The Story Of High Energy Music
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- Never seen before, not until now, this detailed history was filmed in 2002 and has now been made available for the fans. It contains some treasured interviews of people no longer with us. Bear in mind when watching people's comments that they spoke them over sixteen years ago. This is a cut down edited version from the original seven hours, so therefore, over half of the artists credited on it, are omitted from this version, which we edited together as a greatest hits version.
Fantastic brings back all my years working at Fire Island Edinburgh what a great time we had
Fire Island Village people would have been song!
This is simply brilliant Ian.
Didn’t know this existed. I love high energy music and used to follow all the tracks you released as singles. Will never forget hearing your record shack double compilation lp for the sheer power and drive of the high energy beat. What a lot of memories this dvd has brought back and for the first time I can see the full story.
Absolutely loved it
6:42 Ian Levine dice que es el pionero de todo el movimiento Electronic Dance Music incluido la NRG (HI-NRG)? 😂😂😂...
Este sujeto tiene alguna idea de lo que es la EDM Concreta, la NRG y quien es Giorgio Moroder?
El NRG nace en 1977 y es el primer género de la EDM Concreta...el padre fundador y pionero es Giorgio Moroder.
Ian Levine no sabe lo que dice.
El NRG dentro de la EDM Concreta se forja de la misma música electrónica...NRG no se forma de la Disco, Funk, R&B, Motown, Krautrock (Kraftwerk) etc.
6:40 Ian Levine pionner of EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
El padre y pionero es Giorgio Moroder
How in the hell can you talk about HiNRG without including Sylvester and Patrick Cowley shameful.
You are 1'00% correct. What about Bobby O?? Trans X?? Stacey Q?? Fred Ventura?? Divine?? The Flirts?? Tapps?? and many, many more.
This is not a documentary of High Energy music, this is something else.
6:40 Ian Levine dice que es el pionero de todo el movimiento Electronic Dance Music incluido la NRG (HI-NRG)? 🤣
Este sujeto tiene alguna idea de lo que es la EDM Concreta, la NRG y quien es Giorgio Moroder?
El NRG nace en 1977 y es el primer género de la EDM Concreta junto al Synthpop y el Electro...el padre fundador y pionero es Giorgio Moroder.
Ian Levine no sabe lo que dice.
El NRG dentro de la EDM Concreta se forja de la misma música electrónica (Post Concreta, Moog, Experimental & Sountrack) de finales del 50s y los 60s)...NRG no se forma de la Disco, Funk, R&B, Motown, Pop Clasico ni el Krautrock (Kraftwerk) etc.
Sylvester y Cowley son irrelevantes a la hora de hablar del origen y bases concretas del NRG (HI-NRG) dentro de la EDM Concreta.
Lo imperdonable es en el 6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
This is an excellent thread. This guy Ian has his place in this fantastic genre for sure. Yet Moroder, Bobby O. (with and without The Flirts)Patrick Cowley (with and without Sylvester) Gino Soccio, and Denis Lepage of Lime fame as well as Kathmandu were my favorite producers. I don't want to rank these guys as everyone has their particular favs. I like Patrick Cowley work above all. The Teen Planet album he produced is a masterpiece... all the songs 🎵 are great.
Thanks for including my vocals for the opening track :)
Beautiful voice! Do you know what the track is called? Can't seem to find it
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Thanks, the track is called "One way ticket to love" :)
@@sheilahart6502 Thank you, I've just found it :) I tried searching those words, but just found loads of stuff that wasn't it.
I sat down today really looking forward to this, and was only half happy, it was more of a Ian Levine showcase rather than the story of High Energym where was the great HINRG classics LIME, Lisa (rocket to your heart), People Like Us, Angie Gold, Divine...Firtations Earthquake?? etc etc, a very one sided look at the genre
Yeah, it's more of a UK documentary, which is fine. I liked Canadian and U.S. Hi NRG more, as well as Freestyle. Not to mention all the great Italian and German Euro Disco sounds.. it's all Synth Disco.
@@HiNRGboy USA High Energy is the real high energy. Fact.
