London's Mr. Scruff is one of the fizziest artists on the Ninja Tune roster, which is saying something given the label's jokey tendencies. (See the title of this album, Scruff's fourth, for ...

Ninja Tuna is the fourth studio album by British record producer Andrew "Mr. Scruff" Carthy, released on 6 October 2008 through Carthy's personal Ninja Tune imprint Ninja Tuna.

And then getting distracted by the washing up.” Ninja Tuna has just been reissued for the first time on triple-vinyl, and is available from Mr. Scruff’s Bandcamp page.

For a generation of UK 30-somethings—oh, okay, me—the name Mr Scruff has a timewarp-like effect, plonking me straight back in late '90s Leeds which was a regular stop on the Manchester-born ...