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Patrick Cowley
Hard Ware
๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฎโ๐จ โ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐โ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐, ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐-๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ก๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐ค๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ โ ๐ง๐๐ฌ, ๐จ๐๐ญ๐ช๐๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ข๐๐จ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐จ, ๐ฅ๐ช๐ก๐จ๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ช๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐จ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ.
Originally conceived as a soundtrack-style project, the album reveals Cowley operating at full voltage: extended sequencer workouts, pounding basslines, and relentless arpeggios that blur the line between Hi-NRG, proto-techno and industrial electronics. Tracks unfold with a cinematic sense of movement, locking mechanical precision to ecstatic release.
Unlike his more song-oriented work, โHard Wareโ is focused on momentum and physicality. The machines lead, melodies surface briefly before dissolving back into rhythm, and repetition becomes a tool for hypnosis rather than restraint. Itโs club music imagined as architecture โ rigid, luminous, and unapologetically forward.
Now rightly regarded as a crucial document of Cowleyโs experimental edge, โHard Wareโ stands as a bridge between underground disco, electronic body music and the harder futures that followed. A bold, enduring statement from one of electronic musicโs most visionary figures.
A1
Hellfire
A2
Tech-No
B1
Spellbinding Lover
B2
Pajama Party Massacre
B3
Big Ass In Motion
C1
Shake It Up
C2
Perk It Up
C3
Jungle Jump
D1
Megablue
D2
Ice Age








