A FACT Second

Ike Yard - Ike Yard [FACT A SECOND USA 1982 24-Bit FLAC]

Likely one of the most obscure artists on Factory Records, this rare album by electronic four-piece Ike Yard first appeared on the American off-shoot of the label in 1982. There was a subsequent European pressing but strangely not on Factory Benelux, this rip is from my original USA pressing. 

Ike Yard were Stuart Argabright, Kenny Compton, Fred Szymanski and Michael Diekmann - their unique post-punk hybrid of electronic music could be deemed as close to mid-period Cabs however the Ike Yard sound is more intricate and hypnotic, augmented with the use of acoustic drums and percussion. They were the support act at New Order's videoed gig at at The Ukrainian National Home in New York in 1981, of which live recordings are know to circulate (somewhere).

Modern day minimalists would learn much from this.

A1 M. Kurtz
A2 Loss
A3 NCR
B1 Kino
B2 Cherish 8
B3 Half A God