{"product_id":"a-certain-ratio-sextet-colored-vinyl-vinyl-lp","title":"A Certain Ratio: Sextet (Colored Vinyl) Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAfter an arduous few years of waiting,\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Mute+Records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eMute\u003c\/a\u003e finally reissue \u003cem\u003eSextet\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=A+Certain+Ratio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Certain Ratio\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e’s first album without the guiding (read: forceful) hand of producer \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Martin+Hannett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMartin Hannett\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and first (and only) album as a six-piece (hence the title) after the addition of \u003cstrong\u003eMartha Tilson\u003c\/strong\u003e on vocals. I’m guessing that in 1982 the news of a female vocalist joining the ranks of a band as ragtag and unpredictable as \u003cstrong\u003eACR\u003c\/strong\u003e probably signaled to fans that the crew were going soft, but trust, Tilson’s presence on \u003cem\u003eSextet\u003c\/em\u003e is far from a cherry on top - her voice is oftentimes just as eerie and out of place as any other piece of an \u003cstrong\u003eACR\u003c\/strong\u003e song. It’s almost as if the band were quite literally adding and subtracting until they hit upon \u003cem\u003ea very certain ratio\u003c\/em\u003e of punk and funk on those first few records, and \u003cem\u003eSextet\u003c\/em\u003e is probably the most straight-up *funk*-leaning record the band ever made. They’d been spending their time soaking up the vibes of New York’s club scene, re-tooling their sound in preparation for the the hotly-anticipated opening of The Haçienda (just four months after the release of \u003cem\u003eSextet\u003c\/em\u003e, actually). The grooves are tight, the arrangements sparse and the basslines are deadlier than ever before, with still enough art rock swirl and dub atmosphere to satisfy the neck-up post-punk purists. Check out woozy disco single “Knife Slits Water,” the suffocated jazz-funk of “Gum,” avant dub chant “Rub Down,” or for more straightforward fare, head for the extended disco dub madness of “Day One,” \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.turntablelab.sbs\/search?type=product\u0026amp;q=Joe+Bataan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBataan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e-grade Harlem salsa of “Skipscada” or midtempo haunted house of funk “Rialto.” Transparent orange vinyl pressing housed in textured jacket with printed insert, recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etranslucent orange colored vinyl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003efull-color textured sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edouble-sided printed insert\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003edigital download included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elimited edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003emusic label: Mute 2018\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch6\u003ereviewed by carparts, bottles \u0026amp; 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