![]() Scruff subsequently started an online tea company, Make Us a Brew, and produced his own range of fair trade teabags which used to be sold in department store chains Selfridges, Waitrose and Booths. When appearing at festivals, such as Big Chill and WOMAD, tea stalls or tents were erected, and were open for the duration of the festivals. When he started touring, Scruff took the enterprise with him and gained a reputation for being the DJ with the teashop. Scruff began selling tea from a small room at the Manchester club, the Music Box, where he was resident DJ in around 2000, with the proceeds going to charity. Scruff also drew cartoons for music magazines such as Jockey Slut in the 1990s. The images and animations are also projected onto large screens during his gigs. Scruff's album and single cover art, music videos, merchandise and his official website are noted for their whimsical cartoonish look the cartoons are drawn by Scruff himself, in what he calls "potato style". Scruff's fifth studio album, Friendly Bacteria. A CD version of this supplementary album was released in the UK in February 2009. Ī US-only release of the album on mp3 came with 10 additional tracks from the Ninja Tuna recording sessions, under the title Bonus Bait. Scruff's most recent singles and the album Ninja Tuna were all released on the new label. In 2008, a new independent record label, Ninja Tuna, was founded, a collaboration between Scruff and the Ninja Tune label. Scruff's contribution is a mix of soul music. The first disc was mixed by German nu jazz DJs Jazzanova, and the second was mixed by Mr. July 2008 saw the release of Southport Weekender Volume 7, a double album released in the Southport Weekender series, recorded in a purpose-built holiday village in Southport, Merseyside. Having performed regularly at The Big Chill Festival in Eastnor Castle deer park, Ledbury, Herefordshire, he was asked in 2006 to select the tracks for the compilation album, Big Chill Classics. Niko returned the favour, appearing on the track "Come Alive" from the Trouser Jazz album. He has a wide array of remixes to his name, and has also produced tracks for others – notably "Echo of Quiet and Green" for sometime-collaborator Niko for her 2004 album Life on Earth. Other Solid Steel mixes have been released by fellow Ninja Tune artists including The Herbaliser, Hexstatic, DJ Food and Amon Tobin. In November 2006, Ninja Tune confirmed that the 8th Solid Steel record would be mixed by J Rocc and the 9th would be Volume 2 from Mr. These mixes are designed to recreate the eclectic genres one would expect to hear at a Mr. Scruff released Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1, the first of what is intended to be a series of several DJ-mixed compilation CDs for Ninja Tune's Solid Steel series of artist mixes. The song also samples Shifty Henry's "Hyping Woman Blues" and led to a renewal of interest in Henry's compositions. His most notable hit, " Get a Move On!", is built around "Bird's Lament (In Memory of Charlie Parker)" by Moondog and has been used in several commercials ranging from Lincoln and Volvo automobiles to France Télécom and GEICO insurance. After a brief spell working with Mark Rae, he moved to the larger Ninja Tune label and subsequently released the albums Keep It Unreal and Trouser Jazz. Scruff) followed, released on Robs Records subsidiary Pleasure Music. Subsequent singles and his first album ( Mr. Scruff's first 12" vinyl, "Hocus Pocus", was released on the small Manchester-based label Robs Records. In an interview he said: "It’s about putting a lot of effort in and paying attention to detail. 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 associated with his music. He has been DJing since 1992, at first in and around Manchester then nationwide. His stage name was inspired by his scruffy facial hair as well as his trademark loose-lined drawing style. Before he could make a living from his music alone, he worked as a shelf stocker in the Hazel Grove branch of Kwik Save. He lives in Stretford, Greater Manchester and studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University. Scruff, is an English record producer and DJ. Welcome to Cartoon Network's YouTube Channel, your destination for episode clips, behind the scenes footage, how to draw tutorials, toy videos, and more! Cartoon Network is home to your favorite shows and characters including Teen Titans Go!, Ben 10, Steven Universe, The Amazing World of Gumball, OK K.O.Andrew Carthy (born 10 February 1972 ), better known by his stage name Mr. Video games can become way too real and frightening in Regular Show! Check out some of the video game villains Mordecai and Rigby have been up against.
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