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From Behind
From Behind (LP + insert)
Cat: DE 333LP. Rel: 18 Oct 24
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Iko Iko (7:28)
20th Century Fox (feat Paul Parker) (6:45)
Ride My See-Saw (5:22)
Shakin' All Over (4:31)
I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) (5:14)
Pushin Too Hard (5:57)
Baby I Need Your Loving (5:11)
Review: Dark Entries has assembled a superb collection of covers celebrating 60s garage and soul music by the one and only Patrick Cowley. This LP showcases another side of the great producer's diverse influences, in particular his psychedelic San Francisco roots which can be heard in most tracks. They were mostly written between 1980 and 1982 when he was in prolific form and highlight his virtuosity while paying respects to the music that shaped him. The collection features a reimagined version of Loverde's 'Iko Iko,' a hi-NRG cover of The Doors' '20th Century Fox,' and a haunting take on The Who's "Shakin' All Over." It concludes with a swinging rendition of the Four Tops' 'Baby I Need Your Loving' and is another essential one for the collection.
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From Behind
Cat: DE 333CD. Rel: 18 Oct 24
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Iko Iko
20th Century Fox (feat Paul Parker)
Ride My See-Saw
Shakin' All Over
I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night)
Pushin Too Hard
Baby I Need Your Loving
Review: Much loved and hugely influential disco maestro Patrick Cowley is back on regular home label Dark Entries with From Behind. The label has done much great work to highlight his indelible contribution to the world of disco after he left a remarkable legacy before his death in 1982 from AIDS-related illness. Known for his chart-topping disco hits, this one is a collection of vibrant covers of 60s garage and soul classics recorded during his prolific period from 1980 to 1982. From Behind then is full of all of Cowley's influences and blends psychedelic sounds into dancefloor-ready tracks that honour the songs that shaped him. The album arrives on both CD as here, but also vinyl, complete with great artwork.

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Menergy
Menergy (opaque teal & pink swirl vinyl 12")
Cat: SPEC 1454. Rel: 20 Aug 24
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Menergy (feat Sylvester)
Megatron Man (remix) (6:51)
Megatron Man (87 remix) (7:28)
Tags: Hi-NRG
 in stock $21.12
Malebox
Malebox (LP)
Cat: DE 305. Rel: 11 Nov 22
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
If You Feel It (4:41)
Floating (6:34)
Love & Passion (6:04)
Low Down Dirty Rhythm (feat Jeanie Tracy) (7:56)
Love Me Hot (5:15)
A Wicked Tool (3:50)
Review: Best known for producing chart-topping disco anthems like the Sylvester-fronted 'Do You Wanna Funk?' - that still crop up in DJs like Juan Atkins' sets to this day, Cowley died in 1982 due to an AIDS-related illness. He left an incredible body of work but since 2009, the Dark Entries label has been working with Cowley's friends and family to uncover the singular artist's lesser-known sides such as his soundtracks for gay pornographic films. Malebox brings us six more recent discoveries from the hidden archives, very much in the churning disco-funk and hi-NRG areas that we've come to know and love as trademark Cowley. Recorded from 1979-1981, one of Patrick's most creatively exciting periods, this bumper pack includes early Paul Parker demos 'If You Feel It' and 'Love Me Hot', a demo version of 'Low Down Dirty Rhythm' with Jeanie Tracy's vocals, plus 'Floating', 'Love and Passion' and 'A Wicked Tool', all infectious and brimming with joyfulness and futuristic exploration. Also included is an air mail envelope containing a letter from Patrick Cowley to French disco producer Pierre Jaubert as well as liner notes and hand-written lyrics. Malebox will be released on November 12, the 40th anniversary of Patrick's passing.
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 in stock $23.63
Afternooners
Afternooners (gatefold 2xLP + insert)
Cat: DE 185. Rel: 01 Aug 22
 
