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Disco's Secret Master: Patrick Adams

Barney Hoskyns, eMusic.com, December 2007

NOTWITHSTANDING the splendid Hercules & Love Affair, Disco has precious few cult heroes. That once-reviled dilution of funk boasts its share of cult DJs and labels but not many recognized geniuses. It was always deemed too trivial, hedonistic, and mechanical to support the concept of musical greatness.

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