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{{Short description|Acid House musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}}
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'''James Matthew McDonald''', better known as '''Mr Egg''' (born 7 January 1959 in [[Inverness]], [[Scotland]]) is a musician credited as being one of the founding fathers of UK [[Acid House]] music.{{Citation needed|date=October 2007}} After playing bass guitar in punk groups The Cunts and The Fakes,<ref name="balkan">{{cite web|title=Interview with Mr. Egg (aka EgeBamYasi)|url=http://www.balkanvinyl.com/blog/?p=50|publisher=balkanvinyl.com|accessdate=7 January 2011|date=11 April 2010}}</ref> he formed the group '''Egebamyasi''' in 1984, and named it after [[Can (band)|Can]]'s [[Ege Bamyasi|third studio album]], citing Can and [[Captain Beefheart]] as influences.<ref name="burden">{{cite web|last=Burden|first=Alex|title=Egebamyasi has Acid Indeggestion (USE ME)|url=http://www.theskinny.co.uk/clubs/interviews/egebamyasi-has-acid-indeggestion-use-me|publisher=theskinny.co.uk|accessdate=7 January 2011|date=11 Jan 2007}}</ref>
==Discography==
===Singles and EPs===
*Circumstances Survival SUR T 36 1986 UK
*EBY E.P Groove Kissing GK008 1991 BEL
*Acid Indigestion Pt I Groove Kissing GK016 1992 BEL
*Acid Indigestion Pt 2 Groove Kissing GK017 1992 BEL
*Acid Indigestion E.P IT Records IT002 1992 UK
*Variation  T&B Vinyl TB002 1993 UK
*Variation - (Lenny Dee Remix) T&B Vinyl TB003 1993 UK
*I Want More Finiflex FF003 1993 UK
*Ex Ovo Omnia (Liveggs) Finiflex FF006 1993 UK
*Pizzacid  Finiflex FF0012 1994 UK
*Eightball  Senior SNR009 1994 UK
*Acidnation Soma SOMAO19 1994 UK
*Store In A Cool Place Finiflex FF013 1995 UK
*Remont (with [[Erasure (duo)|Erasure]]) featuring Lucy Robson Finiflex FF014 1995 UK
*Acid Indigestion Pt 3 Abbey Discs ABBYD003 1996 EIRE
*1234 Beef Innovation ET002 1997 UK
*Acid Indigestion Pt 4 Binary Baseline Bin Bass 005 2006 BEL
*Bang the Boss (Digital Download) Fluid Groove 2006
*Egebamyasi-The Remixes (Digital Download only) Fluid Groove 2006
*I,v Lost Control-remix MacAcid Records 2007 UK
===Albums===
*How To Boil An Egg UGT UGTLP/CD002 1995 UK
*Mother Goose Subversive SUB40D 1997 UK
===Compilations===
*Total Mr Egg Total 1990 UK
*Total Vol 1 Mr Egg Parade Amoureuse PHOE12/CD 1991 GER
*A Dance Sampler Vol 1 Braindamage Groove Kissing GK009CD 1992 BEL
*A Dance Sampler Vol 2 Illegal Substance Groove Kissing GK026 1992 BEL
*Mix The House Kinky Love Disco EVA 743121-116222 1992 NED
*Techno Trance 2 Acid Indigestion Arcade 0170061 1992 NED
*Techno Trance Acid Indigestion Koda Muzik 92.34.U.88.011 1992 TUR
*Acidrave Apocalypse Hardcore EBY Tune RCA PD 75375 1992 Italy
*And Away They Go I Want More Finiflex FF1001 1993 UK
*This Is Techno Vol 6 Variation Continuum1930-2 1993 USA
*Midnight Madness Variation Triumph TRLP 1CD 1993 UK
*Trance Mix Sponge Melodia BMI 7001 1993 ISR
*[[Future Music]] Magazine Superclouds Future Music 4/94 1994 UK
*Unpaved Roads Route 2 Pizzacid NUT006 1995 NED
*Ghetto Tone Variation (remix) Outland Records 94 12003 1995 NED
*The Serious Road Trip Eightball MCD 11195 1995 UK
*Mixmag Vol 19 Acidnation MML CD19 1995 UK
*Suck Me Plasma Acidnation 7000 OHM 1995 GER
*Hypno Trance 2 Acidnation Arcade 9902231 1995 GER
*Quality Recordings Vol 2 Acidnation Soma CD003 1995 UK
*Foundations (Coming Up from the Streets) Bambient The Big Issue FCl002CD 1996 UK
*Endless Loops Vol 1 Acidnation Slush EL001 2005 CAN
===Remixes===
*The Fugue - Sensitized (Sensi Version) Different Class 1994 UK
*Dance Overdose - Overdose Stomp (Cement Mix) Resonance Recs 1994 UK
*[[Dreadzone]] - Fight The Power (Acidzone Version) Totem Records 1994 UK
*Chill FM - New Beginning  1994 UK
*[[Gary Numan]] - Me, I Disconnect from You Beggars Banquet 1995 UK
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.egebamyasi.com Egebamyasi.com]
*[http://www.mregg.eu Egebamyasi Fan Site]
*[https://www.myspace.com/mr_egg MySpace]
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[[Category:1959 births]]