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, streetlife originals – #58 UKUK chart peaks: *Top 100 peaks, except where specified: *"Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)": *Top 200 peaks to December 2010: *1999 "Hey Charlie" – mixes by Next men *2006 "Walking Away" – mixes by Grand National, Dusty Kid Pop and Tocadisco – UK #56 *2006 "

" vs.

– #3 UK *2007 "Nothing" – mixes by Cicada, Dusty Kid Pop and Plimsol *2012 "Catch" – mixes by Psychemagik, The C90s, Hurukan and Tom Laroye

References

External links

The Egg
– Official website
Squarepeg Records
– label website
The Egg's Photographer
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