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CrawDaddy & Dublin Fringe Festival presents…
MR SCRUFF
(3.5 hour set)
Fri 22nd Sept 2006. 10pm - 1:30am
Tickets €22.50 from Fringe Box Office.
www.fringefest.com or 1850 374 643
The Spiegeltent is a decadent 1920s style Ballroom that sits on the water at George's Dock, IFSC as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival. Next Friday's show features Mancunian funk soul house maestro MR SCRUFF who will play one of his now-legendary eclectic 3.5 hour sets that covers just about every type of decent music from classical to hiphop.
MR SCRUFF
Once Mr Scruff was plain Andy Carthy. And then he wasn’t… Sometime artist, DJ, Peak District wanderer, and Manchester’s very own very own, Mr Carthy started his musical career a mere six years ago.
Formerly a fine art student part-time at Sheffield University, Scruff decided to explore his strange passion both in rounded line drawings and music. An electro-ska-hip-hop kid and bedroom bod from what hip hop fellas call time, Carthy started making tapes in 1983 using the very finest in pause button technology. His passion for hearing music that he couldn’t hear out anywhere else led him into the world of DJing - first of all as a kid with one deck - then hearing electro albums and being determined to mix. The result was that by 1994 he was out DJing in clubs.
Despite DJing being his first and foremost love, Scruff had always messed about with the recording process; age 8 he started making up tapes of pretend radio shows (oh where are those tapes now?) and then faffing about on drum machines; by the age of 13 he was having a laugh with mates being in silly bands with silly names. The very end result of all this was a good few vinyl outings on Rob’s Records and Pleasure, including the now-legendary track, “Chicken In A Box” - simple maybe, but simply bloody barmy-good. “A happy accident,” he claims. “Well, more like an educated guess...” Whilst his total love of DJing informs his music-making ability, he doesn’t consciously try to make something that will work on the dancefloor; he’s more likely to want to know “Do you like it? Does it make you go wibbly. Does it frimble?” Questions we should all be asking ourselves.
Since his first vinyl excursion he has recorded for over 25 labels including Warp, Sirkus, Disorient, Blood & Fire, Cup Of Tea and, of course, Ninja Tune. He has remixed Nightmares On Wax and Bim Sherman and refused to remix Nigel Kennedy. He’s worked with Mark Rae and Grand Central. He has DJed all over the bloody shop, turning down more gigs than he takes on. If they won't let him have a long spot, he doesn't bother; a 'take-the-money-and-run' merchant he certainly is not. He has dug in crates and found obscure records with references to marine fauna. He’s done bloody loads, basically, all of it with more than a vague hint of humour. France Telecom (the French equivalent of BT) were suitably impressed and used his single "Get A Move On" as part of their national TV advertising campaign, as did Volvo in N. America - the Scruffy one didn't see it as something to get excited about. And he's got more fans. Most notably, Madonna recently said in Mixmag of music she was playing at home, "And Mr Scruff I love, that weird little album ('Keep It Unreal') that's got so much personality". Mr Scruff was characteristically unimpressed.
A brief summary for those who always want more:
Residencies: Monthly @ Keep It Unreal, Music Box, Manchester; ‘Etch’ @ Concorde II, monthly in Brighton;
Regular spots: The Forum, Kentish Town, London; “Hot Pot Radio” show weekly on Key 103 with Treva Whateva.
Tours: Two huge full-length UK “Keep It Unreal” tours, taking over venues everywhere.
Preferred set length: 5 or 6 hours
Favourite colour: unknown
Influences (in order of appearance): - Blues, 2 Tone, Ska, Nasty pop music, Electro, Hip Hop, Soul, House, Funk, Jazz, Reggae
The Mr Scruff Master Plan: “I’m not trying to do anything very specific”
Addictions: vinyl - likes to educate himself in all music - if he hasn’t got any Indian film music then when he’s got the money he’ll make sure he gets some.
Drawings: you must have seen the characteristic Mr Scruff line drawings which have graced the pages of many magazines from Jockey Slut to The Face. He's recently taken this one step further by animating them into video form.
