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Hi-NRG en · NOUN

Etymology

Phonetic respelling of high-energy.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A style of uptempo disco or electronic dance music that originated in the United States and United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
   • During the late 1980s Italo began fading away and some groups moved into the Hi-NRG genre, which combined high-paced Italo and house. 2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Dance Music:
   • As a regular visitor to New York's Saint and resident at the newly opened Heaven in London, Levine also pioneered hi-NRG – the sound of gay dancefloors worldwide that was later co-opted by Stock, Aitken & Waterman and sold on as pre-teen pop. 2010, Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, The Record Players: DJ Revolutionaries, Black Cat, →ISBN, page 81:

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