High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines (2019)
• February 19th, 2019 • 0h 55min
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.
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