High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

Feb 19, 2019

0h 55m

★ 6.5

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.

Genres

Documentary

History

Music

TV Movie

Production Companies

ARTE GEIE

Flair Productions

Kaos Films

RTBF

Universal Music France

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Cast

Self - Narrator (voice)

Olivier Monssens

Self - DJ

Dwayne Holt

Self - Musician

Fancy

Self - Singer

Evelyn Thomas

Self - DJ

Bobby Viteritti

Self - Singer

Denyse LePage

Self - DJ

Pete Waterman

Self - Sound Engineer

Dan Lacksman

Self - Musician

Carmelo La Bionda

Self - Musician

Michelangelo La Bionda

Self - Musician

Ivana Spagna

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Michael Cretu

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