JAZZANOVA & MR SCRUFF available for interviews
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The Southport Weekender, is the longest-running U.K. festival dedicated to all-things soulful and dancey.

Following acclaimed Southport Weekender albums mixed by world DJ heavyweights such as Kerri Chandler, Gilles Peterson, Jazzy B, Tony Humphries, Quentin Harris and more, suSU the original home to these amazing albums pick up the baton and unleash the next installment with 2 fantastic mixes from Germany’s NuJazz pioneers Jazzanova and the UK’s favourite son of all things eclectic and soulful, Mr Scruff.  Jazzanova deliver a cutting edge jazz fuelled affair oozing with classy tracks from the likes of Badly Drawn Boy, Henrik Schwarz & Amampondo, Recloose, Roland Appel, South Bronx Community Youth Project, Jazzanova themselves and many more. Mr Scruff digs out some long lost gems and pop’s them into a melting pot with new and favourite nuggets, including artists Jimmy Jones, Theo Parrish, Gloria Scott, Bobby Reed, The Soul Controllers, Bill Spoon among others.

Celebrating soulful music in all it’s fantastic forms, Europe’s unique and best loved indoor soulful music festival, Southport Weekender is celebrating 21 glorious years of festival madness with 2 events every year.  Southport Weekender are in a league of their own when it comes to  delivering spectacular world class line-ups to a devoted crowd of music connoisseurs and party goers. Attracting 5000 + party folk to the indoor Pontins holiday complex in Southport, its dubbed as the UK’s friendliest party.  Southport features 4 purpose built arenas featuring state of the art production and sound, boasting a heavyweight  selection of cutting edge and classic soulful music from House, Jazz, Broken Beats, Drum n Bass, Hip Hop, Deep House, RnB, Soul, Jazz Funk, Rare Groove, Nu Soul with amazing  performances from the world’s DJ Elite, Live acts and PA’s.

Jazzanova are widely known as figure heads of a genre that used to be labelled NuJazz, but it can hardly be described by the limitations of words like “New” and “Jazz” today. Through their outstanding work as DJ’s, artists and producers they have become forerunners in the further development of this and many other genres. Helping to stretch its borders while gradually incorporating various influences ranging from dub to brazil, jazz to house; African music to downbeat and even techno to minimal electronic music. While establishing the Jazzanova universe through their numerous releases and their remix work for many well known artists such as MAW, Common, Lenny Kravitz, 4 Hero, Incognito, Ursula Rucker, Truby Trio,  MJ Cole, U.F.O. etc. Jazzanova have formed with their label Sonar Kollektiv a platform to help to further define their musical universe, illustrating the wide range of music they are dedicated to. Not styles and genres, but rather the relationship of those to each other is the driving force behind them and the label. With this in mind, it’s logical that JAZZANOVA named their first album In Between back in 2002, since their focus is indeed the space “in between” and not the known or static. This space – the space between the genres, between acoustic and electronic, new and old, club and home – the hybrid – this is Jazzanova and this is Sonar Kollektiv! In 2007, Sonar Kollektiv celebrated its 10th anniversary. With more outstanding releases ahead, 2008 might become Sonar Kollektiv’s best year so far!

DJ, Producer, Cartoonist & Tea Drinker Mr. Scruff,  is a DJ that  wows the crowds with his genre crossing mixes, playing Soul, Funk, Hip Hop, Jazz, Reggae, Latin, African, Ska, Disco, House, Funk, Breaks, Soundtracks & loads more. As a producer he draws on these influences, with a large dose of cheek & good humour.  In the early days of the late 80’s Mr Scruff and avid record collector took a part time job at Kwik Save and ploughed all his earnings into vinyl. His first break came in 1994, when he met Barney Doodlebug who gave Scruff his first Manchester gig, in Dry bar, and he also passed a demo tape to local label Rob's Records, which resulted in them releasing Mr Scruff’s first 12" single. Between 1995 and 1997, he released further singles for Rob's Records subsidiary Pleasure, as well as sides for Echo Drop, Grand Central & Cup of Tea. His work for Grand Central with Mark Rae inspired some 4 deck club performances, including friendly 'battles' with DJ Food, which introduced him to the Ninja Tune fold.  The release of more of Scruff’s productions resulted in increased DJ sets, playing regularly at the Electric Chair & Fat City nights in Manchester, and with Tru Thoughts in Brighton, and a four year residency at Off-Centre in London, as well as guest spots around the country. Upon the  release of  Mr Scruff’s  'Keep it Unreal'  album on Ninja Tunes, it kick-started his Manchester club night of the same name, borne of a desire to play exactly what he wanted all night. The only real criteria is that the music has to have soul! Having been holed up in the studio for the last two years, Mr Scruff is ready to unleash some new music on Ninja Tune soon.

Tracklisting:

CD1: Jazzanova
1. Telepaticos ‘Club69’
2. Badly Drawn Boy ‘Promises’ (Beyond The Wizards Re Animation)
3. Soulphiciton ‘Ghana Wadada’ (The Lost Man Remix)
4. Soultourist ‘Turn Loose’ (Dixon Edit)
5. Version ‘The Brighter Side’ (Version's Percussive Vocal Mix)
6. Dop ‘Lighthouse’
7. Henrik Schwarz & Amampondo ‘I Exist Because Of You’
8. Recloose ‘Catch A Leaf’ (Mark de Clive Lowe Remix)
9. Eva Be ft Pegah Ferydoni ‘She Walks Alone’ (Markus Worgul Mix)
10. Roland Appel ‘Unforgiven’
11. Tokyo Black Star ‘Still Sequence’ (Innervisions Version)
12. Madioko 'N' Rafika ‘Elleli’ (Kalabrese Remix)
13. South Bronx Community Youth Project ‘Dance Freak’
14. Jazzanova ‘Theme From Belle et Fou’ (Danny Krivit Edit)

CD2: Mr Scruff
1. Stardust ‘Blazin’
2. Bobby Reed ‘The Time Is Right For Love’
3. Sandra Wright ‘I Come Running Back’
4. Gloria Scott ‘That's What You Say (Everytime You're Near Me)’
5. Ray Frazier & The Shades of Madness ‘Gonna Get Your Love’
6. Bill Spoon ‘I Bet You Can't Love Me One Time’
7. Clausel ‘Let Me Love You’
8. Momie-O ‘Stop On By’
9. Jimmy Jones ‘Live And Let Live’
10. Willie Joe ‘Funny Thing’
11. Wayne Carter ‘Wahoo Wahoo Wahoo’
12. The Soul Controllers ‘I Ain't Lyin’
13. Mark V Unlimited ‘Gone’
14. LA Carnival ‘Blind Man’
15. Donna McGhee ‘Mr Blind Man'
16. Brass Fever ‘Time Is Running Out'
17. Crue-l Grand Orchestra ‘Time & Days’ (Harvey Re-Master Mix)
18. Sparkle ‘Down The Way’
19. Arthur Adams ‘You Got The Floor’
20. The Loving Sisters ‘Cosmic Consciousness’
21. Theo Parrish ft Alena Waters ‘Soul Control’