Ike Yard's latest releases on Noiztank, 2017's 'Sacred Machine' EP, and 2018's 'Rejoy' LP have been reworked by CUB (Regis and Mønic), Antechamber (Codex Empire), Grebenstein, Rebekah, Richard Fearless, Mønic, and Sedvs on a new remix compilation which is out on 23 October 2019 on 12" vinyl and digital delivery.

Buy it now via Bandcamp.

Tracklisting

A1 Night Klub (CUB remix)
A2 Beyondersay antechamber remix)
A3 Sister M GREBENSTEIN remix)

B1 Teardrop Rebekah remix)
B2 Indra’s Net (Richard Fearless remix)

Bonus 1: Spit Simon Shreeve monic remix)
Bonus 2: K55 (Sedvs remix)

Credits

Original tracks by Ike Yard: Stuart Argabright, Kenneth Compton, Michael Diekmann
Mastering: rude66
Design and edition: Zosima

Labels: Ike_Yard, remix, Stuart_Argabright

Recently, whilst on holiday in New York City, I was fortunate to attend an exhibition walkthrough with Ike Yard's Stuart Argabright of 'Tracking the Thrill' at The Kitchen, one of NYC's oldest non-profit art spaces. This was a selected retrospective of the influential video work of Gretchen Bender (1951-2004), the centrepiece of which was 'Total Recall' (1987) a multi-screen installation set to a superb soundtrack of by Mr Argabright.

Apparently back in the day the whole thing would be cued up on banks of video players and the play buttons would be pressed in sync. Nowadays it's driven by computers but the TV screens are resolutely old school cathode ray.

There are a couple of Factory-related videos in the rest of the exhibition:

Gretchen Bender did the title sequence for the America's Most Wanted TV show (UK readers think 'Crimewatch' in terms of content, but without Nick Ross) and the soundtrack for that was by The Other Two. Bender's cut-up style quickly became the norm for many a show.

Robert Longo's video for New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle (FAC 173) is also included. Gretchen, who was Robert's girlfriend, did the again rapid-fire editing. More on the making of that video by producer Michael Shamberg over at a New Order Discography. According to Stuart Argabright, Gretchen herself is in the video.

The exhibition has now finished (as has the holiday) but this short clip below gives an idea of the overall experience.

Labels: exhibition, Gretchen_Bender, Ike_Yard, Michael_Shamberg, New_Order, Robert_Longo, Stuart_Argabright, The_Other_Two

Outpost (featuring Ike Yard's Stuart Argabright) will do their JG Ballard project this coming Saturday 27 March 2010 on London's Exotic Pylon Show with Jonny Mugwump on Resonance FM. The performance will be archived online.

The JG Ballard Project features JGB-inspired music and spoken word pieces and further nights are planned in Oporto, Portugal and London, England for around November 2010. More info to follow.

Meanwhile Ike Yard is currently working on the remix of Vladislav Delay's cut (from around 2000) Sistol for Phthalo Records.

Labels: Ike_Yard, Outpost, Stuart_Argabright

Öst, the new E.P. by Ike Yard is out today on iTunes.

The digital release features 2 new cuts, written in Tokyo and NYC, plus 2 chilly North European remixes. All of which represents the first new Ike Yard release since 1982.

And, according to Stuart Argabright, it's hot!!!

Tracklisting

1. Oshima Cassette
2. Oshima Cassette (Wäldchengarten Rmx)
3. Citiesglit
4. Citiesglit (Hinsidan Rmx)

Download link for UK users: iTunes UK

The vinyl version is still in production and we will revert when we have more news.

Labels: ESG, Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

This Saturday 24 October at Monkeytown, NYC there will be one night of JG Ballard's Atrocity Exhibition form 10:30pm.

Exclusive versions of JG Ballard's Atrocity Exhibition Chapter 1 read by David Silver with music by Outpost and video by Adrienne Altenhaus, Stuart Argabright, Robert Longo [who directed the FAC 173 Bizarre Love Triangle video], Patrick Quick, Andrew Moszynski, Vivian Wong and Stephanie Wuertz.

