Yankee act on Factory, halfway between Throbbing Gristle and Be Music … For an introduction, check the "1980-82 Collected" cd on Acute (ACT008, 2006) which features quite a bit of unreleased work from 1981-1982.
http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/WFMU/blog/New_York_Noise_legends_Ike_Yard_return
http://www.ithacatimesartsblog.com/interview-with-gregg-gillis-of-girl-talk/stuart-argabright-of-ike-yard-talks-to-popcorn-youth/
http://blog.bleep.com/2010/10/21/bleep-interviews-stuart-argabright-ike-yard/
http://everythingischemical.blogspot.com/2011/01/eics10qs-wike-yard.html
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/ike-yard/1980-82-collected.htm
http://desire-records.blogspot.com/2010/07/ike-yard-nord.html
http://www.factmag.com/2010/10/12/ike-yard-return-with-nord/
http://www.phisteria.com/phi020.html
http://cerysmaticfactory.info/ike_yard.html
http://myspace.com/ikeyard

Etta James' 1973 original on Chess was pretty great - see http://uzine.posterous.com/james-etta - but Esther Phillips' 1976 remake on Kudu (~ CTI) is the best take, imho! It's been reissued on cd by Sony in 2010 - see also http://jazzstation-oblogdearnaldodesouteiros.blogspot.com/2010/03/esther-phillips-capricorn-princess-to.html

Tonight 2012-01-27 at 21 o'locco at Café Vertigo in Antwerp: Anton Price aka Bohr Bug aka Dago Sondervan plays Autechre / Aphex Twin & Squarepusher covers plus own compositions old and new. The band's exciting new line up equally features Mirko Banovic on bass & moog pedal, Peter Vandenberghe on synths and Thomas Jillings on electronic sax. Meanhwile here's some Ae & AFX rarities from 1991-1993!

Of course ...  [Tnx Em!]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_(Lionel_Richie_song)
http://uzine.posterous.com/lionel-lost-for-cash

Brian Pyle from California is one half of Starving Weirdos and involved in RV Paintings, also featuring his brother Jon. Might they be related to the late Pip? Anyhoo, as Ensemble Economique he'll be playing Rotterdam's Worm tonight, along with High Wolf and a Winged Victory for the Sullen ... http://www.worm.org/home/view/event/323

George Kinney's eco psych punk … When I saw Charly's 2010 budget reissue of "Power Plant" by the Golden Dawn (SNAM950, International Artists 1967), I was immediately reminded of Eva's awful remastering (massacre more likely) of CA Quintet's "Trip Thru Hell" album. And so I was curious: would there be another night vs day difference in this album's sound? Luckily, there wasn't. It's still as powerful …

Soulmusic.com Records (as distributed by Cherry Red) aren't just releasing expanded editions of albums by George Duke or Harvey Mason - see earlier posts - but also manufacture reissues of fine funky stuff by Barbara Ann aka Bobbi Humphrey, Loose Ends, Mtume, Roy Ayers and many more … "New Face Deli" (1986, here without the tedious intro) features William "Bootsy" Collins (who cowrote the song with James Mtume) while "Home-made jam" (1978) strongly reminds of Johnny "Guitar" Watson's "A real mother for ya", no?
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/soul.asp
http://www.soulmusic.com/somure.html
http://soulmusic.com/loenlispexed.html
http://soulmusic.com/loensowharey.html
http://soulmusic.com/mtkithwogose.html
http://soulmusic.com/mtthofmicdsm.html
http://www.soulmusic.com/bohufrexeds5.html

Dragon, from Belgium, released their untitled debut in 1976. It's no masterpiece, but this spaceyish track is rather nice. The lp has recently been reprinted by Golden Pavillion (GP1003LP, 2010-05-30), who've also released the band's so-so 1977 demo recordings as "Kalahen" (GP1009LP, 2011-03-01).
http://www.golden-pavilion.com/
http://www.psychemusic.org/60s-70s.html#anchor_365
http://www.muziekarchief.be/identitydetails.php?ID=77163
http://www.belgianmetalhistory.be/html/bands/dragon/dragon.html

Songwriter Stephen Friedland was involved with the Tokens before he became Brute Force. His 1967 lp "I, Brute Force - Confections Of Love" has been reissued by Bar / None last year. But he's most famous for his "King of Fuh" single from 1969, one of Apple's rarest releases.
http://www.brutesforce.com/
http://www.razorfilmsla.com/#projects
http://www.wfmu.org/365/2003/038.shtml
http://www.bar-none.com/brute-force.html
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2056
http://www.headheritage.co.uk/unsung/review/434/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute_Force_(musician)
http://www.applerecords.com/#!/memorabilia/KingOfFuh_UK
http://ashbeesfragment.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-brute-force-confections-of-love.html
http://www.scrammagazine.com/brute-force-speaks-an-interview-with-stephen-friedland-by-michael-lucas
http://www.examiner.com/beatles-in-national/apple-records-recording-artist-brute-force-tells-all-gently