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Patrick Cowley - Jorge Socarras

Catholic (CD)

Macro Records (Germany) / CD release 2009; Originally recorded 1976-1979 / MACRO M14
CD in poly sleeve

Producer: Patrick Cowley and Jorge Socarras
Arranged by Patrick Cowley at his home studio, 1976-1979
Executive producer of 2009 release: Jorge Socarras and Stefan Goldmann

Jorge Socarras: vocals, additional keyboards and percussion (except #1)
Patrick Cowley: synthesizers, drum machines, guitars, bass guitar, drums, backing vocals, main vocals on #1

1. Memory Fails Me 4:20


2. Robot Children (Do You Love Your) 4:57


3. I Never Want To Fall In Love 2:40


4. I'll Come See You 5:25


5. I Remember 3:28


6. Cars Collide 3:16


7. Eddie Go To My Head 4:17


8. Room 3:27


9. Soon 5:04


10. You Laugh At My Face 5:23


11. I Am Your Tricks 4:23


12. In And Out 4:26


13. Burn Brighter Flame 6:37


14. Hurdy Gurdy Man 6:22

Patrick Cowley's and Jorge Socarras' Catholic is the long lost album by one of dance music's most influential producers that finally sees the light of day. Contains an incredible array of synth-driven innovation, electronic music's history books will be rewritten. Catholic's range from minimalistic proto-techno to synth-driven post punk still sounds as fresh as it is unique.

Patrick Cowley (1950-1982) remains one of Disco's most influential artists and a key producer of the genre. With seminal hits such as Do Ya Wanna Funk, Menergy and Megatron Man, his work for Disco superstar Sylvester and of course his million-selling remix of Donna Summer's I Feel Love, he created the soundtrack for a whole generation. Artists like Depeche Mode, The Pet Shop Boys and New Order cite Patrick Cowley as a major influence. With a whole new global Disco aficionado scene, now playing his records every weekend across the world's clubs, this release is about to hit the streets right on time.

It's nothing less than a once in a lifetime sensation that Macro Records announces the release of a full unreleased Cowley album, written and performed in collaboration with Indoor Life vocalist, Jorge Socarras. No re-issue, no material scrapped by the artists, but a work Cowley took four years to perfect! The original release got delayed for three decades due to Cowley's tragic death due to AIDS in 1982.

Recorded between 1976 and 1979, Catholic is a genre-bending concept album with a range from minimalistic proto-techno to synth-driven post punk - predating LCD Soundsystem and The Rapture by almost thirty years. It was in fact so ahead of anything known at the time that it wouldn't sound retro if it was recorded just now. It shows a much broader range than any Cowley or Socarras material available and gives a totally new perspective to one of the most inspiring eras in music history.

Catholic will be released in stores for Patrick Cowley's birthday on October 19th, 2009.

The original album master recording disappeared after Cowley's death and resurfaced in 2008, when former Megatone Records co-owner John Hedges moved to Miami. Local San Francisco DJ, Ken Woodard found it in the basement when helping Hedges move his record collection. By chance Macro A&R, Stefan Goldmann was DJing in San Francisco that week and ended up flying back to Berlin with the master and a plan.

After thorough search, Macro was able to clear the rights and track down Jorge Socarras in New York, so that with a delay of 30 years the album can now be heard by everyone.

Catholic meticulously restored by mastering guru, Rashad Becker at D+M, will be accompanied by a series of remix singles featuring remixes by the likes of Morgan Geist (Metro Area), KiNK(Rush Hour) and Mark Ernestus (Basic Channel)...

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