Cybernetic disco maestro Patrick Cowley graces Dark Entries once again with Hard Ware, an LP of far-out funk and synthpop celebrating what would have been Cowley\u2019s 75th birthday. Best known for his chart-topping disco anthems, Cowley left us with an incredible body of work before his tragic death in 1982 due to AIDS-related illness. Since 2009, Dark Entries has been working with Cowley\u2019s friends and family to uncover the singular artist\u2019s lesser-known sides, including his soundtracks for gay pornographic films, which the label chronicled on compilation albums School Daze, Muscle Up, and Afternooners. Hard Ware presents the closing chapter in a trilogy of unreleased Cowley dancefloor bangers that began with 2022\u2019s heavy-hitting Male Box and was continued with the soul and garage-inflected From Behind in 2024. The most expansive release in said trilogy, Hard Ware delivers ten tracks of pure, uncut Cowley: sultry, psychedelic, sarcastic, and just a bit sleazy. Cowley devotees will delight in \u201cTech-No,\u201d a sparse instrumental demo version of his epically dystopian \u201cTech-No-Logical World.\u201d You could soundtrack your next aerobics session with cheeky numbers like \u201cPajama Party Massacre\u201d or \u201cShake It Up,\u201d both of which feature Cowley himself on vocals. The frenetic \u201cBig Ass in Motion\u201d is built around samples from Rudy Ray Moore and The Madam\u2019s infamous \u201cSensuous Black Woman,\u201d an X-rated comedy record that would later feature in classic booty house records. Mid-tempo cosmic groovers are well-represented with jams like \u201cHellfire\u201d and \u201cMegablue,\u201d which perfectly capture Cowley\u2019s bathhouse-in-outerspace sensibilities. No collection of Cowley\u2019s work would be complete without an interstellar floor-filler, and we\u2019ve got quite a few here, like \u201cJungle Jump,\u201d which pits whirling beats with dub-laced swirls of synth, or \u201cSpellbinding Lover,\u201d a Donna Summer-indebted melancholic boogie masterpiece that features Sylvester backup singer Jeanie Tracy. Hard Ware closes with the chilling syn…<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Cybernetic disco maestro Patrick Cowley graces Dark Entries once again with Hard Ware, an LP of far-out funk and synthpop celebrating what would have been Cowley\u2019s 75th birthday. Best known for his chart-topping disco anthems, Cowley left us with an incredible body of work before his tragic death in 1982 due to AIDS-related illness. Since 2009, Dark Entries has been working with Cowley\u2019s friends and family to uncover the singular artist\u2019s lesser-known sides, including his soundtracks for gay pornographic films, which the label chronicled on compilation albums School Daze, Muscle Up, and Afternooners. Hard Ware presents the closing chapter in a trilogy of unreleased Cowley dancefloor bangers that began with 2022\u2019s heavy-hitting Male Box and was continued with the soul and garage-inflected From Behind in 2024. The most expansive release in said trilogy, Hard Ware delivers ten tracks of pure, uncut Cowley: sultry, psychedelic, sarcastic, and just a bit sleazy. Cowley devotees will delight in \u201cTech-No,\u201d a sparse instrumental demo version of his epically dystopian \u201cTech-No-Logical World.\u201d You could soundtrack your next aerobics session with cheeky numbers like \u201cPajama Party Massacre\u201d or \u201cShake It Up,\u201d both of which feature Cowley himself on vocals. The frenetic \u201cBig Ass in Motion\u201d is built around samples from Rudy Ray Moore and The Madam\u2019s infamous \u201cSensuous Black Woman,\u201d an X-rated comedy record that would later feature in classic booty house records. Mid-tempo cosmic groovers are well-represented with jams like \u201cHellfire\u201d and \u201cMegablue,\u201d which perfectly capture Cowley\u2019s bathhouse-in-outerspace sensibilities. 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