When disco faded from the mainstream in the early ’80s, hi-NRG emerged from underground queer clubs with faster tempos, pounding basslines, and unapologetic theatricality. It became both a soundtrack ...

Paul Parker is a contemporary of Hi-NRG music icon Patrick Cowley, and his musical stylings reflect as much. His first hit single, 1982’s “Right on Target,” was produced by Cowley and pulsates with ...