Coordinates

38°53′51.61″N77°2′11.58″N

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Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach at the confluence of the River Brit and its Asker and Simene tributaries, it originally thrived as a fishing port and rope-making centre (the hangman's rope being made at Bridport gave birth to the saying "stabbed with a Bridport dagger"). The port is no longer in existence although the harbour at West Bay is a mile away.

In 2006 West Dorset district was named 10th best place to live in the UK. The town is twinned with Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, France.

According to the 2001 Census, the population of Bridport stands at 12,977. One and a half miles from the town centre and within the town's boundary lies West Bay, a small fishing harbour known as Bridport Harbour until the arrival of the railway. At that time it was "rebranded" to its current name to make it sound more attractive. West Bay was also the scene for the opening shot of ''The Life and Times of Reginald Perrin'' and the 1950s film of ''The Navy Lark'' was also shot there. Bridport has been subject of articles where it was nicknamed "Notting Hill on Sea" but is also known to locals as "Bridders". The town attracts a large numbers of second home owners.

Geography

Suburbs

Bridport is composed of several small suburban districts, namely Allington, Skilling, Coneygar, Bothenhampton, Bradpole, Court Orchard and St Andrew's Well.

A number of these districts were formerly small surrounding villages which have gradually coalesced with Bridport over the years (see below). Bothenhampton in particular is still regarded by locals as a separate village.

Surrounding villages

Allington, Askerswell, Bothenhampton, Bradpole, Burton Bradstock, Chideock, Evershot, Eype, Loders, Powerstock, Pymore, Shipton Gorge, Skilling, Swyre, Symondsbury, Uploders, Walditch and West Bay

Landmarks

Bridport is situated on the world heritage Jurassic Coast and Chesil Beach. The loose clay cliffs in the area are abundant with fossils making the area popular with fossil hunters. Its most famous landmark is the view of the conical Colmers Hill with small clump of trees aligned with West Steet.

Industry and commerce

The town has some light industry, most notably Palmer's Brewery (JC & RH Palmer Ltd) which, under various aliases, owns other property in the town and which recently celebrated its bicentennial. Other established companies include AmSafe Bridport, successors to the old firm of Bridport-Gundry. AmSafe’s aviation products can be found on most commercial aircraft, including seat belts, restraints, cargo and barrier nets, tie-downs, and cabin interior textiles.

Other companies include Curtiss Wright and Edwards Sports. Amsafe and Edwards Sports are the main survivors of Bridport's 750-year-old rope and net making history. Even today, the goal nets of any major football championships are likely to have been made in Bridport as would be the tennis nets, the wooden posts and the umpire's chair at Wimbledon.

Bridport has a thriving commercial centre with a twice-weekly street market and monthly farmers' market. A butcher's shop on West Allington (RJ Balson & Son) is known as "England's Oldest Family Butchers", and claims a continuous line of family butchers back to the year 1535.

Culture

Bridport has an arts centre, cinema, library and museum. The museum, located in South Street, includes an extensive exhibition of the town's long history of rope-making.

Bridport Literary Festival

The Bridport Literary Festival has been running since 2005 and has played host to the biggest literary lions including Elizabeth Jane Howard, Victoria Glendinning, Claire Tomalin, Jonathan Dimbleby, Max Hastings, Julian Fellowes, Alexander Waugh, John Julius Norwich, Minette Walters, Fay Weldon, Bill Oddie, Robin Hanbury–Tenison, Katharine Whitehorn, Kate Summerscale, Michael Dobbs and Ann Leslie DBE.

Bridport Open Studios

The Bridport Art Scene has now gained a national profile, and over 100 artists now participate in the main Bridport Open Studios event that takes place over the three days of the August Bank Holiday weekend. The popularity of the event has led to three more open events in November, Easter and May. The biggest artist led venue is the St Michael's Studio complex on the St Michael's Trading Estate. It provides studios for 25 artists and attracted over 700 visitors to the 2009 Bridport Open Studios event.