See Mr Scruff’s website for up-to-date gig info at www.mrscruff.com
MR SCRUFF
(3.5 hour set)
Fri 22nd Sept 2006. 10pm - 1:30am
Tickets €22.50 from Fringe Box Office.
www.fringefest.com or 1850 374 643
The Spiegeltent is a decadent 1920s style Ballroom that sits on the water at George's Dock, IFSC as part of the Dublin Fringe Festival. Next Friday's show features Mancunian funk soul house maestro MR SCRUFF who will play one of his now-legendary eclectic 3.5 hour sets that covers just about every type of decent music from classical to hiphop.
MR SCRUFF
Once Mr Scruff was plain Andy Carthy. And then he wasn’t… Sometime artist, DJ, Peak District wanderer, and Manchester’s very own very own, Mr Carthy started his musical career a mere six years ago.
Formerly a fine art student part-time at Sheffield University, Scruff decided to explore his strange passion both in rounded line drawings and music. An electro-ska-hip-hop kid and bedroom bod from what hip hop fellas call time, Carthy started making tapes in 1983 using the very finest in pause button technology. His passion for hearing music that he couldn’t hear out anywhere else led him into the world of DJing - first of all as a kid with one deck - then hearing electro albums and being determined to mix. The result was that by 1994 he was out DJing in clubs.
Despite DJing being his first and foremost love, Scruff had always messed about with the recording process; age 8 he started making up tapes of pretend radio shows (oh where are those tapes now?) and then faffing about on drum machines; by the age of 13 he was having a laugh with mates being in silly bands with silly names. The very end result of all this was a good few vinyl outings on Rob’s Records and Pleasure, including the now-legendary track, “Chicken In A Box” - simple maybe, but simply bloody barmy-good. “A happy accident,” he claims. “Well, more like an educated guess...” Whilst his total love of DJing informs his music-making ability, he doesn’t consciously try to make something that will work on the dancefloor; he’s more likely to want to know “Do you like it? Does it make you go wibbly. Does it frimble?” Questions we should all be asking ourselves.
Since his first vinyl excursion he has recorded for over 25 labels including Warp, Sirkus, Disorient, Blood & Fire, Cup Of Tea and, of course, Ninja Tune. He has remixed Nightmares On Wax and Bim Sherman and refused to remix Nigel Kennedy. He’s worked with Mark Rae and Grand Central. He has DJed all over the bloody shop, turning down more gigs than he takes on. If they won't let him have a long spot, he doesn't bother; a 'take-the-money-and-run' merchant he certainly is not. He has dug in crates and found obscure records with references to marine fauna. He’s done bloody loads, basically, all of it with more than a vague hint of humour. France Telecom (the French equivalent of BT) were suitably impressed and used his single "Get A Move On" as part of their national TV advertising campaign, as did Volvo in N. America - the Scruffy one didn't see it as something to get excited about. And he's got more fans. Most notably, Madonna recently said in Mixmag of music she was playing at home, "And Mr Scruff I love, that weird little album ('Keep It Unreal') that's got so much personality". Mr Scruff was characteristically unimpressed.
A brief summary for those who always want more:
Residencies: Monthly @ Keep It Unreal, Music Box, Manchester; ‘Etch’ @ Concorde II, monthly in Brighton;
Regular spots: The Forum, Kentish Town, London; “Hot Pot Radio” show weekly on Key 103 with Treva Whateva.
Tours: Two huge full-length UK “Keep It Unreal” tours, taking over venues everywhere.
Preferred set length: 5 or 6 hours
Favourite colour: unknown
Influences (in order of appearance): - Blues, 2 Tone, Ska, Nasty pop music, Electro, Hip Hop, Soul, House, Funk, Jazz, Reggae
The Mr Scruff Master Plan: “I’m not trying to do anything very specific”
Addictions: vinyl - likes to educate himself in all music - if he hasn’t got any Indian film music then when he’s got the money he’ll make sure he gets some.
Drawings: you must have seen the characteristic Mr Scruff line drawings which have graced the pages of many magazines from Jockey Slut to The Face. He's recently taken this one step further by animating them into video form.
See Mr Scruff’s website for up-to-date gig info at www.mrscruff.com
