Patrick Cowley – Mechanical Fantasy Box - New 2 LP Record 2019 Dark Entries USA Vinyl - Electronic / Disco
Double vinyl LP pressing. Archive collection from the electronic dance music pioneer. Mechanical Fantasy Box is a collection of 13 unreleased songs recorded between 1973-80. Featuring Patrick's first electronic compositions in the Electronic Music Lab at CCSF when synthesizers were new technology to songs made at his semi-professional studio on Minna Street equipped with an Oberheim DS-2 digital sequencer. The sounds flows from funk to kraut to psychedelic ambient electronics inspired by Tomita and Krafterwerk. Some songs were mixed from 4-track stems by Joe Tarantino and all songs have been remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studio in Berkeley, CA. Proceeds from Mechanical Fantasy Box will be donated to the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, who have been committed to ending the pandemic and human suffering caused by HIV since 1982.
Patrick Cowley – Mechanical Fantasy Box
Tracklist
A1 | Out Of Body (Intro) | |
A2 | Right Here, Right Now | |
A3 | Broken Dishes | |
A4 | Breakdown | |
A5 | Moving Bodies I | |
B1 | Grisha's Tune | |
B2 | Sensitivity | |
B3 | Shrouds | |
C1 | Lumberjacks In Heat | |
C2 | Mechanical Fantasy Box | |
D1 | The Thrill of the Hunt | |
D2 | Before Original Sin | |
D3 | Sea Of China |
Credits
- Arranged By, Performer – Arthur Adcock (tracks: A5)
- Design – Gwenaël Rattke
- Mastered By – George Horn
- Mixed By, Transferred By – Joe Tarantino
Notes
A1 from Fox Studio archives courtesy John Coletti
A2,A3,A4 B1-B3,C1,C2,D1 from Short Circuit archives courtesy Maurice Tani
A5 courtesy James Cowley
D2 from Megatone Records archives courtesy John Hedges
D3 courtesy Paul Parker
Thank You: Maurice Tani, John Hedges, John Coletti, James Cowley, Paul Parker, Joe Tarantino, George Horn and Gwenaël Rattke.
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This album is dedicated to the memory of Patrick Cowley
(October 19, 1950 - November 12, 1982)
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