Time, Memory and Inner Space Read by Judy Nylon, video by P Quick + Ice Planet and Serial Angels + psych post rock soundscapes from Outpost featuring Mark C, Kent H from Holy Ghost and Stuart Argabright (Ike Yard).

Labels: Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

Stuart Argabright out-of-Ike Yard's new group Outpost presented a special tribute to JG Ballard tributes last Saturday on US radio station WFMU. The archive audio is up there already and you can check out the initial, ahem, Outposts:

- Atrocity Exhibition Chapter 1 excerpts (sections 1-14, read by David Silver, soundtrack by Outpost

- Drowned World Soundscape by Mark Fisher aka K-Punk

- Ice Planet, Serial Angels live in Studio.

Coming up in this ongoing series: 10/24 Expanded edition @ Monkeytown, Brooklyn. Plus, Atrocity Exhibition Chapter 1, Time, Memory and Inner Space read by Judy Nylon. Drowned World + Ice Planet , Serial Angels + video & music mix.

Other venues are set to come online soon, including Resonance FM.

Labels: Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

News in from Ike Yard's Stuart Argabright:

The new Ike Yard 10" (Oshima Cassette / Citiesglit + remixes) and the new album (Nord) are going into mastering @ Berlin's famous Dubplates & Mastering, the home of Basic Channel, Studio of Moritz Von Oswald, Ernestus (B C team).

Stuart says "Moritz was on cover of The Wire the other month, and of course Basic Channel did revo techno didn't they... Can feel some Sub Bass Ike Yard coming down the pipeline."

Labels: ESG, Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

There is a poster for FA 1 New Order / Ike Yard gig at the Ukrainian National Home, New York, 19 November 1981 which was filmed for the FACT 77 Taras Shevchenko video.

Until recently it was thought that the Factory America catalogue number didn't actually appear on anything physical. However, there was a poster which bears the "A FACT A FIRST" denotion. The poster design was a collaboration between Michael Shamberg and Ike Yard's Stuart Argabright. Stuart did the handwritten elements including the scrawled "NEW ORDER".

Many thanks to Mike Stein for his detective work and photography and to Stuart Argabright for shedding light on the history.

Labels: Ike_Yard, New_Order, poster, Stuart_Argabright

Listening Party & Summer Fundraiser @ HARVESTWORKS, NYC

19 June 2009
5-8 pm Eastern Time

Harvestworks presents nowTHENafter, a surround-sound DVD compilation of new experimental works by composers from the post-No Wave electronic, acoustic and underground scene. Inspired by the turn of the century and produced by Ike Yard founder and post-punk legend Stuart Argabright, the project includes Mark C, duos/collaborations with Ikue Mori and DJ Olive, David Linton and Charles Cohen, Stuart Argabright and Judy Nylon in addition to turntablist Marina Rosenfeld, hybrid artist Ray Sweeten and 8-bit Construction Set. These artists continue to add their distinctive musical sensiibilities to New York City

Founded as a not-for-profit organization by artists in 1977, Harvestworks has helped a generation of artists create new works using technology. Our mission is to support the creation and presentation of art, works achieved through the use of new and evolving technologies and to bring together innovative practitioners from all branches of the arts collaborating in the use of electronic media.

Proceeds from the Harvestworks event will foster innovative explorations in art and technology by contemporary artists.

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HARVESTWORKS
596 Broadway Suite 602
New York, NY 10012
212-431-1130

F, V, D, B to Broadway/Lafayette
R, W to Prince Street
6 to Bleecker Street

Labels: Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

An alert to our NYC friends about the first Manhattan performance by Outpost a new group featuring Stuart Argabright (Ike Yard), Mark C (Live Skull) and Kent Heine (Holy Ghost). They're playing with two cool bands, including Joe Lally of Fugazi.

