High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

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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 Cast

Olivier Monssens

Olivier Monssens

Self - Narrator (voice)

Dwayne Holt

Dwayne Holt

Self - DJ

Fancy

Fancy

Self - Musician

Evelyn Thomas

Evelyn Thomas

Self - Singer

Bobby Viteritti

Bobby Viteritti

Self - DJ

Denyse LePage

Denyse LePage

Self - Singer

Pete Waterman

Pete Waterman

Self - DJ

Dan Lacksman

Dan Lacksman

Self - Sound Engineer

Carmelo La Bionda

Carmelo La Bionda

Self - Musician

Michelangelo La Bionda

Michelangelo La Bionda

Self - Musician

Ivana Spagna

Ivana Spagna

Self - Musician

Michael Cretu

Michael Cretu

Self - Musician (archive footage)

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