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High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 19, 2019

Runtime

0h 55m

Genres

Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie

User Score

65%

Original Title

High energy : le disco survolté des années 80

Production Companies

ARTE GEIE, Flair Productions, Kaos Films, RTBF, Universal Music France

Director

Olivier Monssens

Description

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.