Disco producer Denis LePage had a knack for drawing revellers to the dance floor, and in the heart of Montreal’s pumping 1980s nightlife, the musician's hitmaking skills were unmistakable.
With a stream of Billboard chart hits, LePage helped define an era of Canada’s discotheques as part of the duo Lime. LePage, who identified as non-binary and later took the name Nini Nobless, died Monday of cancer at age 74, said former manager Yvon Lafrance.
“All of the music that Denis did was a smash hit. People went crazy when they’d play ‘Your Love,’ ‘You’re My Magician’ and ‘Guilty.’”As a teenager, they performed in the band the Persuaders, and by the mid-1970s had formed the jazz-fusion act Le Pouls with then-wife Denyse LePage, a singer-songwriter in her own right.
Inspired by the sounds of Giorgio Moroder and Kraftwerk, the LePage duo had recorded an electro-disco project together. But they hadn’t settled on the title of their new act the night they walked into the Lime Light with a promotional copy of their first vinyl, said Chalifoux. As the disco pair chatted with Simard, it became clear they were somehow connected to the venue in a special way.
Lime delivered another floor filler with 1982’s mirrorball booty shaker "Babe, We're Gonna Love Tonight,” which peaked at No. 6 on the dance chart. Around the early 2010s, LePage began to publicly identify as a woman, taking the name Nini Nobless and recording new material. The music struggled to find an audience for a variety of reasons."His music was good, he had the same voice as when he was singing with Lime, it was only a physical change ... the sound was too much from the '80s."
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