Denis LePage, co founder of Montreal disco powerhouse duo Lime, dies at 74

With a stream of Billboard chart hits, Denis LePage helped define an era of Canada’s discotheques as part of the duo Lime. LePage, died Monday of cancer at age 74.

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.

While not exactly a household name, LePage’s infectious synthesizer hooks made Lime’s songs favourites at dance clubs around the world.

“He was a genius,” explained Claude Chalifoux, who co-owned Lime Light, the bustling Montreal dance club that regularly spun Lime’s dance tracks.

“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.”

Years before those electronic disco favourites, LePage was already chasing a music career.

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.