Review taken from Sandman magazine:

DJ Scotch Egg / Ove-Naxx

C90 @ The Matilda Social Centre, Sheffield

Set up at the back end of last year, the Matilda is an activist meeting place as well as an all round good place to go to feel outside the mainstream. With flaking paint and DIY posters the feel of the room (apart from the cold, I lean on an old sink then huddle by the generator) is ace; graffiti on the walls and a homemade bar make this a perfect DIY venue for a DIY gig.

But with C90 it can’t all be low-tech. For those not in the know C90 is a group of Sheffield promoters who are in charge of leading us to new delights. Attempting to put on around a gig a month they have built up a good reputation and their DJs are well respected.

Meanwhile the place has filled up, plenty of interesting people are milling about but all eyes are on the guys setting up a table of a million wires and several Gameboys. On the right we have Ove-Naxx who, wearing a massive yellow hoodie and a cheeky expression will rock the shit out of the room in half-an-hour. He makes similar music to the Egg-Man but with the screaming largely replaced by noisy beats.

Scotch Eggs are weird things. Like pork pies even when you’re eating them and enjoying them you know there’s something weird about their consumption. And so, unlike the likes of DJ Rubbish and the rotund Pixies, he is perfectly named. Hailing from the far-shores of Japan he creates heavy electronic music with occasional beats and shouting in his native language. Unbelievable there’s an audience for this of which I count myself a member.

You see there are moments where you’re struck with an incredible feeling of absurdity. On a ridiculously cold night I dragged myself, on my own, right across town to see a man scream down a mike and throw a tantrum at a guy (admittedly only at Granny speed) rolling a spliff in the corner whilst attacking Tetris on a Gameboy with its battery dying. Why? Because it sounds good. Despite his complaints at the volume the Egg rocks, causing the walls to shake and the effects pedal he’s channelling his voice though to conk out. An ace night out and proof that if we rely on each other to put a bit of effort in, weird and wonderful things can be created and enjoyed without outside control. And he beat my lines top score. - Alex Lawson