Patrick Joseph Cowley came to San Francisco shortly after the 1967 Summer of Love to study music at City College of San Francisco, focusing primarily on the synthesizer. Within several years, he ...

It doesn’t take much of an imagination to picture sweaty, half-naked men exploring the bounds of their bodies while Patrick Cowley’s 1981 track “Menergy” blasts from the speakers. Mostly because ...

A newly uncovered collection of songs from electronic music and disco icon Patrick Cowley is being released. Mechanical Fantasy Box, a collection of music he made between 1973 and 1980, is out October ...

Better than: It's hard to compare, honestly. The “golden age of San Francisco dance music” is how writer and musician David Diebold refers to the brief window of time between 1978 and 1983 in his ...

October 8, 2019 • Real Life Rock & Roll Band applies minimalist techniques to its countrified motorik-emo and essential reissues rescue El Wali's Sarahan desert jams and Patrick Cowley's synth rippers ...