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The inimitable Mr Scruff brings his long awaited Ninja Tuna tour to the Button Factory this Friday night.
Scruff promises to astonish the crowd with one of his famous 6-hour sets, filled with a bewildering array of infectious hip hop, jazz, disco, house, reggae, dubstep, breaks, afro, and latin beats & other unclassifiable goodies. Accompanied as always by his trade mark potato-people visuals.
Ninja Tuna was released in October 2008, a long five years after Trouser Jazz. The album features some brilliant collaborations with guests including soul vocalist Andreya Triana, Roots Manuva, Danny Breaks, Pete Simpson, Quantic, and more.
Praise for Ninja Tuna:
“Probably his best work to date, and that’s a pretty big claim.” Times
“Scruff proceeds to whip up one infectious mess after another from his larder of breaks, synths and jazz loops.” Independent
“ Irresistible” Observer
“Irresistible phat beats from the tea-swilling Stockport super-DJ.” Daily Star
“Foot-tapping funk and ball-busting breaks. Get the kettle on, pour yourself some local ale and enjoy.” Mixmag
“Foot-tappingly irresistible, heart-warming album.” Metro
“The whole record is damn good.” Hot Press
“Mr Scruff returns with his best album yet…a funny, unique, amiable and distinctively British sound which will start parties, destroy dancefloors and soundtrack your spring cleaning.” Music Week
Scruff celebrates the release of the Keep It Unreal album with a 10th anniversary reissue at the end of this month.
POD presents
MR SCRUFF
(6 HOUR SET)
Friday June 12th
Button Factory – Curved St, Temple Bar – Dublin 2.
Doors – 9pm
Tickets €22.50 available from Ticketmaster, City Discs, Sound Cellar and usual outlets. www.ticketmaster.ie
www.mrscruff.com
www.myspace.com/mrscruffofficial
Biog
A lot of things have happened since a young Andy Carthy started answering to the name Mr Scruff - making a name for himself under the shadow of Manchester's mid 90s club scene. Not only has he released three critically acclaimed albums, selling over half a million records worldwide, with countless tours and club events he has cemented his now legendary DJ status. This is a DJ that can sell out the 1600 capacity London KoKo armed only with his records, some turntables and a few spare packets of teabags.
More than that, Scruff has established himself as a general guarantor of quirkiness and quality so that when his range of speciality teas were launched they became the 5th best selling grocery product in the long and illustrious history of Selfridge’s Food Hall (see www.makeusabrew.com for more tea shenanigans). His ‘CUP’ tea shop in Manchester packs in the punters and the now legendary travelling tea stall is a firm favourite at Scruff gigs & festivals all over the UK. Meanwhile, his wobbly potato people adorn t-shirts, brollies and even people’s bodies.
Scruff's first 12", "Hocus Pocus" was released on the small Manchester-based label, Robs Records. Subsequent singles and his first album, Mr. Scruff followed, released on Robs Records subsidiary, Pleasure Records. After a brief spell working with Mark Rae, he moved to the larger Ninja Tune label, and subsequently released the albums Keep It Unreal and Trouser Jazz.
His most notable hit, "Get a Move On", is built around "Bird's Lament (In Memory of Charlie Parker)" by Moondog, and has been used in several commercials ranging from Lincoln and Volvo automobiles to France Télécom and GEICO insurance. The song also samples Shifty Henry's "Hyping Woman Blues" and led to a renewal of interest in Henry's compositions.
In 2004, Mr Scruff released Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1, the first of what is intended to be a series of several DJ-mixed compilation CDs for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel series of artist mixes. These mixes are designed to recreate the eclectic genres one would expect to hear at a Mr. Scruff club night. In November 2006, Ninja Tune confirmed that the 8th Solid Steel record would be mixed by J Rocc and the 9th would be Volume 2 from Mr. Scruff. Other Solid Steel mixes have been released by fellow Ninja Tune artists including The Herbaliser, Hexstatic, DJ Food and Amon Tobin.
Scruff has a wide array of remixes to his name, and has also produced tracks for others — notably "Echo of Quiet and Green" for sometime-collaborator Niko for her 2004 album Life on Earth. Niko returned the favour, appearing on the track "Come Alive" from the Trouser Jazz album.
Having performed regularly at The Big Chill Festival in Eastnor Castle deer park, Ledbury, Herefordshire, Scruff was asked in 2006 to select the tracks for the compilation album, Big Chill Classics.
July 2008 saw the release of Southport Weekender Volume 7, a double album released in the Southport Weekender series, recorded in a purpose-built holiday village in Southport, Merseyside. The first disc was mixed by German nu jazz DJs Jazzanova, and the second was mixed by Mr. Scruff. Scruff's contribution is a mix of soul music.
In 2008, a new independent record label, Ninja Tuna, was founded, a collaboration between Scruff and the Ninja Tune label. Mr. Scruff's most recent singles and the album Ninja Tuna were all released on the new label. A US-only release of the album on mp3 came with 10 additional tracks from the Ninja Tuna recording sessions, under the title Bonus Bait. A CD version of this supplementary album was released in the UK in February 2009.
Mr. Scruff's album and single cover art, music videos, merchandise and his official website are noted for their whimsical cartoonish look; the cartoons are drawn by Scruff himself, in what he calls "potato style". The images and animations are also projected onto large screens during his gigs. Scruff also drew cartoons for music magazines such as Jockey Slut in the 1990s.