West Bay Wallow

The Bridport Round Table organises the West Bay Wallow which takes place on Boxing Day. Anyone can participate in the swim which raises money for good causes. Many take the plunge in fancy dress and generally don't stay in the water for more than 10 minutes.

Food Festival

The Food Festival is held in late June at Asker Meadow. It showcases local produced foods of which the area is well known for. The Beer Festival is also held in the same field which is run by the Bridport Round Table and opens till late.

RNLI raft race

The raft race, organised by the RNLI, is held in July in the River Brit basin at West Bay. Participants build a 'floating vessel' and row it a few hundred yards up the River Brit before returning to the lake by the harbour sluice gates. The idea is to avoid sinking, capsizing or falling in.

Bridport Carnival

The town holds its annual carnival on the third Saturday in August. The main feature is a carnival parade of floats, walking acts and majorettes. Other attractions on the day include carnival darts, carnival golf, a grand car boot sale, carnival fete and a fun fair. After the carnival South Street is closed for the night as live music is played while people dance in the street. Bridport's fun fair, which is situated on Asker Meadow, a local nature reserve next to Morrisons supermarket, is open late.

A torchlight procession takes place the following night where 1,500 torches are carried 2 miles from the town centre to a bonfire at West Bay. This is followed by live music and fireworks. West Bay's fun fair opens till late. The annual events raise money for local good causes and organisations.

Melplash Show

On the Thursday before the August bank holiday weekend each year Bridport hosts the Melplash Show at the West Bay Showgrounds. One of Dorset's three biggest agricultural shows.

Transport

The main Honiton - Southampton road A35 passes around Bridport on a bypass and the A3066 to Crewkerne, via Beaminster starts in Bridport. There is also a direct road to Weymouth, the B3157 also known as the coast road, this take you through the coastal villages of Burton Bradstock and Abbotsbury.

There are regular buses to Weymouth and Axminster every hour weekdays, and the X53 Exeter - Poole coastal service stops at the main bus station every two hours most weekdays with some extra services during the school summer holidays. There are a few buses a day to Crewkerne and Yeovil, and minor buses serving surrounding villages as well.

The nearest international airports are Exeter and Bournemouth.

Railway (until 1975)

Bridport railway station closed on 5 May 1975 - one of the last closures directly associated with the "Beeching cuts" of the 1960s. The Bridport branch line ran from the junction with the Weymouth-Yeovil-Bristol "Heart of Wessex" line at Maiden Newton railway station; it was usually operated in its final years by a single carriage "Class 122" diesel train.

The nearest railway stations to Bridport now are at Maiden Newton, Crewkerne, Dorchester or Axminster. There is an infrequent bus service to Maiden Newton (71) and a bus service linking Axminster station, Dorchester South and West stations, and Weymouth railway stations (31) and a bus service linking the majority of Exeter train stations, and Weymouth, Wool, Wareham, Poole, and formerly Bournemouth railway stations (X53)

Education

Primary schools

Bridport Primary School

St Mary's CE VC Primary School

St Catherines RC Primary School

Symondsbury CE VC Primary School

Secondary school

The Sir John Colfox School is Bridport’s only secondary school, located on the outskirts of the town. Serving ages 11 to 18 it also has a combined sixth form with nearby Beaminster School. It is a Specialist Language College.

Children also attend Beaminster School, Woodroffe School, Colyton Grammar School and the Thomas Hardye School. There are daily buses running to these schools from Bridport.

Local colleges and university

Yeovil College

Weymouth College

Kingston Maurward College

Bournemouth University

Churches

St Mary's Church was founded in the 13th century and a large proportion of the building dates from the 15th century. There is a 17th century brass in St. Catherine's Chapel that commemorates Edward Coker who was killed in 1685 during the Monmouth Rebellion. The church was substantially restored and altered in the 19th century.

Opposite the church is a Society of Friends Meeting House.

The Unitarian Chapel in the Garden on the north side of East Street next to the Literary and Scientific Institute is now an open faith community celebrating diverse beliefs differing from many other religions in that it believes in helping people find their own spiritual path rather than defining it for them . Essentially the chapel could be said to be a neutral, opensource personal-development resource.

