i never want to fall in love

Disco legend and gay icon Patrick Cowley has seen a renaissance recently, with much credit going to the boys of Honey Soundsystem for helping to bring collaborative tapes between Cowley and Jorge Socarras to light. Catholic is an amazing album, filled with disco-punk energy, meditative and emotional synth-based tracks, and vocals that often recall a gayer Ian Curtis. Today, I'm giving you a piece that is more post-punk than disco, and sort of sums up my state of mind quite often, though I tend to fall in love quite easily....

Patrick Cowley & Jorge Socarras- I Never Want To Fall In Love

Do go buy the album— it is a real treat.

heat waves

Apologies for yesterday-- was settling into the new apartment, getting some shelves for my records (finally), and drinking tequila with the friends.

Today, though, I'm giving you one of best disco tracks to ever come out of my new home-- Patrick Cowley's "Sea Hunt." If you don't know about Patrick Cowley, I would suggest you go here. "Sea Hunt" is shimmering, 121 bpm track that pretty much gives credence to Cowley's legend as one of the pioneers of electronic dance music. Along with this track and "Menergy," his work with Sylvester is also tops, as I'm sure you know. I can't say much more about this track, as it is so damn good that it speaks for itself. I will say, however, that it is truly sad that Cowley left us too early, not only because of his fantastic musical skills, but also because he was one fine-looking man.

Patrick Cowley- Sea Hunt

Tomorrow, I'm thinking a classic edit from Theo Parrish.

you're my friend and my lover

If you don't know who Sylvester is, then perhaps it is best that you read about him over here. The original male diva, Sylvester worked quite a bit with producer Patrick Cowley, one of the pioneers of the Hi-NRG disco sound that came out of San Francisco in the mid-to-late 1970s and had spread throughout the dance world by 1980. "I Need You" was his biggest hit at the beginning of the '80s, and so it makes sense that house legend Ron Hardy would remix the track, extending it to an eight-minute long epic of Sylvester and his Cockettes wailing "I Need You" like a mantra. The song is not desperate, but a sincere and soulful expression of love that comes across too rarely in contemporary house music. A classic track that bridges the gap between disco and early house quite nicely-- recommended!

Sylvester- I Need You (Ron Hardy Remix)

Tomorrow, a surprise!