Ike Yard - "Cherish"

I stumbled across Ike Yard when I noticed a compilation Acute put out when I worked at the radio station. It instantly grabbed me. Josh definitely turned me onto a million post punk bands I still listen to today, so I figured I'd post a track I enjoy from a band we'd never talked about.

(from discogs.com)
Ike Yard was founded in 1979 in New York. Members are Stuart Argabright, Kenny Compton (bass/vocals), Fred Szymanski (synthesizers/ programming) & Michael Diekmann (guitar). Together they recorded for labels like Disques du Crépuscule and Factory. Ike Yard dissolved at the beginning of 1983. Their only album, 'A Fact A Second' (on Factory in 1982) is still a classic in the minimal genre and stood the test of time very easily.

Lasos (?)

Rene Hell - Rogue Camera

Another track from Rene Hell. This track is from Rogue Camera, the bonus cd to Porcelain Opera. Propulsive ambient music.

Alec Eiffel

Fiona and Neve's newest love is the Pixies.  I used to get weird high-schooly feelings when I would listen to them in adulthood, but now... as I watch them hang onto Kim Deal's every word and pretend to be her while screaming "GIGANTIC, GIGANTIC!", I'm brought back to that fledgling appreciation I had decades ago.



This is their favorite song. And it's this song that inspired Fiona to ask for a guitar and lessons for her birthday. Ahem, Uncle Josh???

Slowdive - "Country Rain"

Slowdive's brand of a certain "country space rock" perfectly channeling the Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtracks.

WTF? Brian Eno Signs to Warp

Not sure what's up with this yet. Just got this email since I subscribe to Warp's newsletter.

Deutsche Wertarbeit - Deutsche Wertarbeit (1981)

(from Crack In The The Cosmic Egg)

The name Deutsche Wertarbeit was the working pseudonym for a one-off project by Dorothea Raukes, the lady synth/keyboardist from Streetmark. The LP she made was mostly of a melodic and sequential type of synth music (performed entirely on Korg equipment) with the accent on rhythm and catchy tunes on most tracks, typical of the early-80's.

Taps right into the playful synth experimentation that makes krautrock so inspiring to me. The most mindblowing part is that I've NEVER heard this woman's name referenced with the genre. The song "Auf Engelsflugeln" resonates with me particularly since it seemingly serves as the model for a ton of current synth-dance stuff I'm listening to today.

Guten Abend Leute


Auf Engelsflugeln