High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

55 mins | Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie | Feb. 19, 2019

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.

High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

55 mins | Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie | Feb. 19, 2019

High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines
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.
Producers RTBF, ARTE GEIE, Kaos Films, Flair Productions, Universal Music France
Original title High energy : le disco survolté des années 80
Directors Olivier Monssens
Writers Olivier Monssens

Cast

Olivier Monssens

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Dwayne Holt

as Self - DJ

Fancy

as Self - Musician

Evelyn Thomas

as Self - Singer

Bobby Viteritti

as Self - DJ

Denyse LePage

as Self - Singer

Pete Waterman

as Self - DJ

Ian Levine

as Self - DJ

Dan Lacksman

as Self - Sound Engineer

Carmelo La Bionda

as Self - Musician

Michelangelo La Bionda

as Self - Musician

Ivana Spagna

as Self - Musician

Michael Cretu

as Self - Musician (archive footage)

Donna Summer

as Self - Singer (archive footage)

Ian Levine

as Self - DJ