A Certain Ratio

A Certain Ratio are a key British post-punk band with an extensive body of work incorporating brass-spiked funk, Brazilian jazz, dub, and electro, among other forms of intensely rhythmic music. The band debuted in 1979 with "All Night Party," a single as astringent as anything else out at the time. During ACR's early years with Factory Records, the Top Ten of the U.K. independent singles chart included seven of their titles, highlighted by "Flight" and "Waterline," and the band issued five albums, including The Graveyard and the Ballroom (1980) and Sextet (1982). Following lat...