Ike Yard: Ike Yard Vinyl LP

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New York City, 1982. A group of art school dweebs coalesce somewhere downtown to record the only full-length album ever released by Factory America. A complex network of Roland rhy thm machines forms the mutant post-punk foundation of Ike Yard (sometimes erroneously referred to by its catalog number, A FACT A SECOND), rejecting the cold stiffness of acts like Cabaret Voltaire in favor of the inherent funkiness of New York’s no wave sound (read: basslines, syncopated beats, horn stabs) alongside touches of dub, industrial, Soviet austerity and sci-fi aesthetics. A truly unique record unlike anything else I’ve ever heard, and a real collector’s piece; even recent reissues fetch big bucks now. Check out “M. Kurtz,” “NCR” and “Cherish 8.” Official reissue on Superior Viaduct with repro of the original art insert, recommended. black vinyl pressing first domestic vinyl pressing since 1982 music label: Superior Viaduct 2020 reviewed by departmental dan 09/2020. Show more