A CERTAIN RATIO have shared a new track from their eagerly anticipated new album,
ACR Loco. Revitalized by their most successful tour in over two decades, the band returned to the studio to record their first album in 12 years – due for release
September 25 on Mute.
The new track, “
Yo Yo Gi,” is an irresistible slice of ACR which fuses funk, techno, and world music in the way that only ACR can do. Watch the video – inspired by the Tokyo suburb it was named after from their visit earlier this year –
here.
ACR Loco will be released on CD, cassette, limited edition colored vinyl and digital platforms. The vinyl will be available in one of four colors: white, blue, red and turquoise, randomly packed, with each color of varying rarity. Pre-order
ACR Loco here.
The band have also announced details of a very special online event,
An Evening with A Certain Ratio, on
September 25. To mark the album release, the band will play their new album in full at the Hope Mill Recording Studio following an exclusive premiere of their 2019 hit-laden gig for the Manchester Warehouse Project’s Haçienda night. The band will also be in conversation with a Q&A (questions are invited from fans). To finish, expect one of the band’s infamous ACR Soundsystem DJ sets. Book your ticket
here.
Following the unexpected passing last week of
Denise Johnson, long-time ACR collaborator and friend, a fund has been set up to assist with funeral costs. Donate
here.
MORE ABOUT ACR LOCO
ACR Loco was recorded by the core line up of
Jez Kerr,
Martin Moscrop, and
Donald Johnson with contributions from the ACR live line up –
Tony Quigley on sax,
Denise Johnson on vocals, and
Matt Steele on keyboards. Additional guests include
Sink Ya Teeth’s
Maria Uzor and
Gemma Cullingford,
Gabe Gurnsey (Factory Floor), and Manchester luminaries
Mike Joyce (The Smiths) and experimental multi-instrumentalist
Eric Random.
“This album is a culmination of everything we've ever done,” explains Kerr. The album distills the different directions and styles that have run throughout the band’s career, one that began in the late ‘70s with Factory Records’ first ever 7” release.
“Digging into the past for the boxset [
ACR:BOX was released in 2019 on Mute]
must have rubbed off on us and influenced the current album,” says Moscrop.
“I think it helped spark up our imagination. It allowed us to work in some of the past as we move forward into the future.”
Keen on the joys of collaboration and sharing, it makes sense that adding the ACR touch to other artists via a series of reworks led to their latest album taking shape. Recent reworks of tracks for the likes of
Barry Adamson,
The Charlatans and
Maps saw the band return to the studio to unpick those original tracks.
“The reworks were crucial,” says Donald Johnson.
“They got us back in the studio and forced a union and a bond. They allowed us to start getting a groove again.” Kerr mirrors this.
“We love doing the reworks because it's just us doing our thing,” he says.
“The three of us jamming is really the basis of it all. Once you get that groove there’s no stopping us.”
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