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Mr. Scruff

Mr. Scruff is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The New Mastersounds, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Boogie Down Productions, Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro and Quantic. Those roots explain a lot about how Mr. Scruff arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Quantic Soul Orchestra, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into J Rocc, The Herbaliser, Amon Tobin, Jazzanova and Fingathing, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 13 connections around Mr. Scruff, reaching back through The New Mastersounds and forward to J Rocc. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

Andrew Carthy, known professionally as Mr. Scruff, is an English record 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.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Mr. ScruffThe New MastersoundsThe Quantic Soul Orc…Boogie Down Producti…Quantic and his Comb…QuanticJ RoccThe HerbaliserAmon TobinJazzanovaFingathingQuanticRoots ManuvaThe Quantic Soul Orc…

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Mr. Scruff connections

Mr. Scruff grew out of The New Mastersounds, The Quantic Soul Orchestra, Boogie Down Productions and Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro, shares an orbit with The Quantic Soul Orchestra, went on to shape J Rocc, The Herbaliser, Amon Tobin and Jazzanova. 13 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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