I 'spose A Certain Ratio heard this tune dancing the night away at a Northern Soul function or some other hipster spot in Manchester, but they do a nice job with it. The tune they covered was only 5 years old and you'll see it in comments..
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WARNING; INDIE FUNK ALERT. (Stay behind the line unless you want to dance...).Shack Up (1980)..A Certain Ratio is a Post-punk band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. While originally part of the punk rock movement, they soon added funk and dance elements to their sound. The bands exploration of rhythm fusing funk, disco, punk and Latin has had a resurgence in the last few years and their in...
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One-time Mancunian punk band turned dance punk formed mid-1977. Took their name from a lyric from the Brian Eno song "The True Wheel". Starting out on Factory Records alongside Joy Division. Their stuff can now be found reissued on Soul Jazz Records. Go check.
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1978, Manchester. A Certain Ratio, along with another bunch of newcomers 'Warsaw' had come up with something musically unique: what's now known as post-punk. Warsaw were renamed Joy Division, both bands signed for Factory Records, and the rest - as they say - is history. A Certain Ratio is still…
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They have not have been the most high profile act on Factory Records, but A Certain Ratio can certainly claim to having had an effect that extended far beyond many of their more celebrated peers.Their explorations of funk and disco in tracks such as ‘Shack Up’ and ‘Do the…
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Sorry I forgot to give you guys the skinny on this all weekend long - I was busy on the red carpet at the 2008 Scream Awards, interviewing Gerard Way, snapping pics of Billy Corgan, Marilyn Mason, and Twiggy, and watching the Smashing Pumpkins play. I'm sure you understand. But on Friday as I was leaving work and checking myspace bulletins on my Blackberry I saw something that nearly made me
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