18. Mr. Scruff And now for something completely different. If Harvey is the Holy Man, Scruff is a scientist, labourer, toastmaster, traveling salesman. I first saw him in a boxy converted art gallery in San Francisco, and he made it his personal laboratory and workshop, stuffing so much into his three hours, it made me feel like other DJs, myself included, weren’t even really trying. After that show I swore I’d spend more time hunting for lost classics, more time constructing complicated sequences, more time evangelizing for what I loved. Just look at Scruff! Surely we must all try harder.
Being a nerd and a control freak in the world of party music is a dangerous game, and it’s to Scruff’s credit that the dancing spirit wins the day. If you’re going to lose your cool over this whole DJ thing, you’ve got to be awfully good with the actual stringing-together-of-great-tunes. He’s one of the best.
http://soundcloud.com/mr-scruff/sets/mr-scruff-live-club-mixes/
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