Hi-NRG

English

Alternative forms

• hi-NRG

Etymology

Phonetic respelling of high-energy.

Noun

Hi-NRG (uncountable)

1. (music) A style of uptempo disco or electronic dance music that originated in the United States and United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
   • 2010, Bill Brewster, Frank Broughton, The Record Players: DJ Revolutionaries, Black Cat, →ISBN, page 81:

     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.

   • 2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Dance Music:

     During the late 1980s Italo began fading away and some groups moved into the Hi-NRG genre, which combined high-paced Italo and house.

Further reading

• Hi-NRG on Wikipedia.Wikipedia