Sport

The town's football club is Bridport F.C. "The Bees". They currently play in the Western Football League division 1. The club was founded in 1885 and the home ground is St. Mary's Field.

The town's rugby union club is Bridport RFC.

Bridport & West Dorset Golf Club is situated atop of the east cliff at West Bay. The club has an 18 hole links course, driving range and pitch & putt course.

Bridport Barracudas Swimming Club is based at Bridport Leisure Centre. A thriving Water Polo section has junior and senior teams competing in the Dorset Water Polo League. Water Polo matches are held in summer in the outer harbour at West Bay, continuing a tradition dating back to 1898.

The area also hosts one of the last remaining real tennis courts that was recently renovated with the aid of a lottery grant.

Notable people

Local celebrities include singer P.J. Harvey, actor Martin Clunes, musician and Stackridge frontman Mutter Slater and socialist musician Billy Bragg. Former Plymouth Argyle and Torquay United footballer and manager Kevin Hodges was born in the town. As was Silicon Valley's Neil Trevett, VP of Mobile Content at NVIDIA.

Bridport and the surrounding area was used to film Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's Channel 4 television programme ''River Cottage'' and the BBC dramas ''Harbour Lights'' starring Nick Berry and ''Rockliffe's Folly'' starring Ian Hogg.

Media

Bridport has one main local newspaper, ''The Bridport News'' owned by Newsquest which is published weekly on a Wednesday. There are also a number of free papers, one being ''A View From Bridport''. The ''Dorset Echo'' also serves Bridport and is published daily from Monday to Saturday.

Local television is served by BBC Spotlight based in Plymouth and ITV West Country based in Bristol. Terrestrial television is transmitted in digital from the Stockland Hill Transmitter and also a digital relay transmitter based at Highlands End.

Bridport is a Met Office coastal weather observation point and such it is often included as a place name on the BBC national weather map.

The town's local commercial radio station is Wessex FM which broadcasts at 96.0FM. Owned by The Local Radio Company it also serves Weymouth and Dorchester. BBC local Radio includes both BBC Radio Devon and BBC Radio Solent.

Bridport lies between boundaries of broadcasters of the South and those of the South West. Viewers in Bridport are more likely to receive news about Devon and Cornwall than they are about East and North Dorset. To bridge the gap in the county the BBC proposed launching BBC Radio Dorset but this was soon dropped following BBC cut backs. The Dorset Broadcasting Action Group campaigns for better coverage in the area.

There is only one Bridport orientated website targeted at the local community rather than tourism. Called Bridport Radio, it doesn’t actually have any true radio content but instead is in the form of a newspaper format. The site mixes local information with comedic made up news stories like an article surrounding the fictitious Bridport monorail. The site allows users to comment on local subjects but disappointingly negative comments about the medias’ nickname of the town “Notting Hill on Sea” were highlighted by a national newspaper.

Entertainment

The closure in 2005 of Bridport's only nightclub, "DeVinchies", left a void in Bridport's 'clubbing' scene, with many travelling to Weymouth, Dorchester and Seaton for late-night entertainment.

On a more positive note, the town can now boast three theatres: Bridport Arts Centre, the "Electric Palace Cinema" (opened in 2007) and The Lyric Theatre, reopened in September 2010. Each offers a different type of entertainment: The Bridport Art Centre holding a more traditional, seasonal programme with events from poetry to music; The Electric Palace promoting regular music gigs, monthly comedy nights and films and The Lyric offering quirky theatre, puppetry, comedy, clowning and music. In March 2009 the Electric Palace cinema hosted the world premiere of ''The Young Victoria''. There are also many events at the nearby Bridport Arts Centre. The Lyric Theatre is also the base of the children's theatre company, Stuff and Nonsense who rehearse, make puppets and perform their eccentric, family-friendly shows there throughout the year.

See also

Bridport (UK Parliament constituency)

Gallery

References

Welcome to Bridport, or Notting Hill on Sea The Telegraph, 17 March 2007.

