Review: 'Primitive World' is perhaps not one of the late, great Patrick Cowley's most celebrated tracks - it was initially featured on the flipside of his 1982 album 'Mind Warp' - but it is a banger; albeit an annoyingly short one that was deserving of more club-friendly treatments. Step forward HiFi Sean, who has delivered an expansive suite of revisions. His main, EP-opening mix extends Cowley's original, percussion-rich, chant-sporting Afro-disco groove while also adding twisted acid lines and more intergalactic electronics, while the accompanying 'Dub' removes the vocals while smothering key elements in oodles of delay and reverb. For those who love playing around in the mix, he's also offered up some choice DJ tools in the shape of a chant-along acapella and sweat-soaked 'beats' mix.
Review: Unidisc reissue a cut from disco legend Patrick Cowley that was a big club hit a full 40 years ago - albeit this particular version, with Sylvester singing, wasn't actually released until 1984 (the original recording, taken from 1981's 'Megatron Man' album, had a female vocal). That catapults us right back to the point where disco was morphing into hi-NRG, which tells you pretty much everything you need to know about the Original! The Purple Disco Machine Remix and Instrumental, meanwhile, don't flip the script in any radical way, the Deutsche disco don simply beefing up the 4/4 kicks for greater crossover appeal on house floors.
Review: The final part of Dark Entries' long-running series of archival Patrick Cowley releases showcases tracks originally recorded for Afternooners, a late '70s gay porn film by director John Coletti. As with previous Cowley releases on Dark Entries, the double album also contains previously unheard material rediscovered from the Fox Studio archives. It's another essential collection of atmospheric synthesizer music in the producer's distinctive style, all told, with tracks ranging from the whistling cheeriness of "Hot Beach" and the sparkling, cowbell-laden throb of "One Hot Afternoon" to the dubbed-out, semi-ambient dreaminess of "Bore & Stroke" and the humid, upbeat "Jungle Orchid".
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