Coldwave/Synth
Big Shot (4:27)
Surfside Sex (6:14)
Hot Beach (5:44)
The Runner (6:52)
Furlough (4:42)
One Hot Afternoon (5:05)
Leather Bound (4:45)
Bore & Stroke (8:24)
Cycle Tuff (4:10)
Jungle Orchids (5:16)
Take A Little Trip (8:31)
Love Come Set Me Free (4:57)
Review: The final part of Dark Entries' long-running series of archival Patrick Cowley releases showcases tracks originally recorded for Afternooners, a late '70s gay porn film by director John Coletti. As with previous Cowley releases on Dark Entries, the double album also contains previously unheard material rediscovered from the Fox Studio archives. It's another essential collection of atmospheric synthesizer music in the producer's distinctive style, all told, with tracks ranging from the whistling cheeriness of "Hot Beach" and the sparkling, cowbell-laden throb of "One Hot Afternoon" to the dubbed-out, semi-ambient dreaminess of "Bore & Stroke" and the humid, upbeat "Jungle Orchid".
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School Daze
School Daze (gatefold 2xLP)
Cat: DE 052. Rel: 20 Jun 22
 
Experimental/Electronic
Zygote
Mockingbird Dream
Nightcrawler
Pagan Rhythms
Seven Sacred Pools
School Daze
He's Like You
Journey Home
Out Of Body
Primordial Landscape
Tides Of Man
Review: School Daze is a killer compilation put together by the Dark Entries label and the Honey Soundsystem crew, collating some of the early recordings produced by Patrick Cowley in the years between 1973-81 and were later used as soundtrack material in two gay porn films. You will probably know Cowley for his Hi-NRG output or 'that' Donna Summer remix or his behind the buttons work on Sylvester tracks. Be prepared for a surprise (well quite a few as the 'explicit content' warning on the cover lives up to its billing) as this collection presents Cowley as a producer capable of many styles and moods. The closest School Daze comes to the sound Cowley is most identified is opening track "Zygote" and from here the collection runs through primitive electronics, short bursts of wave and more with a few extended gems that highlight Cowley's talent for arrangement. One of the compilations of the year!
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Get A Little (Alan Dixon remixes)
Get A Little (Alan Dixon remixes) (180 gram blue vinyl 12")
Cat: SPEC 1874. Rel: 10 Jun 22
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Get A Little (Alan Dixon Love Attack mix) (7:31)
Get A Little (Alan Dixon DJ Friendly mix) (7:20)
Get A Little (album version) (6:06)
Get A Little (remix) (5:35)
Review: First released in 1981 in the wake of the muscular, robo-disco epics 'Megatron Man' and 'Menergy', 'Get a Little' has long been one of Patrick Cowley's most underrated singles - or at least far-less celebrated. As this reissue proves, the track has lost none of its lustre over the years. A full-vocal number featuring a super-catchy chorus, the original mix (B1) and contemporaneous remix (B2) sit somewhere between electrofunk, Cowley's own brand of electronic disco and what we'd now call Italo-disco. It's a far-sighted sound that still sounds fresh all these years on. The A-side of this edition also boasts two contemporary updates from Alan Dixon, who adds subtly beefed-up house beats and a tidy nu-disco feel on both the 'Love Attack' and 'DJ Friendly Mix' variations.
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Tags: Disco House | Hi-NRG
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Menergy (Purple Disco Machine remix)
Menergy (Purple Disco Machine remix) (limited translucent purple marbled vinyl 12")
Cat: SPEC 1864. Rel: 28 Feb 22
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Menergy (feat Sylvester - Purple Disco Machine remix) (7:42)
Menergy (Purple Disco Machine remix instrumental) (7:42)
Menergy (8:45)
Menergy (feat Sylvester) (7:11)
Menergy (reprise) (3:46)
Review: Gay anthems don't come louder or prouder than this evergreen gem from Patrick Cowley and Sylvester. Originally released in 1981, just a year before Cowley's tragic death but heralding the arrival of the Hi-NRG era of electronic disco, it's as brilliant and visionary now as it was at its inception. Now the classic gets a respectful re-touch from Purple Disco Machine, who offers up vocal and instrumental versions on the A side before three original versions stretch out on the flip. The difference between the remixes and originals is subtle, but with ingredients this potent, who's to complain when setting the party aflame?
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Tags: Hi-NRG
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Mind Warp
Mind Warp (limited purple marbled vinyl LP)
Cat: SPLP 7053PURPLE. Rel: 26 Nov 21
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Tech-No-Logical World (7:30)
Invasion (6:57)
They Came At Night (6:11)
Mind Warp (6:38)
Primitive World (3:05)
Mutant Man (4:48)
Going Home (6:08)
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Muscle Up
Muscle Up (2xLP)
Cat: DE 106LP. Rel: 07 Dec 15
 
