{"product_id":"patrick-cowley-menergy-megatron-man-opaque-teal-with-pink-black-swirls-vinyl-lp","title":"Patrick Cowley – Menergy \/ Megatron Man, Opaque Teal with pink\/black swirls, 33 ⅓ RPM 12\" Vinyl","description":"\u003ch3 class=\"hide_mobile label_and_cat\"\u003ePatrick Cowley – Menergy \/ Megatron Man, Opaque Teal with pink\/black swirls, 33 ⅓ RPM 12\" Vinyl\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"hide_mobile label_and_cat\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFactory Sealed (New)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-jss-groupItem-171\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pdp-jss-groupItem-170\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn the late 1970s, producer Patrick Cowley‘s work on Sylvester’s Step II album (as well as an epic 15 minute megamix of Donna Summer’s I Feel Love) gave the young San Francisco producer a pedestal from which to launch a solo career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn 1981, Cowley released the Menergy EP on Fusion Records, with its title track arguably one of the high-water marks of the Hi-NRG genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOpening with Vangelis-style lushness, the track descends into a pulsing electro riff backed by lyrics bursting with sexual energy “The boys in the back room \/ Laughin’ it up \/ Shootin’ off energy \/ The guys in the street talk checkin’ you out \/ Talkin’ ’bout Menergy…”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOne can only imagine what it sounded like at the Paradise Garage, or similar timeless venues of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt’s also one of the first dance tracks to adopt a ‘drop’, a hallmark of modern EDM. As Gawker’s Rich Juzwiak observed in 2013, the drop in this instance is “particularly exhilarating, […] because it functions as a climax in a song so sexual. There are three of these drops that build and explode (shooting into the air like…a spaceship) in this song. “Menergy” is multi-orgasmic.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSadly, Cowley never got the opportunity to build on the success of Menergy, and the well-received Megatron Man album that followed; in November 1982, he died at the age of 32, an early victim of the then-relatively unknown AIDS virus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGroundbreaking at the time, his passing meant that Cowley’s music would be forever embedded in 1982, for future musical archaeologists – New Order, Depeche Mode, Daft Punk, Pet Shop Boys et al – to unearth.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"LPs New","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48965166235841,"sku":null,"price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1407\/4970\/files\/PatrickCowley_Menergy_MegatronMan_OpaqueTealwithpink_blackswirlsVinylLP.jpg?v=1738722738","url":"https:\/\/hathillrecords.com.au\/products\/patrick-cowley-menergy-megatron-man-opaque-teal-with-pink-black-swirls-vinyl-lp","provider":"Hat Hill Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}