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Back to work

km — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:20:09 +0000

Summer breaks are over now – rehearsed on Saturday in preparation for this week’s gigs in Venice and London.

Asked everyone what they did over summer – Don’s answer:
I spent some time revisiting some old 70’s Albums (remember them?) by Artists such as Stanley Clarke, Brand X, Herbie Hancock, Tower of Power, Weather Report, Flora Purim, Billy Cobham, The Police, Chick Corea, George Duke. All these Artists had great drummers in their bands, which had a profound infuence on my style.
The whole thing has now come full circle for me. If you listen closely to the current ACR album, Mind Made Up, you will hear all these Influences reworked and fitted into a Solid Ratio Groove.

Interview from the Dingwalls gig

km — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 11:33:57 +0000

Includes an interview and tracks – online here

New date confirmed for September

km — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 11:14:26 +0000

Have added the new Venice date to the gig listing page – 4th September.

Look at the venue! – photos here.

Disko_nnect are on myspace as well as the facebook group.

Tickets – 40 euros for two days, 25 euros for one – will be on sale at Italian ticket agency

Live recording of Primavera

km — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 22:43:52 +0000

Audio stream of A Certain Ratio – the full set from Primavera in Barcelona – is still available here at WFMU.

Leeds tonight

km — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:24:39 +0000

Looking forward to playing the Brudenell club tonight. With Pifco as support – they’re on stage at 8.15pm. DJ’s for the night are Steve Goodall and Andy Pye.

There are some tickets on the door at £15 each if you haven’t bought your ticket yet.

Porto gig – review

km — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:25:36 +0000

Great to receive this from Pedro Rocha, the promoter of Serralves em Festa in Porto:
can say… it was amazing that, being the closing act of a festival that went on for 40 hours non-stop, A Certain Ratio managed to grab the energy that the audience didn’t know they still had and make the show a highlight of the event. The contagious rhythms, the muscular and warm sounds, the superb synthesis of freshness and history, impregnated mind and body of the thousands of people that gathered in the park for the final hours of the festival.

Pedro Rocha, Promoter

Brudenell Social Club

km — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:46:22 +0000

Looking forward to playing Leeds’ Brudenell Social Club on Saturday July 4th.

Facebook details and last.fm event

Address for the Club is:
33 Queens Rd
Leeds
West Yorkshire
LS6 1NY
0113 243 5866

Tickets £13 adv. / £15 door – Door 7:30pm

Available now from Crash Records, Jumbo Records, Seetickets and Wegottickets
(Booking fees may apply)

Recent concerts – reviews

km — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:21:52 +0000

Dingwalls in London -
a stunner of a show
From the review in Amelia’s magazine with photos by Richard Pearmain

300 or so people should feel very privileged tonight – history was being made yet again.
From the review by Paul Pledger of allgigs.co.uk

Primavera in Barcelona -
a concert simply perfect……A magical night when they were just 10 days from 30th anniversary of their first single.
Translated from a review in Catalan on simbenia with great photos by Crises. And includes set list.

New video

km — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:28:55 +0000

Here’s a new video of A Certain Ratio in the studio recording ‘Mind Made Up’.
Edited from film shot by John Cooper of Cerysmatic Factory.

Lyon gig cancelled

km — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 12:24:01 +0000

Yes it’s been confirmed – the gig at Ninkasi, Lyon is cancelled.

The next ACR gigs are Manchester, Barcelona and Porto.