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cDr|m's
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artist :: mr. scruff
release :: get a move on/ug
year :: 2001
genre :: lo-fi
label :: ninja tune
catalogue :: zen 12104
website :: www.mrscruff.com
ripper :: karmacoma
date :: 05-dec-2001
quality :: 192kbps/44,1khz
source :: vinyl
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a1 get a move on! 7:33
b1 ug 4:33
b2 ug beats 2:15
playtime :: 00h 14m 21s
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once mr scruff was plain andy carthy. and then he wasn't. sometime
artist, dj, peak district wanderer, and stockport's very own, mr
carthy started his musical career a mere six years ago.
formerly a fine art student part time at sheffield uni, 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
robs 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 and 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 and remixed for
over 30 labels including warp, sirkus, disorient, blood & fire,
cup of tea and, of course, ninja tune. 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 - the scruffy one didn't see it as something
to get excited about.
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greetings :: sb, qdp, sour, dps, it, rac, dh, sfe, hbz, igr and mgc
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