Bridports reaction to Notting Hill on Sea references. Bridport Radio 22 February 2007.

Bridport: Notting Hill by Sea? BBC Dorset

Brits love to be beside the seaside The Times, 29 April 2008.

Postcode lottery: DT6 The Times, 2 May 2008.

External links

Bridport Town Council

Bridport and West Bay Official Community website

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Coordinates	38°53′51.61″N77°2′11.58″N
name	Mr. Scruff
background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
birth name	Andrew Carthy
alias	Mr. Scruff
born	10 February 1972
origin	Stockport, England
instrument	Turntables
genre	DowntempoTrip-HopNu-Jazz
occupation	DJ
years active	1994–present
label	Ninja TunePleasure Records
website	www.MrScruff.com }}

Mr. Scruff is the recording name of Andy Carthy (born in 10 February 1972 in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England), a British DJ and artist. He lives in Stockport, 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-stacker in the Burton Road branch of Kwik Save.

His DJ 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."

Career

Scruff's first 12", "Hocus Pocus" was released on the small Manchester-based label, Robs Records. Subsequent singles and his first album, ''Mr. Scruff'' followed, released on Robs Records subsidiary, Pleasure Records. 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''.

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. The song also samples Shifty Henry's "Hyping Woman Blues" and led to a renewal of interest in Henry's compositions.

In 2004, 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. These mixes are designed to recreate the eclectic genres one would expect to hear at a Mr. Scruff club night. 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. Scruff. Other Solid Steel mixes have been released by fellow Ninja Tune artists including The Herbaliser, Hexstatic, DJ Food and Amon Tobin.

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''. Niko returned the favour, appearing on the track "Come Alive" from the ''Trouser Jazz'' album.

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''.

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. The first disc was mixed by German nu jazz DJs Jazzanova, and the second was mixed by Mr. Scruff. Scruff's contribution is a mix of soul music.

In 2008, a new independent record label, Ninja Tuna, was founded, a collaboration between Scruff and the Ninja Tune label. Mr. Scruff's most recent singles and the album ''Ninja Tuna'' were all released on the new label.

A US-only release of the album on mp3 came with 10 additional tracks from the ''Ninja Tuna'' recording sessions, under the title ''Bonus Bait''. A CD version of this supplementary album was released in the UK in February 2009.

Style

Artwork

Mr. 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". The images and animations are also projected onto large screens during his gigs. Scruff also drew cartoons for music magazines such as ''Jockey Slut'' in the 1990s.

Tea

Mr. 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. When he started touring, Scruff took the enterprise with him and gained a reputation for being the DJ with the teashop. 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. Scruff subsequently started an online tea company, Make Us a Brew, and produces his own range of fair trade teabags. Both his official website, and the Make Us a Brew site also sell branded tea-related paraphernalia including teapots, mugs and tea-towels. The teabags are sold in department store chains Selfridges, Waitrose and Booths.

Fish

Most of Mr. Scruff's studio albums contain tracks about fish, whales and other sea-life, which cut up recordings of voiceovers from children's stories and nature documentaries to create surreal and silly stories. They began with the track "Sea Mammal" (featuring a sample from Boogie Down Productions' track "Part Time Sucker"), released on the ''Hocus Pocus'' single (1995). It is also the opening track on Scruff's first album. This was followed by "Wail" (as a homophone for "Whale"), also on his first album. ''Keep It Unreal'' (1999) featured the tracks "Shanty Town" and "Fish", the latter of which features samples from the likes of David Attenborough and David Bellamy. The album ''Trouser Jazz'' (2002) closes with another cut-up track, "Ahoy There!", noted as featuring an appearance from "Albert Ross" (albatross).

Scruff has stated that he is unlikely to record any further fish-based cut-up tracks. However, marine references continue in Scruff's work including the track "Shrimp" from ''Trouser Jazz'', and the title and cover art of his most recent albums, ''Ninja Tuna'' (2008) and its companion release, ''Bonus Bait'' (2009).

