Audiodelic presents Mr. Scruff - 5 Hour Set - Whelan's Sunday May 26th

Milkman

Tickets now on sale priced 16 euro from:
Big Brother Records (01 672 9355)
and Freebird Records(01 873 1250)

It’s been a while, but Ninja Tunes most eclectic export returns to
Dublin for one night on his ‘Keep It Unreal’ tour. Music-maker,
producer and DJ, Mr. Scruff will be bringing the Tea Shop, projections and enough records for a five-hour set to Dublin this May. Best known for his infectious jazzy dance-floor classic, ‘Get A Move On’, he has collaborated with Roots Manuva and Grand Central’s Mark Rae to name but a few. Renowned for his unusual DJ style and marathon sets, this night promises to be something a bit special.

Ninja Tune Biography:

Once Mr Scruff was plain Andy Carthy. And then he wasn't. Sometime
artist, DJ, Peak District wanderer, and Manchester'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 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 phone company) 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. And he's got more fans. Most notably, Madonna told
Mixmag about 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. And the Mr Scruff Master
Plan?
"I'm not trying to do anything very specific".