Ian Tregoning was born in Leeds and began his studio career in Zurich working with YELLO on the ground-breaking remix of "Bostich" in 1981. This record had such an enormous impact in the US that clubs in New York & Chicago were playing it every hour. Yello’s Boris Blank enjoyed the collaboration and suggested other recordings to work on, including "Oh Yeah". They continued to work together on some of Yello's finest moments.

As an engineer and producer, he’s since worked with an impressive international cast including ORBITAL, FELA KUTI, YMO, JOE STRUMMER, UNDERWORLD, SHAMEN, PROPAGANDA, THE GRID, BILLY MACKENZIE, BUSHWACKA!, ROBERT OWENS, WOODENTOPS, BANG THE PARTY and REPUBLICA.

In 1993 he was part of Inky Blacknuss and released two 12"s on Andrew Weatherall’s Sabrettes label (also featured Fat Cat's Alex Knight & Andrea Parker). Under the name Stranger  he released "Volcano" and "Partly Cloudy" EP‘s for Mr.C’s Plink Plonk label. This was followed by the double-album "Rolling Thunder" for Octopus in 1995. Described as "an intriguing album of electronica…dense soundscapes and an abounding sense of malevolence set over travelling rhythms".