@@psmaia82 Canadian record labels like Matra, Tojo, and Power records were promoted as High Energy in both Montreal and Toronto.. why would you say US is the only High Energy? And UK also had a strong High Energy presence. Canada had the very best High Energy acts and producers too that could easily out do anything from the US and UK. I know you're thinking of Patrick Cowley, Sylvester, Paul Parker and Lisa..they're fine and all, but they can't beat Lime, Tapps, Vera, Stephanie Wells, Susan Stevens, Carol Jiani, Vanelle, Eve, Purple Flash, Eria Fachin, Suzy Q, Rainbow, and many more.
@HiNRGboy you make good points. I tend to agree with your opinions but think people simply have their own favorites. Of those you listed, Carol Jiana's Hit and Run Lover is for me an all-time top 3 dance hit, Lime is probably the top overall act along of straight dancing music at least their songs were the most popular at the better clubs. They had the most hits a factor that must be considered. Cowley with Sylvester come next and Bobby O. with The Flirts third. Donna Summer gets the "Queen of Disco" label and she was classy and great too. I think she deserves mentioning. There are many many other great artists to be sure but just like in other genres, for example rock, the bands with the most hits such The Beatles, The Stones and Zeppelin, etcetera... are on top of most best bands lists because of bigger numbers of hits. Doesn't mean they have to be your and anyone's favorite by the way. Cheers!
So nice to see Fiachra Trench, who co-wrote so many hits with Ian. (Never seen him until now)
I'd also like to say to Ian Levine, you will never know how much pleasure your songs have brought me. Dancing my arse off for hours and hours in Hi Nrg heaven, not a care in the world, and most importantly, being surrounded by people like me - we had our own pubs & nightclubs and music made for us - there was still a lot of homophobia around, and it was just amazing to have our own places and music.
The very very best of times, with friends who are no longer here and i still miss them to this day.
Thanks ,Ian & Fiachra, you are my favourite songwriters of all time.
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
This just brings back so many memories. Even the excitement of ordering and receiving a hard to get HI-NRG 12 inch disk in the 80's. Brilliant times
How Brilliant! Reminds me of Mandate, Pokeys and those amazing clubs back in the day. Hope to see the full length version of this one day. Thanks Ian! ❤️🎹❤️
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
Ian you are one of my heroes & always will be! Record Shack Records was amazing & still is!!
Best music ever!!!! Grow up with this music as a young child at disco dancing championships great shame so much of it never made the uk top 40 wonder why maybe if it was played more on the radio or in mainstream clubs then it would of done? I STILL play hi nrg today best dance music.was surprised there was nothing on Norma Lewis on of the all time greats and vids of the beautiful Tracy Ackerman wonder if there is any of her apart the get here single she did but anyway thanks Ian
I'm too young to have been around for most of this, but I love the music. Love's Gone Mad is SUCH an earworm... You should upload this high quality version separately, since all the other copies on CZcams seem to have come off of an ancient VHS tape.
What a treasure! Thank you so much Ian!
How utterly fabulous! Wonderful memories!!
And high energy is still alive in 2020... yet ")
Are we not forgetting the legendary Bobby Orlando? The Famous producer???
And: Patrick Cowley before him? This guys are just talking about his own producing career Wich is fine but there were way more people doing it, not only in the US but in Germany, United kingdom, Italy, Canada and even Mexico.
@@josemorales5117 yes! Canada was amazing for Hi NRG style, so was US and Italy, and Germany....In Italy and Germany it was a little different but same style just about, called Italo and Euro Disco.... All of it is my favorite music!
My thoughts exactly, how is there a 3 hour video about High Energy music with no mention of Bobby Orlando 👀
6:42 Ian Levine dice que es el pionero de todo el movimiento Electronic Dance Music incluido la NRG (HI-NRG)? 😂😂😂...
Este sujeto tiene alguna idea de lo que es la EDM Concreta, la NRG y quien es Giorgio Moroder?
@@HiNRGboyEl NRG nace en 1977 y es el primer género de la EDM Concreta...el padre fundador y pionero es Giorgio Moroder.
Ian Levine no sabe lo que dice.
