Various Artists - Deep Entries: Gay Electronic Excursions 1979-1985 (Various Artists) - VINYL LP

Dark Entries has raided the bathhouse to bring us Deep Entries Gay Electronic Excursions 1979-1985, 10 tracks of obscure queer synth bliss. One of Dark Entries' most important missions has been illuminating neglected facets of gay musical history, with crucial archival works by legends like Patrick Cowley, Sylvester, and Man Parrish. On Deep Entries, the tag spans 6 years of gay electronics-from sultry to angsty to camp, these songs are overflowing with snappy 808 snares and sinewy analog synth leads. The '80s were a difficult period for many in the gay community as they grappled with the horrors of the HIV/AIDS crisis. The 10 tracks on Deep Entries, varied in genre and vibe, are united in their portraiture of 1980s gay life, and the hope for love or fleeting romance. Previously unreleased cruising soundtracks come courtesy of Patrick Cowley's InchLove Me HotInch featuring vocalist Paul Parker and Boytronic's InchTonight (Alternate Mix)Inch set on Hamburg's famous InchMile of Sin.Inch Brisbane-based Megamen deliver the proto-electroclash number InchDesigned for Living, Inch which prefigures Madonna's Marlene Dietrich rap in InchVogue.Inch Trans vocalist Paula InchUlaInch Villagrá declares, InchEveryone is gay!Inch on Muzak's InchHappy Song, Inch a skittering tecnopop anthem. Dereck Higgins' InchThis Was SomethingInch rings like a lost Joy Division cut draped in bizarre effects, and Polar Praxis' Inch(I Want) To Be DifferentInch is a seething ode to alterity. Nightmoves' InchNightdrive, Inch is best known as the brooding instrumental B-side to their epochal InchTransdance.Inch Transistor Jet's InchMaster Of The Universe (BW's f-w)Inch, Maxx Mann's InchJust Like a RazorInch and Bachelor's Anonymous' InchA Stranger's BedInch are mood music for the pleasures of BDSM and one-night stands. The record comes housed in a retro bathhouse fantasy sleeve designed by Gwenaël Ratt