The Egg is a British electronic dance music band, consisting of Ned Scott (keyboards), Maff Scott (drums), Ben Cullum (bass) and Matt White (lead guitar).
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Formed in Oxford, England in the early 1990s, the Egg's first release was the Shopping EP (1995) on the independent record label, Cup of Tea Records. Having been signed by China Records they released the Albumen album in 1996, and also in US on Discovery Records in 1997. In 1998 the follow-up album Travelator was released, produced by Tim Holmes of Death in Vegas. In 2000, the group recorded the theme tune to the ITV show, At Home with the Braithwaites.
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 single "Walking Away With It" (featuring Sophie Barker of Zero 7) was released in 2005, and further remixes commissioned by licensees. This became a crossover hit, and spawned the bootleg by David Guetta, "Love Don't Let Me Go (Walking Away)", to reach #3 in the UK Singles Chart in August 2006.
In 2006, The Egg played at The Big Chill, Bestival, Glastonbury, and other venues across Europe. The following year saw more UK music festivals appearances.
In 2008, The Egg contributed the song "Trails and Tribulations" to the Songs for Survival Survival International charity album, and later in the year they played at Camp Bisco 7 in New York. They also toured the United States in 2009. In June that year they released the It's Good For the Soul album. They are currently working on a new album.