Patrick Cowley

𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙-𝙙𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞-𝙣𝙧𝙜 — 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙨 𝙗𝙮 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝘾𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 — 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙗, 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙙, 𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚.

Compiled by Dark Entries and Honey Soundsystem, this final volume of Cowley’s archival adult film scores is a raw window into his studio mind — tape-loop psychedelia, proto-techno pulses, and queer futurism wrapped in analog synths. These were made outside the club spotlight, but they carry the same innovation that defined his better-known work with Sylvester, Indoor Life, and the Megatone catalogue.

A document of both a lost scene and an artist who helped invent what came after, this is Cowley beyond the hits — unfiltered, ahead of its time, and essential listening for anyone tracing the roots of electronic music.