Ike Yard Ike Yard

• Ike Yard – M. Kurtz
• Ike Yard – Loss
• Ike Yard – NCR
• Ike Yard – Kino
• Ike Yard – Cherish 8
• Ike Yard – Half A God

• 1. M. Kurtz
• 2. Loss
• 3. NCR
• 4. Kino
• 5. Cherish 8
• 6. Half A God

Ike Yard remain a legendary band of early ’80s New York City - at once immensely influential, yet obscured by afar-too-brief initial phase. Their debut EP, the dark and absorbing 'Night After Night', sounds almost like a different group, so rapidly would Ike Yard evolve towards the calmly, menacing electronic throb of their self-titled LP.

Originally released on Factory in 1982, the album putIke Yard’s indelible mark on the synth-driven experimentalrock scene then emerging all over the planet. While historical analogues would be Cabaret Voltaire’s 'Red Mecca' or Front242’s 'Geography', opening track 'M. Kurtz'' makes starkly clear that Ike Yard is a far heavier proposition...