mr. scruff breezeblock

1. banbarra - shack up (atco, 1976)

MR. SCRUFF - HEADLINE SET - 6th August 2001

Treva Whateva - Singalong (Tru Thoughts)
Roots Manuva - Run Come Save Me (Big Dada Recordings)
The Soul Controllers - I Ain't Lyin (BMI)
Sebastian Williams - Get Your Point Over (Broken Soul)
Asheru & Blu Black Of The Unspoken Heard - Truly Unique (Seven Heads Recordings)
Homelife - Seedpod (Madwaltz)
Quantic - Life In The Rain (Carl Faure Mix) (Tru Thoughts)
Mr Scruff - Giffin (Ninja Tune)
Ark - Le Magicien D'Os (Mr Wassey Remix) (White Label)
Towanda Barnes - If I'm Gulity (The Groovy Label)
Fertile Ground - Take Me Higher (Counterpoint Recordings)
4 Hero - 9 By 9 (Talkin' Loud)
J.I. Henderson - Give A Helping Hand (Piggylo)
Saw Dees - What's It Gonna Be (Atlantic)

The Quantic, Ark and Asheru and Blu Black tracks are amazing.

I was searching for 'Mr Scruff' on the search function and WOW, early ilx sure liked Mr Scruff. Does he still have a following on ilx, I thought people tended to look down on him as 'student dance'. (all the Mr Scruff stuff I've heard I have not found interesting, but I've not really heard very much)

Don't think I've heard him for years but pretty unbearably irritating iirc.

I was wondering if he was maybe a stepping stone on some people journey from indie kid to dance music fan? I'm mainly aware of him from his posters seeming to be everywhere in manchester city centre

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w274/willzweigart/Mr_Scruff-Big_Chill_Classics_b.jpg

mr scruff was kind of ahead of the curve on this tumblr cartoon aesthetic

not sure his spiritual home, music box, was as good as the pizza express which has replaced it

otm

when I was 15 I nearly did my two weeks national curriculum work experience at Mark Rae's Grand Central Records because my Dad sort of knew him, but it fell through and I ended up doing my work experience in the office of St. Helens council that administered the work experience programme, sometimes I have Maud Muller style regrets about how I could have become a nepotism enabled low level music industry hanger on if I'd played my cards right

also I ended up in the postroom on the postroom guy's last day in work before he left to do a degree and I accidentally broke the letter franking machine about 10 minutes before the end of his shift, this always comes to mind whenever I think about Mr Scruff or Rae & Christian

Mr Scruff is a fucking genius.
― Ronan (Ronan), Monday, September 2, 2002 1:21 PM (11 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yay, Mr Scruff was ace at Glasto and I danced like a bit of a bastard.
― Pete, Friday, July 26, 2002 1:00 AM (11 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

the bassline on Mr Scruff's 'Sweetsmoke' - fookin deadly!
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, December 17, 2002 7:49 PM (11 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just thinking about Mr. Scruff makes me happy.
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Saturday, May 7, 2005 5:45 PM (8 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in 2002 you cld dl a mr scruff song at 1 mbps & feel truly grateful to be alive

Haven't really taken the time to listen to the rest of his output but "Chicken in a Box" is a classic, guaranteed

mr scruff was kind of ahead of the curve on this tumblr cartoon aesthetic

― soref, Saturday, March 1, 2014 10:51 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

he is 100% definitely a link in the chain of Innocent Smoothies / wackaging in general

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlKXhL4mlMY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlKXhL4mlMY

Ug by Mr Scruff still holds up IMO, needs to be played LOUD for maximum bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_49_ULK

Lemon Jelly seemed to popular on ilx around the same time, but all of the more recent references to them are disparaging

booming posts from soref itt

i now own the treva whateva song on vinyl, btw

I just realised I still keep my tea in a Mr Scruff tea caddy I've had since I was a student. The horror.

http://modculture.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/01/02/scruff_tea.jpg

This is a very public humiliation.

i have one of these tea tins.

new album out in a few months as well i believe ..

his cartoons all look like grinning/grimacing testicles