Description
Dark Entries again shines a spotlight on bathhouse disco don Patrick Cowley with a newly remastered release of Kickin In. Although Cowley tragically passed from AIDS-related illness in 1982, he left an extensive archive of unreleased tapes, many of which Dark Entries has had the honor of releasing. While working as a lighting technician at The City, SFs disco cabaret, Cowley saw rising star Frank Loverde perform. Cowley asked Loverde to contribute vocals to some material in progress, and Frank, Linda Imperial, and Peggy Gibbons joined Cowley in the studio. The resulting songs included Kickin In, a 9-minute cybernetic disco stormer that taps into the essence of Cowleys hi-NRG sound: equal parts spaced out and zoned in on the dancefloor. In May 1978 Cowley joined Loverde on stage at The City to perform Kickin In as they opened for disco diva Sylvester.
Kickin In was initially released in 2015 via Honey Soundsystem who found the tapes in the basement of Megatone Records owner John Hedges. This newly remastered version was made possible due to the discovery of the original multi-track recordings of “Kickin In,” allowing for a fresh mixdown by Jim Hopkins as well as the creation of a new instrumental version. Also included are two impeccably sleazy Cowley jams recorded in 1980, Thief of Love and Make It ComeLoose.
This reissue of Kickin Inincludes features an illustration by Gwenal Rattke that originally appeared Cowleys erotic journal, Mechanical Fantasy Box, as well as a postcard with lyrics. Patrick parted the veil and entered a dark world of forbidden vices, wondrous musical panoramas and bold, strident, hopeful possibilities. Patrick brought the future to us and laid it at our feet. (via Label / David Diebold, Tribal Rites)
Label: Dark Entries
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 RPM, EP, Reissue
Country: US
Reissued: 2024 / Original Release: 2015
Genre: Electronic
Style: Disco, Leftfield
File under: Disco / Boogie / Funk
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