On 25 September 2013, Mr. Scruff was a guest on Ninja Tune Takeover. Mr. Scruff has been played on NTS over 40 times, featured on 43 episodes and was first played on 24 March 2013.

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…