Mr Scruff, KOKO

Andy Carthy, alias Mr Scruff, has been around at the fringes of the UK's dance music scene now that even talking about the unjustified marginalisation of his endearingly unorthodox style and unquestionable genius as a producer feels a little passé.
Stories of Scruff's legendary six-hour DJ sets and concurrent fascination with cups of tea and songs about fish tend to eclipse and overshadow popular appreciation for a musical style that has always been about a seamless and unique blend of a charming sense of humour and consistently fresh, bass-heavy sounds, with live sets more often than not brought to life by animations based on Carthy's own doodlings.
Scruff has never been one to bow to trends or the pressures of any scene, and his latest release, this summer's Friendly Bacteria, had the air of someone more resolute than ever to remain unmoved by the changing landscape of the UK's electronic music scene. OK, so Friendly Bacteria was, if truth be told, slightly hit-and-miss, but it is in his live shows where Scruff's magic, his exhaustive knowledge of rare beats and dancing tunes, shines through, unrestricted by genre and motivated only by the desire to keep people moving.