Hot Pot

Mr. Scruff and Treva Whateva (his Ninja Tune label-mate and friend from Stockport) recorded a weekly hour-long radio show, some episodes of which can still be found on samurai.fm.

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

''Mr. Scruff'' (Pleasure Music, 9 May 1997)

''Keep It Unreal'' (Ninja Tune, 14 July 1999) UK No.175

''Trouser Jazz'' (Ninja Tune, 16 September 2002) UK No.29

''Mrs. Cruff'' (Ninja Tune, reissue of ''Mr. Scruff'' with additional tracks, 5 May 2005) UK# 195

''Ninja Tuna'' (Ninja Tune, 6 October 2008) UK No.60

''Bonus Bait'' (Ninja Tune, 9 February 2009)

Mix and compilation albums

''Heavyweight Rib Ticklers'' (Compilation album, Unfold Recordings, 11 February 2002)

''Keep It Solid Steel Volume 1'' (DJ mix album, Ninja Tune, 1 January 2004)

''Big Chill Classics'' (Compilation album, Resist Music, 21 August 2006)

''Southport Weekender Volume 7'' (DJ mix album – Disc 2 mixed by Mr. Scruff, Concept Records, 21 July 2008)

''Mr. Scruff Feat. Alice Russell'' (Music Takes Me Up),2008

Singles

''Hocus Pocus'' (Robs Records, March 1995)

''The Frolic EP Part 1'' (Pleasure Music / Pinnacle Records, 15 January 1996)

''The Frolic EP Part 2'' (Pleasure Music / Pinnacle Records, 16 February 1996)

''Limbic Funk'' (Pleasure Music, 29 July 1996)

''Large Pies EP'' (Cup of Tea Records, 7 April 1997)

''How Sweet it Is" / "Is it Worth It?'' (with Spikey T) (Grand Central Records, 13 June 1997)

''Pigeon'' (Pinnacle Records, 6 June 1997)

''Chipmunk / Fish / Happy Band'' (Ninja Tune, 10 March 1998)

''Get a Move on'' (Ninja Tune, 26 April 1999) UK# 139

''Honeydew'' (Ninja Tune, 22 October 1999) UK# 129

''Hocus Pocus'' (re-release, Robs Records, 7 May 2001)

''Get a Move on / Ug'' (re-release, Ninja Tune, 6 August 2001) UK# 83

''Shrimp!'' (Ninja Tune, 27 May 2002) UK#78

''Beyond / Champion Nibble'' (Ninja Tune, 23 September 2002) UK# 125

''Sweetsmoke'' (Ninja Tune, December 2002) UK# 75

''Sweetsmoke Remixes'' (Ninja Tune, April 2003) UK#91

''Giffin'' (Ninja Tune, 20 October 2003)

''Chicken in a Box / Spandex Man'' (Ltd edition, Ninja Tune, 11 April 2005)

''Donkey Ride / Giant Pickle'' (with Quantic, Ninja Tuna, 12 May 2008)* ''Kalimba / Give Up To Get'' (Ninja Tuna, 14 July 2008)

''Music Takes Me Up'' (Ninja Tuna, 15 September 2008)

''Get on Down / Hold On'' (Ninja Tuna, 1 December 2008)

''Whiplash / Bang The Floor / Cat & Mouse'' (Ninja Tuna, 9 February 2009)

''This Way / Hairy Bumpercress'' (Ninja Tuna, 9 March 2009)

''Nice Up The Function / Listen Up'' (Ninja Tuna, 6 April 2009)

Collaborations

Mr. Scruff with...