El NRG dentro de la EDM Concreta se forja de la misma música electrónica...NRG no se forma de la Disco, Funk, R&B, Motown, Krautrock (Kraftwerk) etc.
Thank you Ian for sharing your superb documentary here.
I grew up listening to Hi Nrg music from being 18, I'm now 48! It's an upbeat happy feel good music. I still listen to it now, and enjoy discovering artists I didn't hear of back in the 80's. I loved that Hi Nrg had it's roots firmly in Disco, and it's branches grew into Hi Nrg, Boys - Town, Italo Disco, then Eurobeat. I loved all the different locations sounds. USA, Bobby Orlando, Grant Miller, Modern Rocketry, Sylvester, Divine, Miquel Brown, Evelyn Thomas, Barbara Pennington, Earlene Bentley. Canada, Lime. UK, Angie Gold, Eddie Huntingdon, Hazell Dean, Germany, Modern Talking, CC Catch, Joy Peters, Fancy, Sweet Connection, Lian Ross. Italy, Fred Ventura, Fun Fun, Spagna, Ken Lazslo. I was always amazed how Mexico, Japan and Russia loved Hi Nrg too.
I hope your health is improving Ian. Thank you for all your hard work over the years, giving us great music that we can enjoy and hold treasured memories forever.
Shaun, Nottingham, UK
Cool, Hi-Nrg, Italo and Eurobeat are part of the Disco family
El NRG (HI-NRG) se forja de la EDM Concreta y es su género inicial y primario (junto al Synthpop y Electro)...todo esto es Música Electrónica.
La EDM y sus géneros matrices no se forjan del Disco (Funk Soul, Motown, R&B etc)
this is not the real High Energy sorry..
the Ducommentary based on a real high energy hit by Evelyn Thomas is very weak. Although the High Energy style was more successful in the UK, true High Energy was produced in the USA by pioneers such as Patrick Cowley and Bobby ''O''.
Incredible. I've always dreamed of something like this and having been there from the start of It all it's truly amazing.
A fabulous documentary for a genre I love. I love songs from both Passion and Record Shack Records. There is nothing quite like Hi-NRG. I enjoy the music videos/performances as well!
Great documentary, Ian. I had it off you on VHS tapes when we first met, but I much prefer to watch it here. Oh, to have been there back in those days!
Thanks Ian. . I've admired you from the very early days..
I had no idea that I recorded these pieces to camera all those years ago; thanks for reminding me. I did sound rather plummy though! Ian, you have given so much to dance music over so many years - congratulations and thanks; Heaven would have been Hell without your contribution.
6:42 Ian Levine dice que es el pionero de todo el movimiento Electronic Dance Music incluido la NRG (HI-NRG)? 😂😂😂...
Este sujeto tiene alguna idea de lo que es la EDM Concreta, la NRG y quien es Giorgio Moroder?
El NRG nace en 1977 y es el primer género de la EDM Concreta junto al Synthpop y la Electro...el padre fundador y pionero es Giorgio Moroder.
Ian Levine no sabe lo que dice.
El NRG dentro de la EDM Concreta se forja de la misma música electrónica...NRG no se forma de la Disco, Funk, R&B, Motown, Krautrock (Kraftwerk) etc.
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
I can honestly say that this has taken me right back to the early eighties. All the memories of Norman, Tricky Dicky, Bolts and all the fantastic tunes of my early LGBT years. Thankyou Ian and the crew for making my life feel worthwhile even if it was on the dancefloor up and down the country.
A story about High-Energy Music without Patrick Cowley is an inclompete story.
El NRG (HI-NRG) se puede explicar perfectamente sin Cowley.
Lo que es imperdonable es explicar el NRG sin Giorgio Moroder.
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
This documentary is very weak, many of the artists shown here had no relevance in the ''era'' of true high energy, only Evelyn Thomas's hit is very poor! We missed showing the real main ones of high energy electronic disco, Patrick Cowley and Bobby ''O''.
I can smell the poppers and the heavy thumping air of Heaven on a Saturday night.
Many thanks!!
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
This does tend to focus on lan Levine productions which is fine , but it’s only a fraction of the diverse hinrg output that was available in the 80’s , as reflected in the boys town hi nrg chart that was published weekly in record mirror .
