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A Certain Ratio is a Punk rock act. Their sound grew out of New Order, Bernard Sumner, Brian Eno, The Velvet Underground and Kraftwerk. Those roots explain a lot about how A Certain Ratio arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Maximum Joy, Josef K, ESG, The Pop Group and Au Pairs, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Joy Division, Lemon Jelly, Sumo, The Dead 60s and Talking Heads, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 35 connections around A Certain Ratio, reaching back through New Order and forward to Joy Division. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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A Certain Ratio connections
A Certain Ratio grew out of New Order, Bernard Sumner, Brian Eno and The Velvet Underground, shares an orbit with Maximum Joy, Josef K, ESG and The Pop Group, went on to shape Joy Division, Lemon Jelly, Sumo and The Dead 60s. 35 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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