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Since 2009, Dark Entries has been working with Cowley’s friends and family to uncover the singular artist’s lesser-known sides, including his soundtracks for gay pornographic films, which the label chronicled on compilation albums \u003cem\u003eSchool Daze\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMuscle Up\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eAfternooners\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eHard Ware\u003c\/em\u003e presents the closing chapter in a trilogy of unreleased Cowley dancefloor bangers that began with 2022’s heavy-hitting Male Box and was continued with the soul and garage-inflected \u003cem\u003eFrom Behind\u003c\/em\u003e in 2024. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe most expansive release in said trilogy, \u003cem\u003eHard Ware\u003c\/em\u003e delivers ten tracks of pure, uncut Cowley: sultry, psychedelic, sarcastic, and just a bit sleazy. Cowley devotees will delight in “\u003cem\u003eTech-No\u003c\/em\u003e,” a sparse instrumental demo version of his epically dystopian “\u003cem\u003eTech-No-Logical World\u003c\/em\u003e.” You could soundtrack your next aerobics session with cheeky numbers like “\u003cem\u003ePajama Party Massacre\u003c\/em\u003e” or “\u003cem\u003eShake It Up\u003c\/em\u003e,” both of which feature Cowley himself on vocals. The frenetic “\u003cem\u003eBig Ass in Motion\u003c\/em\u003e” is built around samples from \u003cstrong\u003eRudy Ray Moore\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eand The Madam\u003c\/strong\u003e’s infamous “\u003cem\u003eSensuous Black Woman\u003c\/em\u003e,” an X-rated comedy record that would later feature in classic booty house records. Mid-tempo cosmic groovers are well-represented with jams like “\u003cem\u003eHellfire\u003c\/em\u003e” and “\u003cem\u003eMegablue\u003c\/em\u003e,” which perfectly capture Cowley’s bathhouse-in-outerspace sensibilities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo collection of Cowley’s work would be complete without an interstellar floor-filler, and we’ve got quite a few here, like “\u003cem\u003eJungle Jump\u003c\/em\u003e,” which pits whirling beats with dub-laced swirls of synth, or “\u003cem\u003eSpellbinding Lover\u003c\/em\u003e,” a \u003cstrong\u003eDonna Summer\u003c\/strong\u003e-indebted melancholic boogie masterpiece that features \u003cstrong\u003eSylvester\u003c\/strong\u003e backup singer \u003cstrong\u003eJeanie Tracy\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003eHard Ware\u003c\/em\u003e closes with the chilling synth-hymn ”\u003cem\u003eIce Age\u003c\/em\u003e,” in which \u003cstrong\u003eLoverde\u003c\/strong\u003e vocalist \u003cstrong\u003ePeggy Gibbons\u003c\/strong\u003e sings of a coming frosty apocalypse. The story told in “\u003cem\u003eIce Age\u003c\/em\u003e” mirrors the coming AIDS crisis and feels like a haunting premonition from Cowley. The record comes in a sleeve with a hand-airbrushed circuitboard-inspired design by \u003cstrong\u003eGwenaël Rattke\u003c\/strong\u003e, and includes lyrics as well as liner notes by \u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Ryce\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003ePeggy Gibbons\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cem\u003eHard Ware\u003c\/em\u003e is another crucial document of a tremendous talent taken too soon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e1. Hellfire\u003cbr\u003e2. Tech-No\u003cbr\u003e3. Spellbinding Lover (feat. \u003cstrong\u003eJeanie Tracy\u003c\/strong\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e4. Pajama Party Massacre\u003cbr\u003e5. Big Ass In Motion\u003cbr\u003e6. 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