GET A
MOVE ON
THE
QUANTIC SOUL ORCHESTRA
SONGWRITER:
MR. SCRUFF
COUNTRY: U.K.
ALBUM:
PUSHIN’ON
LABEL: TRU
THOUGTHS
GENRE: ELETRONIC
YEAR: 2005
Andrew "Andy"
Carthy (born 10 February 1972), better known by his stage name Mr. Scruff, is a British electronic
music producer and DJ. He
lives in Stretford,
Greater Manchester and studied fine art at the Psalter Lane campus of Sheffield Hallam University. Before
he could make a living from his music alone, he worked as a shelf stocker in
the Hazel Grove branch of Kwik Save.
His stage name was inspired by his scruffy facial hair as
well as his trademark loose-lined drawing style. He has been DJing since 1994,
at first in and around Manchester then nationwide. 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. In an interview he said: "It’s about
putting a lot of effort in and paying attention to detail. I get annoyed if I
don’t take risks. I’m very hard on myself."