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Mr Scruff Trouser Jazz - Deluxe 20th Anniversary Edition Blue & Red Vinyl - Sealed UK 2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album)
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Mr Scruff will release a special 20th anniversary edition of his classic album “Trouser Jazz” on Friday 28th July via Ninja Tune. The deluxe 2LP features blue / red vinyl discs, iconic artwork by Mr. Scruff himself alongside Airside and boasts an “infinity peelable trouser sticker” on the cover – whatever one of those is!
Originally released in 2002, “Trouser Jazz” was the hotly anticipated follow-up to the Manchester-based DJ, producer, record collector and cartoonist’s barnstorming Ninja Tune debut “Keep it Unreal” (1999). As a DJ, Andy Carthy aka Mr. Scruff plays across the board, moving between soul, funk, hip hop, jazz, reggae, latin, african, ska, disco, house, funk, electro, breaks, soundtracks and loads more. As a producer he makes music that draws on these influences, with a large dose of cheek and good humour. His cartoon drawings illustrate gig flyers, posters, record sleeves, t-shirts and occasionally accompany him at gigs as live animated visuals.
“Trouser Jazz” – recorded largely at Carthy’s home studio with engineer Danny Evans – neatly encapsulated Scruff’s ethos, his joie de vivre and his inimitable combination of tight knit funk, expansive sonics and dancefloor dynamite.
“The album is a real mixture of moods and tempos, just like my DJ sets, twisting my influences and inspirations into different shapes,” explains Andy. “It was also the time when I started to develop my low-end addiction, as tracks such as ‘Ug’ and ‘Shelf Wobbler’ testify. The collaborations were enjoyable too, from Bernard Moss’ one-take flute that Seaming & Sneaky built a track around on ‘Valley of the Sausages’, Braintax’s medieval working-class themed rap on 'Vibrate', Sneaky’s bass and Andy Kingslow’s abrasive synth solo on ’Shrimp’ (which was the first of many tracks we did together), Andy K again on ‘Champion Nibble’, Niko’s glorious & touching vocals on ‘Come Alive’ and Seaming's otherworldly vocals on ‘Beyond’. When I listen back to Trouser Jazz, I can feel the fun and energy from those studio sessions.”
Everyone including Pitchfork delighted in the record’s joyful eclecticism: “Trouser Jazz is quite possibly the answer to all of your sugar-fueled Saturday morning disco prayers, churning out one chocolate-frosted cereal box prize after another and bringing down the house with an inspired mix of rubbery funk, hipster soul and gleefully contorted, krush groovin’ hip-hop.”
It’s tough to pick out highlights in a set of consistently top drawer productions but ‘Shrimp’ is an inspired fusion of Mizell Brothers cool and Roger Troutman’s squelchy funk; ‘Come Alive’ is a triumphant soulful jaunt blessed with Niko’s vocal and rooted by the most hypnotic bassline on the album. Meanwhile the outright dumb ‘Ug’ is “a giant teddy bear of a track… the subcutaneous bellow of the bassline, the Flat Eric keyboard squawks and slithering hi-hat snaps propel it to the top of the heap” (Pitchfork). Undoubtedly it was the aforementioned characteristics that made ‘Ug’ a stone cold backroom classic.
A1. Here We Go
A2. Sweetsmoke
A3. Come Alive (feat. Niko)
A4. Shrimp
B1. Vibrate (feat. Braintax)
B2. Ug
B3. Shelf Wobbler
C1. Valley of the Sausages (feat. Sneaky & Seaming To)
C2. Champion Nibble
C3. Come on Grandad
D1. Beyond (feat. Seaming To)
D2. Giffin
D3. Ahoy There!
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
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| Year of Release: |
2023 |
| Artist: |
Mr Scruff (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
Trouser Jazz (click here for more of the same title) |
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| Format: |
2-LP vinyl record set (Double LP Album) |
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| Record Label: |
Ninja Tune |
| Catalogue No: |
ZEN65XX |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
28 July 2023
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
MSF2LTR816730 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
5054429174700 |
| Genres: |
00s Artists, Ambient, Dance
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| Complete Stock List: |
Mr Scruff |
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sales@eil.com to contact our sales team. |
| Alternative Names: |
MR. SCRUFF |
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Call +44 1474 815010 quoting EIL.COM reference number MSF2LTR816730 |
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Edition</B> 2023 UK/EU double album 2-LP pressed on
<B><FONT COLOR ="#0000FF">Blue</B></FONT> &
<B><FONT COLOR ="#FF0000">Red Vinyl</B></FONT>.
Gatefold picture sleeve with iconic artwork by Mr. Scruff and
Airside plus infinity peelable trouser sticker on the cover that
reveals gold foiled anniversary trousers beneath the blue
ones on top! Hype sticker & factory sealed. Essential) )