Thursday 11 June 2009
Cake Shop
152 Ludlow (btwn Stanton and Rivington)
New York
NY 10002

Tel: 212 253 0036
8.00 USD

8pm - Doors
9pm – Outpost
10pm - Glory-Tellers (Geoff Farina/ex-Karate)
11pm - Joe Lally (Fugazi)

Labels: Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

The Dominatrix EP by Dominatrix is the debut release on Stuart Argabright's new REC label. It's released tomorrow 17 March 2009 by the Virtual Label via iTunes, Amazon, eMusic, Rhapsody and all usual outlets.

After re-releasing '80's music with Gigolo Records, Troubleman, Gomma and Acute / Car Park Records, Stuart (Ike Yard) made plans to form his label REC in order to release new music as well as choice re-releases.

Stuart said "With 2009 being the 25th Anniversary of the original "The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight" 12", we have produced two new songs and taken one alternative mix from the vaults from 1984 for the occasion.

The Dominatrix EP (Dominatrix Party / You Never Forget Your First Dominatrix / City That Never Sleeps V2) comes with special cover art by NYC artist David Levinthal and will serve as reintroduction to the global network of playful vibes, soft vocals, techno pop and 'Drums!' that is Dominatrix.

This first EP will be followed by a second EP later this year, with plans for the all new album in 2010...

We are happy to be pairing with Virtual Label and will be working hard to bring you all kinds of cool stuff in the months and hopefully years to come..."

Tracklisting

01. Dominatrix Party
02. You Never Forget Your First Dominatrix
03. City That Never Sleeps 2

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Artist: Dominatrix
Title: Dominatrix EP
Release date: 17 March 2009 (Worldwide)

Labels: Ike_Yard, New_Order, Stuart_Argabright

Cerysmatic catches up with Ike Yard's Stuart Argabright for another in our irregular series of updates on his many musical activities:

"Stormy, many things going on simultaneous - but sorting through... carefully.
Like sorting through global Wall Street bubble burst!

"Ike Yard is finishing the all new album and talking to a label in Denmark about a quick promo 7" and possibly releasing the album in the first half of 2009. There is also talk about a 12" single.

"Earlier this year, Ike Yard had 'Night After Night' on the LTM Crépuscule auteur labels re-release.

"Finally Stuart says "Fingers crossed, I should have first releases on my new label REC (Rapid Expansion Corporation) before the year's out: new Dominatrix E.P., Dystopians and The Voodooists re-release."

This week Stuart is preparing for a NYC show by his newish group Dystopians on Thursday. He says "They are a kind of harder edged industrial with guest guitarist Norman Westberg (ex-Swans). More info at Monkeytown."

Labels: Auteur_Labels, Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

Check out Stuart Argabright's hazy lazy morning afterthoughts on last night's Ike Yard DJ set @ APT on DeMeDo".

Labels: Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

Ahead of tonite's Ike Yard DJ set, Stuart Argabright told Cerysmatic: "Yea should be fun tonight, will play some old stuff, cuts from the recent New York Noise 3, an obscure New Order cut or 2, maybe 'Thin Boys' by ACR, like that up through John Foxx Metamatic stuff."

Labels: A_Certain_Ratio, Ike_Yard, New_Order, Stuart_Argabright

From DenseMedia Domain: (which also carries details of new Ike Yard recording activity): "DCC's High Priest, Stuart Argabright & Michael Diekmann from Death Comet Crew & Ike Yard will be at Apt. on the West side on next Tue's night (Dec.5) with OtherMusic's Scott Mou and others for a 'Mudd Club' New York Noise' inspired set after 11:30pm. Come on out, you'll hear something fresh"

Venue: APT
Address: 419 West 13th St, NYC, NY, USA

Thanks to Mike and Steven on FAClist for spotting.

Labels: Ike_Yard, Stuart_Argabright

"Early techno" / noise pioneers Ike Yard are back in the frame with a rumoured re-release on the not-too-far horizon and many extra-curricular activities in progress. Cerysmatic Factory caught up with Stuart Argabright to get the down low:

CF: There have been rumours that the Ike Yard album is going to be re-released. What's the latest?

