High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines

High Energy: Disco on Amphetamines (2019)

February 19th, 20190h 55min

Documentary, History, Music, TV Movie
65%

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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