A Certain Ratio: The Joy Of Sextet (limited edition, curacao vinyl) [MUTE]

Why you'll love it

A limited edition on curaçao blue vinyl. The Joy Of Sextet revisits the songs of A Certain Ratio's 1982 Factory album Sextet, including "Knife Slits Water" (twice), "Lucinda" and the single "Waterline," in fresh versions for its anniversary.

This edition

• Limited edition
• Curaçao blue vinyl
• 9 tracks

About the album

A Certain Ratio were one of the first bands on Tony Wilson's Factory Records, and one of the first post-punk groups to fall properly in love with funk, disco and Latin percussion. Sextet, their 1982 album, is where that love affair really took hold, all tight bass, trumpet stabs and Martha Tilson's cool vocals, and it remains a touchstone for anyone who has ever tried to make Manchester dance.

The Joy Of Sextet is the anniversary companion, out on Mute, which now looks after the band's catalogue. It reworks "Lucinda," "Crystal," "Gum," "Tumba Rumba," "Day One" and "Below The Canal," adds a dub of "Waterline" and gives "Knife Slits Water" two outings, album and 12" edit. The band are still at it more than forty years on, which in Manchester terms is roughly the lifespan of a nightclub multiplied by ten.

Tracklist

Listen

Out August 28, 2026 on Mute (cat# STUMM265).