IY: We are considering our options for a label on which to release it, just had a meeting on it yesterday actually. The description of Ike in Simon Reynolds new book Discog 2 seems to be bringing up new interest so we hope to help people discover / rediscover the music sooner as opposed to later. Still sounds pretty good for 20 years ago, and no-one in US was doing anything like it. Early techno? Could be. Electro? Other flavors in there too - Concret, funk .

IN the meantime, there should be 2 Ike cuts on a '1979-1984 NYC no wave proto-electro Collection' we have pulled together over the last 2 years. Currently the plan is for Soul Jazz to release this compilation as part of their "NY Noise Three" in early '06. NY Noise Two is coming in fall 05. We do hope the Comp. will create some more interest in Ike full on rerelease.

CF: By the way, I wonder if you can settle a personal thing for me on the original catalogue number for the album. This was FA 2 and was the second release on Factory America and of course the album's title is A Fact A Second. So, was this just coincidence or planned?

IY: Yea, Factory America stuck us with a cover design that cost them quite a bit of our overall budget. The A Fact A Second catalog number was made so prominent it led everybody to believe the Album is /was called A Fact A Second. The Album was titled simply Ike Yard'. As I recall Fact A 'One' was possibly the Ukrainian National Home show with Ike Yard opening for New Order. Tony Wilson came by the Studio when we were recording the Album and I guess we were 'on Factory America'. We were cut from the New Order At The Ukrainian National Home video (Fact 77 Taras Shevchenko), that night and Peter Hook helped a lot by jumping up to help do our sound that night. I also believe the connections we made / I made with Factory America's M Shamberg in '81/'82's Ike Yard did help (if even in a small way) for the future connection. When I did "Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight" on Arthur Baker's Streetwise in 1983 released in '84 - New Order went on to do their famous tracks with Arthur. It's possible I have the sequence wrong on that, but the scene was so small then , what people saw and liked what one person did - well it wasn't long till they picked it up and did the same thing. I'm not sure exactly HOW those two parties actually hooked up, but I had worked with both.

CF: What else is going on in the World of Ike Yard?

IY: Well, we are all doing different things by now. I am doing lots of other musik going on including a new song for Pac Man's 25th Anniversary and new Dominatrix tracks (originally UPROAR/Streetwise 1984 /rerleeased by DJ Hell on Gigolo '03 with Black Strobe remix). And Death Comet Crew, aka DCC, another 1980's post Ike Yard group I did that included Michael Diekmann, guitarist of Ike Yard, got a sweet re-release last year on Troubleman Unlimited here that has led to a Japanese licensing and now , gigs over there (Tokyo, 30 July) with Toshi Nakanishi's 'Plastics Sex' group , Tosh from the original Plastics (seen in "Downtown '81"). Will be a blast, very hot and humid - but we'll survive. I am also finalizing prep for the Venice Bienalle with the old school MC The Rammellzee who I produced ("Bi-Conicals Of The Rammellzee" '04 Gomma). I will help him with his perf there in the Theatrical section of Bienalle, then we should be doing a 9 date Euro & UK tour after Venice (Sept.21), including swing through London.

:: Ike Yard has some stories ::

>> Stuart Argabright worked for a long time with artist Robert Longo who went on to direct the 'Bizarre Love Triangle' video for New Order. This was edited by Gretchen Bender (RIP) who pretty much pioneered the super fast-editing style that soon became called the 'MTV style'. As artist into science, tech and biology , she was interested in seeing just HOW fast she could cut and have the viewers still percieve it. She then pushed this to an edge in the next video Robert directed for Megadeth.

>> Ike Yard were invited to share rehearsal space in the Music Building (kind of famous NYC music spot in early '80's) with Circus Mort - a band that had a singer named Mike Gira in it. Then when Gira was starting Swans he had our guitarist Michael Diekmann come in and lay it out for them, but didn't join.

>> Kenny Compton , bassist of Ike , became friends with the girl down the hall at the Music Building. She was this loud - then - most, somewhat irritating woman called... Madonna.

More info at: DeMeDo.blogspot.com

Labels: Ike_Yard, New_Order, Peter_Hook, Stuart_Argabright, Tony_Wilson

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