Mr Scruff
Mr Scruff, or Andy Carthy to his mum, is one of the most eclectic performance artists around today.
He is equally known for his albums of acid jazz, marathon six-hour DJ sets, and his unique loose-lined drawing style and quirky visuals.
His best known song, ‘Get a Move On’, has been used in numerous commercials and his cult following is substantial.
He is equally known for his albums of acid jazz, marathon six-hour DJ sets, and his unique loose-lined drawing style and quirky visuals.
His best known song, ‘Get a Move On’, has been used in numerous commercials and his cult following is substantial.
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SamGould
Thursday, 20 August
Anyone for a cuppa? Enjoy a nice brew at the tea stand with Mr. Scruff. Here’s another full flavoured, epic and eclectic night out with the marathon master Mr. Scruff in Matter at O2, and as ever, he delivers a full-bodied mix of moods that keeps everyone moving until the early hours of the morning.
Mr. Scruff, aka Andy Carthy, has been DJing since 1994 touring the country many times over with his well renowned marathon sets. With his constant interaction and pumping of the crowd he always gives the impression that he’s loving it as much as anyone else, and you can tell that he enjoys testing the crowd, seeing how they’ll react to the music, and savours the surprise at every turn. He can be heard to play just about anything from jazz, soul, funk, deep house, electro, hip-hop, ska or drum and bass, and tonight he certainly didn’t disappoint. Playing for a massive six and a half hours, there was no keeping up with the number of changes in tempo and style.
Tonight’s myriad of musical genres fleetingly weaved its way through disco, funk, electro, house and break-beat, through to African and Latin sounds, and found itself towards the end of the night with a heavy dose of reggae and dub. There was a strong influence of break-beat throughout, much in contrast to his dance-based early work, but the set featured some classic tracks such as 'Get a move on' featuring DJ Sneaky of Fingathing from his album ‘Keep it Unreal’, greeted by an inevitable cheer from the crowd, as well as older sure fire classics such as Aretha Franklin’s ‘Rock Steady’.
Tonights set reflected his recent projects such as his soul based endeavours on the collaboration release ‘Southport Weekender Volume 7’ with DJ’s Jazzanova, and his new album ‘Ninja Tuna’ released just last month in October 2008. While there was a little something on offer for everyone, on occasions the mood changed too quickly for the crowd to keep up. His gigs often have the atmosphere of a carnival, with happy dancers drifting around the club enjoying the sights, but sadly Matter isn’t a club suited to this atmosphere as it squeezed people into a dance floor hindered by steps and partitions, while they pumped smoke into the room. Too many people crammed onto such a small dance floor made it harder to enjoy, but regardless there is no repressing the happy vibes or enthusiasm that comes from seeing “Wiggle those legs” or “Incoming Bass Alert” on a giant screen in front of you, or from the cartoon-like drawings and animations which jump around on screen like an epileptic Spongebob Squarepants, drawn by Scruff himself in his self-professed “potato style”.
One thing is guaranteed and that’s that there’s always something charming, eccentric and surreal about Mr Scruff’s performance and persona, his use of childhood stories and his fixation with fish. You may never know exactly what you might hear or see, but you always know you’ll have a good time.
Mr. Scruff, aka Andy Carthy, has been DJing since 1994 touring the country many times over with his well renowned marathon sets. With his constant interaction and pumping of the crowd he always gives the impression that he’s loving it as much as anyone else, and you can tell that he enjoys testing the crowd, seeing how they’ll react to the music, and savours the surprise at every turn. He can be heard to play just about anything from jazz, soul, funk, deep house, electro, hip-hop, ska or drum and bass, and tonight he certainly didn’t disappoint. Playing for a massive six and a half hours, there was no keeping up with the number of changes in tempo and style.
Tonight’s myriad of musical genres fleetingly weaved its way through disco, funk, electro, house and break-beat, through to African and Latin sounds, and found itself towards the end of the night with a heavy dose of reggae and dub. There was a strong influence of break-beat throughout, much in contrast to his dance-based early work, but the set featured some classic tracks such as 'Get a move on' featuring DJ Sneaky of Fingathing from his album ‘Keep it Unreal’, greeted by an inevitable cheer from the crowd, as well as older sure fire classics such as Aretha Franklin’s ‘Rock Steady’.
Tonights set reflected his recent projects such as his soul based endeavours on the collaboration release ‘Southport Weekender Volume 7’ with DJ’s Jazzanova, and his new album ‘Ninja Tuna’ released just last month in October 2008. While there was a little something on offer for everyone, on occasions the mood changed too quickly for the crowd to keep up. His gigs often have the atmosphere of a carnival, with happy dancers drifting around the club enjoying the sights, but sadly Matter isn’t a club suited to this atmosphere as it squeezed people into a dance floor hindered by steps and partitions, while they pumped smoke into the room. Too many people crammed onto such a small dance floor made it harder to enjoy, but regardless there is no repressing the happy vibes or enthusiasm that comes from seeing “Wiggle those legs” or “Incoming Bass Alert” on a giant screen in front of you, or from the cartoon-like drawings and animations which jump around on screen like an epileptic Spongebob Squarepants, drawn by Scruff himself in his self-professed “potato style”.
One thing is guaranteed and that’s that there’s always something charming, eccentric and surreal about Mr Scruff’s performance and persona, his use of childhood stories and his fixation with fish. You may never know exactly what you might hear or see, but you always know you’ll have a good time.
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