Synths, Sex & San Francisco in The 1970s: Pat, Art, HiNRG & Me by Maurice Tani In the seventies I played with many people in many places but I had two main musical partners, Art Adcock and Pat Cowley. Pat became one of the pioneers in high-energy, electronic dance music. Tragically, he was one of the earliest victims of the AIDS epidemic and passed as he was rapidly ascending the ladder of success. That was 1982. Over the years, pockets of interest in Pat and his music would appear. When the internet appeared, I began to be contacted occasionally by people looking for information about him. I was struck by how passionate these people were and how widespread across the globe they were. They didn’t come often, but they kept coming. Then a group of DJs in San Francisco calling themselves Honey Soundsystem latched on and began issuing unreleased Cowley ... READ MORE
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