Kickin' In (Vinyl 12")

Despite only actively creating for six years, the music of Patrick Cowley has had an undeniable impact on dance music for the past four decades. One of the key players in mutating disco into electronic dance music, Cowley left behind countless unheard and unreleased tunes, which thankfully Dark Entries have been drip-feeding us steadily. This four track 12" EP features the heavily Cerrone-influenced Kickin' In and its instrumental, as well as two bass-tastic b-sides that have Cowley sharing salacious tales from the San Francisco gay scene of the 70s. - Flying Out

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, SF’s 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 Cowley’s 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.

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