Coldwave/Synth
Cat's Eye (5:31)
The Jungle Dream (13:12)
Deep Inside You (8:53)
Somebody To Love Tonight (7:36)
Pigfoot (2:13)
5oz Of Funk (4:17)
Don't Ask (7:00)
Uhura (4:49)
Timelink (11:00)
Mockingbird Dream 2 (8:15)
Review: Having previously impressed with their reissue of Patrick Cowley's brilliant, all-synthesizer soundtrack to obscure '70s gay porn flick School Daze, Dark Entries and Honey Sound System once again join forces to shine a light on the high energy disco pioneer's work for San Francisco's Fox Studios. Unsurprisingly, it's another impressive collection, and features material recorded for a number of different pornographic films. There are naturally more up-tempo moments - see "Somebody To Love Tonight", which would later be re-recorded with Sylvester, and the synth-weirdness-meets-jazz-funk brilliance of "5oz of Funk" - but it's the impressively cosmic and exotic ambient moments, such as the stand-out "Timelink" and "Jungle Magic", that really stand out.
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Do You Wanna Funk?
Do You Wanna Funk? (180 gram marbled vinyl 12")
Cat: SPEC 1829. Rel: 07 Jul 21
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
Patrick Cowley - "Do You Wanna Funk?" (feat Sylvester - remix 1) (6:25)
Patrick Cowley - "Do You Wanna Funk?" (feat Sylvester - remix 2) (6:26)
Sylvester - "Don't Stop" (6:53)
Review: It's an oldie but a goodie; Patrick Cowley and Sylvester's 1982 electronic disco classic 'Do You Wanna Funk' receives another worthy vinyl repress featuring two timeless remixes. The two versions on the A side are the most commonly heard ones, with Sylvester's unmistakeable falsetto underpinned by Cowley's adrenaline fuelled and trance inducing production. Over on the flip, we have the sweltering disco inferno of 'Don't Stop'.
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Tags: Hi-NRG
 in stock $21.12
Mechanical Fantasy Box: The Homoerotic Journals Of Patrick Cowley
Cat: 747801 Rel: 11 Nov 19
 
Journals of Patrick Cowley, with illustrations by Gwenael Rattke
Notes: Mechanical Fantasy Box is Cowley's homoerotic journal, or as he called it, "graphic accounts of one man's sex life." The journal begins in 1974 and ends in 1980 on his 30th birthday. It chronicles his slow rise to fame from lighting technician at The City Disco to crafting a ground-breaking 16-minute remix of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" to performing with Sylvester at the SF Opera House. Vivid descriptions are told of cruising in '70s SoMA sex venues to primal highs in Buena Vista Park and composing pornophonics in his Castro apartment. The entries are introspective and show a very out-front, alive person going through the throes of gay liberation post-Stonewall.

French-born artist and Berlin resident Gwenael Rattke works in collage, silkscreen, photography and Xerox graphics. Rattke's collage works borrow from the visual codes of the 60s and 70s. Intricate, ornamental and excessive, they present "an imagined past fired with beauty and sexual freedom." For this book Rattke created 25 original illustrations inspired by selected entries, 3 street maps documenting locations mentioned herein and 4 collages of photos, ephemera and notes Patrick stuffed inside the journal. We've included Patrick's doodles too, as well as introductory essays by Josh Cheon, Theresa McGinley and Jorge Socarras.
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