Great job! I love High Energy 💓
1984 was a great year to come out and discover the Manchester GAY Scene and all these classic tunes.Great documentary thanks to all concerned.
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
No existe una base electrónica g @ y y el modelo electrónico NRG (EDM Concreta) no se basa en tu concepto...🐵
Thanks so much for this. Brings back great memories of all the fantastic music from that time.
Love it, Thanks for posting
great work ian. LOVE YOUR MUSIC
Fabulous, I'm feeling happy to knowing about the story behind high energy. Thanks for share
That was joyous. I really enjoyed that. I watched it as research for a college assignment I'm doing on Hi NRG music.
Great to hear about Passion and Nightmare Records especially. Along with the story behind Croisette and others..
Ian, you work with the best vocalists. 👍🎶🎶
PARA MI ES UN DOCUMENTAL MUY INCOMPLETO, NUNCA HACEN MENCIÓN DE LOS MEJORES PRODUCTORES DEL HIGH ENERGY COMO PATRICK COWLEY Y EL PROPIO BOBY ORLANDO.
What about Bobby O?? Trans X?? Stacey Q?? Fred Ventura?? Divine?? The Flirts?? Tapps?? Dead or Alive??
This is not a documentary of High Energy music, this is something else.
6:40 Ian Levine dice que es el pionero de todo el movimiento Electronic Dance Music incluido la NRG (HI-NRG)? 🤣
Este sujeto tiene alguna idea de lo que es la EDM Concreta, la NRG y quien es Giorgio Moroder?
El NRG nace en 1977 y es el primer género de la EDM Concreta junto al Synthpop y el Electro...el padre fundador y pionero es Giorgio Moroder.
Ian Levine no sabe lo que dice.
El NRG dentro de la EDM Concreta se forja de la misma música electrónica (Post Concreta, Moog, Experimental & Sountrack) de finales del 50s y los 60s)...NRG no se forma de la Disco, Funk, R&B, Motown, Pop Clasico ni el Krautrock (Kraftwerk) etc.
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
correct. this documentary is about what do the British mean by high energy like stock aitken waterman lol
incroyable music (notre belle époque) 👌❤❤❤❤❤❤❤💋
Can someone upload this documentary: High Energy: The Revival of Disco (2019) ?
Thanks !
El NRG (HI-NRG) no nace de la música Disco, Funk, R&B, Motown, Krautrock etc...el NRG se forja y nace de la misma Música Electrónica en el inicio de su evolución a EDM en 1977.
El padre, pionero y fundador es Giorgio Moroder.
HRG is a branch of Disco
Wow :)
Will you ever post the full version?
I would have called the High Energy start in the 70's, yes the Tramps Disco Inferno and Barbera Pennington 24 hours, but maybe the 80's is where it kicked off. I got married in '78 and that was the end of that. Neil Diamond & listening to the Eagles then took over for me, not by choice you understand, but I had to change my genre...
Oh Yeah!
A great account but very one sided, Ian did do a lot with out a doubt and his input could never be denied. However before "so many men," there were loads of tracks that were dance floor hits on every gay dance floor. Before Hazell Dean had a hit with "searching," we were dancing to "jealous love." " I believe in dreams," a rewording of "lovers theme," sung by Ellie Warren and I think even that was a rewording. "Don't stop the train," Phyliss Nelson. "Eat you up," Angie Gold, "Too sir with love," Vickie Sue Robinson, "dancing the night away," Vogue, " Crusing the streets," Boys town gang. So so many more and for me the one that started it all was "Hit and run lover."
So many songs, I'd forgotten 'dance the night away' .. I have so many of these 12" stored in my garage and no idea what to do with them all..
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
Ian Levine ni siquiera es pieza importante de la 2da generación del NRG, Italo & Synthpop (EDM 80s) como Tonet, PWL, Claudio S., Orlando o Cowley.
Great opinion @nnuaman1 !!!
Good documentary Just a shame that it doesn't really cover the hi-nrg music of the 80s. Just the input of Ian Levine.
