High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines (2019)

02/19/2019 (BE) • 55m

Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie

Overview

By the end of the seventies, disco music, considered too mainstream, was dead. But DJs and dance floors still needed new records and faster rhythms. Built on synthesizer sounds, the hi-nrg (high energy) style swept the gay clubs before hitting the charts during the eighties.

Top Billed Cast

Olivier Monssens

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dwayne Holt

Self - DJ

Fancy

Self - Musician

Evelyn Thomas

Self - Singer

Denyse LePage

Self - Singer

Pete Waterman

Self - DJ

Dan Lacksman

Self - Sound Engineer

Carmelo La Bionda

Self - Musician


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

drug abuse

aids

1970s

gay club

club scene

music production

1980s

disco music

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