…for those of us who came of age dancing to Patrick Cowley's music. Put on your headphones and let your ears bleed. Regardless of your current age, I dare your feet to not start moving in time with the music.
I'm fighting back tears of joy…
The pictures are from my personal collection, shot at the now long-defunct club Hotbods in Phoenix (ironically only a couple blocks from our current domicile) in spring of 1983. I don't remember these were shot the actual night I first heard Patrick's music, but it was definitely the same season. (Phoenix always lagged months—if not years—behind both coasts in the music scene.)
Before his death in 1982, Patrick Cowley produced some of the American gay underground's most thrilling dance music, from chart-topping disco to radical club tracks. In recent years, San Francisco record label Dark Entries has devoted itself to released Cowley's lost art, from porn soundtracks to original albums and erotic journals.
As the label celebrates what would have been his 69th birthday with a new compilation, DJ Mag discovers how Cowley is finally being recognised as an icon. Meanwhile, Dark Entries' Josh Cheon serves up a 69 minute mix of his biggest and boldest tracks
Read the full feature: djmag.com/longreads/patrick-co…ey-gay-genius-hi-nrg
Tracklist:
Patrick Cowley – Mechanical Fantasy Box
Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras – Robot Children
Patrick Cowley – Mind Warp
Sylvester – Do Ya Wanna Funk
Patrick Cowley – Primitive World
Patrick Cowley – Megatron Man
Donna Summer – I Feel Love (Patrick Cowley Mega Mix)
Patrick Cowley – Menergy
Patrick Cowley – Lift-Off
Paul Parker – Right On Target
Patrick Cowley – X-Factor
Patrick Cowley – They Came At Night (Remix)
Patrick Cowley – Sea Hunt
Patrick Cowley – Big Shot
Patrick Cowley – Tech-No-Logical World (feat. Paul Parker)
Patrick Cowley – If You Feel It
Patrick Cowley – Get a Little
Patrick Cowley – Goin Home (Remix)
Patrick Cowley – Somebody To Love Tonight
Patrick Cowley – Thief Of Love
Patrick Cowley – Primordial Landscape
Patrick Cowley – Menergy (Reprise)