Is there anywhere I can find a tracklist/soundtrack for this documentary? Cheers
All songs are produced by ian levine. evelyn thomas seventh avenue croisette carol jiani miquel brown etc so u just go to discogs and type ian levine and u will get an exhaustive playlist. all great songs
Hi-NRG Forever
Great job this documentary. High Energy Disco was the real thing and not House. House was not music. It was a set of techniques to enrich music, not a standalone music. And the cherry on top, a live from Jackie Rawe.
@@lashid4u371 For me, no. For others yes.
@@meryplays8952
We should enjoy EDM regardless, not need to downplay one genre over another.
Back in the day they were DJ's that would mix these two wonderful music genre together and create wonderful mixes.
chicago"s WBMX come to mind, also, Los Angeles Power 106 F.M used to do the same, two different genres for 2 different audiences, both with very rich cultures, yet both have roots from the same tree.
@@rayochapin I agree, the Hi-NRG/House mixes are the best and both have roots from the same tree. I have problem with the repetitive meaningless songs.
It's very bad that a documentary about such an important aspect of electronic dance music was created in the USA, despite having more commercial success in the UK, being developed by 2 pioneers of the genre such as Patrick Cowley and Bobby ''0'' who have been forgotten! a shame
i recognize Candi Staton 's name . i guess someone in the UK would be more familiar . are they all singing the same song?
I heard a very parody of what is now 20th Century Studios in the beginning. (0:00:01)
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
Hello Ian, I tried to reproduce the combined KickBass Sound with LinnDrum- and SlapBass Samples but the result is awful:) Can you give me a secret Tip please? I meant the Song HighEnergy with Evelyn Thomas,sorry:)
Its the story of Ian. HNR of San Francisco, NY totally forgotten. Patrick Cowley, Bobby Orlando. Who? This is not the story of hnrg at all.
6:40 Ian Levine dice que es el pionero de todo el movimiento Electronic Dance Music incluido la NRG (HI-NRG)? 🤣
Este sujeto tiene alguna idea de lo que es la EDM Concreta, la NRG y quien es Giorgio Moroder?
El NRG nace en 1977 y es el primer género de la EDM Concreta junto al Synthpop y el Electro...el padre fundador y pionero es Giorgio Moroder.
Ian Levine no sabe lo que dice.
El NRG dentro de la EDM Concreta se forja de la misma música electrónica (Post Concreta, Moog, Experimental & Sountrack) de finales del 50s y los 60s)...NRG no se forma de la Disco, Funk, R&B, Motown, Pop Clasico ni el Krautrock (Kraftwerk) etc.
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
Orlando y Cowley son de la 2da generación de la EDM (NRG, Italo, Synthpop).
No son de la liga pioneros (EDM Concreta 70s) ni de las bases del NRG, Italo & Synthpop.
123👍!
o noooooo por favor pleased en español
6:40 Ian Levine dice que es el pionero de todo el movimiento Electronic Dance Music incluido la NRG (HI-NRG)? 🤣
Este sujeto tiene alguna idea de lo que es la EDM Concreta, la NRG y quien es Giorgio Moroder?
El NRG nace en 1977 y es el primer género de la EDM Concreta junto al Synthpop y el Electro...el padre fundador y pionero es Giorgio Moroder.
Ian Levine no sabe lo que dice.
El NRG dentro de la EDM Concreta se forja de la misma música electrónica (Post Concreta, Moog, Experimental & Sountrack) de finales del 50s y los 60s)...NRG no se forma de la Disco, Funk, R&B, Motown, Pop Clasico ni el Krautrock (Kraftwerk) etc.
6:40 Ian Levine pionero de la EDM y el género primario NRG? 🤣
Giorgio Moroder se debe estar riendo de este sujeto.
Relax dont it...
My god, I have no recollection of these pieces of mine to camera. My, I did have a plummy voice in those days. Well done Ian, your contribution to dance music over the years was groundbreaking. And how we all danced in Heaven.
What a bad documentation! Why is some music playing in the background that doesn't fit the story being told? The documentary actually perfectly reflects Ian Levine's professionalism: it's low.
exactly. what do the British mean by high energy is like stock aitken waterman lol haha
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