Scruff promises to astonish the crowd with one of his famous 6-hour sets, filled with a bewildering array of infectious hip hop, jazz, disco, house, reggae, dubstep, breaks, afro, and latin beats & other unclassifiable goodies. Accompanied as always by his trade mark potato-people visuals.
Ninja Tuna was released in October 2008, a long five years after Trouser Jazz. The album features some brilliant collaborations with guests including soul vocalist Andreya Triana, Roots Manuva, Danny Breaks, Pete Simpson, Quantic, and more.
Praise for Ninja Tuna:
“Probably his best work to date, and that’s a pretty big claim.” Times
“Scruff proceeds to whip up one infectious mess after another from his larder of breaks, synths and jazz loops.” Independent
“ Irresistible” Observer
“Irresistible phat beats from the tea-swilling Stockport super-DJ.” Daily Star
“Foot-tapping funk and ball-busting breaks. Get the kettle on, pour yourself some local ale and enjoy.” Mixmag
“Foot-tappingly irresistible, heart-warming album.” Metro
“The whole record is damn good.” Hot Press
“Mr Scruff returns with his best album yet…a funny, unique, amiable and distinctively British sound which will start parties, destroy dancefloors and soundtrack your spring cleaning.” Music Week
Scruff celebrates the release of the Keep It Unreal album with a 10th anniversary reissue at the end of this month.
POD presents
MR SCRUFF
(6 HOUR SET)
Friday June 12th
Button Factory – Curved St, Temple Bar – Dublin 2.
Doors – 9pm
Tickets €22.50 available from Ticketmaster, City Discs, Sound Cellar and usual outlets. www.ticketmaster.ie
www.mrscruff.com
www.myspace.com/mrscruffofficial
Biog
A lot of things have happened since a young Andy Carthy started answering to the name Mr Scruff - making a name for himself under the shadow of Manchester's mid 90s club scene. Not only has he released three critically acclaimed albums, selling over half a million records worldwide, with countless tours and club events he has cemented his now legendary DJ status. This is a DJ that can sell out the 1600 capacity London KoKo armed only with his records, some turntables and a few spare packets of teabags.
More than that, Scruff has established himself as a general guarantor of quirkiness and quality so that when his range of speciality teas were launched they became the 5th best selling grocery product in the long and illustrious history of Selfridge’s Food Hall (see www.makeusabrew.com for more tea shenanigans). His ‘CUP’ tea shop in Manchester packs in the punters and the now legendary travelling tea stall is a firm favourite at Scruff gigs & festivals all over the UK. Meanwhile, his wobbly potato people adorn t-shirts, brollies and even people’s bodies.
Scruff's first 12", "Hocus Pocus" was released on the small Manchester-based label, Robs Records. Subsequent singles and his first album, Mr. Scruff followed, released on Robs Records subsidiary, Pleasure Records. After a brief spell working with Mark Rae, he moved to the larger Ninja Tune label, and subsequently released the albums Keep It Unreal and Trouser Jazz.
His most notable hit, "Get a Move On", is built around "Bird's Lament (In Memory of Charlie Parker)" by Moondog, and has been used in several commercials ranging from Lincoln and Volvo automobiles to France Télécom and GEICO insurance. The song also samples Shifty Henry's "Hyping Woman Blues" and led to a renewal of interest in Henry's compositions.
In 2004, Mr Scruff released Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1, the first of what is intended to be a series of several DJ-mixed compilation CDs for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel series of artist mixes. These mixes are designed to recreate the eclectic genres one would expect to hear at a Mr. Scruff club night. In November 2006, Ninja Tune confirmed that the 8th Solid Steel record would be mixed by J Rocc and the 9th would be Volume 2 from Mr. Scruff. Other Solid Steel mixes have been released by fellow Ninja Tune artists including The Herbaliser, Hexstatic, DJ Food and Amon Tobin.
Scruff has a wide array of remixes to his name, and has also produced tracks for others — notably "Echo of Quiet and Green" for sometime-collaborator Niko for her 2004 album Life on Earth. Niko returned the favour, appearing on the track "Come Alive" from the Trouser Jazz album.
Having performed regularly at The Big Chill Festival in Eastnor Castle deer park, Ledbury, Herefordshire, Scruff was asked in 2006 to select the tracks for the compilation album, Big Chill Classics.
July 2008 saw the release of Southport Weekender Volume 7, a double album released in the Southport Weekender series, recorded in a purpose-built holiday village in Southport, Merseyside. The first disc was mixed by German nu jazz DJs Jazzanova, and the second was mixed by Mr. Scruff. Scruff's contribution is a mix of soul music.
In 2008, a new independent record label, Ninja Tuna, was founded, a collaboration between Scruff and the Ninja Tune label. Mr. Scruff's most recent singles and the album Ninja Tuna were all released on the new label. A US-only release of the album on mp3 came with 10 additional tracks from the Ninja Tuna recording sessions, under the title Bonus Bait. A CD version of this supplementary album was released in the UK in February 2009.
Mr. Scruff's album and single cover art, music videos, merchandise and his official website are noted for their whimsical cartoonish look; the cartoons are drawn by Scruff himself, in what he calls "potato style". The images and animations are also projected onto large screens during his gigs. Scruff also drew cartoons for music magazines such as Jockey Slut in the 1990s.
