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Mr. Scruff (real name Andy Carthy) is a British DJ, electronic musician and artist. He is a native of Stockport, near Manchester, United Kingdom, and studied Fine Art at the Sheffield College of Art.

Carthy’s DJ name was inspired by his scruffy facial hair, as well as his trademark loose-lined drawing style. He has been DJing since 1994, at first in and around Manchester then nationwide in the United Kingdom. He is known for DJing in marathon sets (often exceeding six hours), his eclectic musical taste, his love of a “nice cup of tea” and the quirky home-produced visuals and animations that are projected on large screens during his gigs.

His debut album, Mr. Scruff, was released on the small Manchester based label Paradise Records. He soon 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)” , and has been used in several commercials ranging from Lincoln and Volvo automobiles to France Télécom and GEICO insurance. All of his albums contain tracks about fish, whales and other sea-life, which cut up recordings of voiceovers from children’s stories and nature documentaries to create surreal and silly stories. His album artwork and music videos are noted for their distinctive cartoony style; many of the cartoons are drawn by Scruff himself.

In late 2004 Mr Scruff released the first of what is intended to be a series of 4, DJ-mixed compilation CDs, called Keep It Solid Steel.

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appreciatedmutt wrote:
yesterday morning

Wow!, this is an amazing vid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5Aix07MLHE

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Hemmels wrote:
Monday evening

Well happy Mr. Scruff got onto the WIMP12 :) Both Win7 and Scruff are made of win.

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plastic_boy7 wrote:
Saturday evening

Win7 yeah

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Chudishe wrote:
23 days ago

Вы нашли тоже этот трек в Windows 7?))

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ghindo wrote:
last month

Ninja Tuna is pretty dope.

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Count_Blah wrote:
last month

good stuff

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DeMarci wrote:
last month

Kalimba лучший трек v_v

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DeMarci wrote:
last month

весьма доставляет

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almightyjoey wrote:
September 2009

"he needs new pictures " [2]

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NinjaTune000 wrote:
September 2009

The new Ninja Tune podcast is here with guests Anti-Pop Consortium to discuss their new album Fluorescent Black and share some of their favorite songs + new tracks from Bonobo, Grasscut, Joker, Blockhead + Two Fingers. Non ITunes feed://www.ninjatune.net/ninjacast.xmlI Tunes http://bit.ly/emN7m

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Anieeela wrote:
September 2009

SCRUFF! I'm gonna eat a mango to your music. ULTIMATE PLEASURE.

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dijisoul wrote:
September 2009

Scruff is off the scales! AMAZING

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septophonant wrote:
August 2009

hell yes

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shortbutfast wrote:
August 2009

"get a move on" is nice but he needs new pictures

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allsoppy4 wrote:
August 2009

lol i won his draw the tuna comptetion =D great prizes: 50 tea bags, t shirt, mug and ticket to see him live in leeds. 18+ only ='( gutted

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hlynur37 wrote:
August 2009

love me some ninja tuna

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ugoii wrote:
August 2009

flow

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Krumbumbes wrote:
August 2009

Херасе, редкие штуки Энди играет. Респект ему как никому другому ) Ну типа такого Dom Salvador e Aboliciao - Hei Voce

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pixshatterer wrote:
August 2009

Now I'm Ninja-tuned

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peephole965 wrote:
July 2009

vote me up by clicking the thumbs up http://kiu.mrscruff.com/kiu/index.php/gallery/view/14 mega love

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