DJ Spooky – "Murderah Style" appeared on the compilation album ''Tribal Gathering 96'' (Universe, 1 October 1996)

Mark Rae – "How Sweet It Is" and "Gotta Have Her" both appeared on the compilation album ''Central Heating'' (Grand Central Records, 25 November 1996)

Tony D – "Flavour" featuring Mark Rae, Mark 1 and Mr. Scruff, from the album ''Pound For Pound'' (Grand Central Records, 15 September 1997)

Mark Rae – "The Squirrel" appeared on the compilation album ''Central Heating 2'' (Grand Central Records, 17 April 2000)

Peter Nice Trio vs. Mr. Scruff – "Harp Of Gold" from the compilation album ''Out Patients'' (Hospital Records, 30 May 2000)

Fingathing – "Just Practice" featuring Mr. Scruff, from the album ''The Main Event'' (Grand Central Records, 20 November 2000)

Quantic – "It's Dancing Time" from the compilation album ''Shapes One'' (Tru Thoughts, 1 September 2003)

Quantic – "Giraffe Walk" from Quantic's album, ''One Off's Remixes and B Sides'' (Tru Thoughts, 6 February 2006)

Swell Sessions – "No No" from the album ''Swell Communications'' (Freerange Records, 24 September 2007)

Quantic – "Donkey Ride" (Ninja Tune, 12 May 2008)

Kaidi Tatham – "Fresh Noodles" (Prime Numbers, 30 November 2009)

Kirsty Almeida – "Pickled Spider" (Ninja Tune, 30 April 2010)

Several of Mr. Scruff's records also feature guest vocalists and musicians. These include DJ Sneaky (from Fingathing), Roots Manuva, Niko, Braintax, Alice Russell and Danny Breaks. Both Scruff and Roots Manuva have expressed an interest in recording a full album together, though the artists' schedules have prevented it to date.

Cover version

"Get a Move On" was covered by Will Holland's side project, The Quantic Soul Orchestra on the album ''Pushin' On'' (Tru Thoughts, 5 May 2005).

Song appearances

The last segment from the documentary movie ''Scratch'' (2001), entitled "Full Circle", features a different mix of "Spandex Man" with additional samples.

Episodes of the Channel 4 UK TV comedy show ''Spaced'' featured the tracks "Spandex Man", "Chipmunk" and "Blackpool Roll" from the ''Keep It Unreal'' album.

"Spandex Man" was also used on the BBC series ''Top Gear'', is often used on the BBC Three show ''The Real Hustle'' and features in the films ''SW9'' and ''Gumball Rally 3000''.

The song "Ug" from the album ''Trouser Jazz'' is used in numerous ''Weebl and Bob'' cartoons, including the very first one entitled "Pie". The pie as a motif later recurred in one of Scruff's videos (''Sweetsmoke'').

"Get a Move On" has been used in advertisements including Volvo and Lincoln automobiles, in television shows including the BBC's snooker highlights, ''Bargain Hunt'' and ''The Apprentice'' and in Kenny Anderson's section of the skateboarding video ''One Step Beyond''. The song was chosen by Victoria Wood as one of her eight favourite records on ''Desert Island Discs''.

"Blackpool Roll" was used in New Zealand by television network TV ONE as background music as part of their branded channel advertising and show listings. It also appears in the game Rolando 2.

"Fish" was used by Nexus Productions for the Virgin Atlantic safety video, which features the voices of Vic Reeves and Dani Behr. It was also used by Thomson Reuters for their UK Customer Service hold music.

Several Mr. Scruff tracks appeared on ''Rolando'', a game for Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch devices in 2008. The game, developed by HandCircus and published by Ngmoco, features the tracks "Ug", "Stockport Carnival", "Spandex Man", "Donkey Ride", "Kalimba", "Shrimp", and "Mice at the Organ".

The track "Kalimba" was featured on Windows 7 Release Candidate 1, 2, also featured in the short film "Modeling, the true story".

"So Long" and "Get a Move On" off of the album "Keep it Unreal" have been featured on Cartoon Networks' Adult Swim during commercial breaks.

References

External links

Official

Artist website

Artist page on Mr. Scruff's label, Ninja Tune

"Pie Space" artist page on MySpace

Artist page on SoundCloud

Make Us a Brew website

Interviews

Other

"Train Wreck Mix" by Mr. Scruff on the Red Bull Music Academy Radio website

"Essential Mix" by Mr. Scruff (7 February 2009)

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