Mr Scruff - Keep It Unreal

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(Ninja Tune)

Reviewer: Russell Baillie

Occasionally there is proof that all DJ/producer types aren't all humourless boffins. English big beat chap Mr Scruff - Andy Carthy - certainly sounds like his particular brand of mix-eccentricity comes with a playful smirk.

That's whether he's grafting gramophone-era jazz tootings over house beats, going the dub-soul route on the song Honey Dew, or taking on Fatboy Slim with the likes of Blackfoot Roll.

Sometimes it heads into the deeply indulgent (it could have done without the trying to give Moby Dick a beat makeover on Shanty Town) or generic (the Massive Attack-echoing Midnight Feast).

Still, Mr Scruff's untidy mind makes for an engaging groove collage.