The true Lime story, told by the two creators who built the sound.
Editor’s Note — Updated May 26, 2026: Following the death of Denyse LePage, we are looking back at Unidisc Radio’s Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute Mix — a special episode that preserves the Lime story in the voices of the two creators who lived it: Denyse LePage and Nini Nobless, formerly Denis LePage.
More than an anniversary mix, this plays like a compact oral history: the Montreal studio days, the Moog synthesizer, the home four-track setup, the Lime Light club test, the naming of Lime, and the moment “Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight” became undeniable.
Lime’s records were engineered for motion — sleek, bright, synthetic, romantic, and built for rooms where the speakers did half the talking. But this episode gives the music something just as valuable: first-person context from the people who made it.
Below, each featured song gets its own space: a compact video to play, followed by the commentary Denyse and Nini shared in the special tribute mix.
The Lime story inside the special tribute mix
The tribute opens with a mission statement built for a dance floor: “Unidisc Radio,” “Celebrating 40 years,” “Disco never dies,” and “A special tribute to Lime.” Then the episode moves into the kind of spoken history that can easily disappear if nobody stops to preserve it.
That preservation starts with the voices themselves. Denyse LePage and Nini Nobless (formerly Denis LePage) speak as members of Lime, setting up the story not as a label recap or fan retelling, but as a first-person memory from inside the project. This is not just a tribute mix with songs dropped in sequence. It is Lime narrating Lime.
The Origin Record
Lime — “Your Love”
Origin RecordThe origin of “Your Love” starts in Montreal, with a studio, a Moog, and two artists beginning to build their own sound.
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“We used to work in a studio called Montreal South.
And then somebody came in the studio. His name was Peter DeMillo.
He said, bring in your Moog synthesizer. I’m going to hire you to do one tune.
That tune went up to number one Cashbox Magazine. Obviously, it encouraged me to write more.
Then he bought like a little four-track in our living room, and we started building a little studio in the home.
And that’s when we started recording our own songs. And we came up with the song Your Love.”
Denyse LePage and Nini Nobless, via Unidisc Radio’s Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute Mix“One day we drove to a discotheque called the Limelight in Montreal.
And it was during the day. The club was closed. The DJ had the key, Michel Simard. He had the keys of the club.
And in those days, the speakers in that club were so big and loud.
And we listened to Your Love in the club, in the middle of the dance floor. And it sounded great. You know, it was, ah, wow, it’s great to hear it that loud.
And then Joe said, what are we gonna call this? You know, we need a name for a group. What are we gonna call this? You know, what are we gonna call it?
And Michel Simard said, why don’t we call it Lime?
And that’s what happened.”
Denyse LePage and Nini Nobless, via Unidisc Radio’s Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute Mix
From Studio to Stage
Lime — “Angel Eyes”
From Studio to StageAround “Angel Eyes,” the special tribute mix turns toward Lime’s early Montreal promotion days, when the studio project began stepping into discotheques as a live act.
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“When we started promoting in Montreal, there was like maybe three discotheques where we did shows.
And it was all something new for us, because especially for me, I was never in front as a performer. I was always in the back in the past — I was always in the back as a musician.
So it was all something very new to me. And it was very exciting to me too, because it was like something new for me.
Then he had more experience, because he had rhythm and blues bands before. So he knew what it was like to be up front and to sing.”
Denyse LePage, via Unidisc Radio’s Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute MixThe Regional Hits
Lime — “Come and Get Your Love”
Regional HitsIn the special tribute mix, Denyse and Nini explain how Lime’s songs moved differently from city to city and country to country — a reminder that dance music history is often written by the rooms that love a record first.
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“Your Love was playing because it was number one for sure.
But we realized afterwards that in Brooklyn, it was You’re My Magician that people enjoyed the most.
In Mexico, it was El Mago, which is a Spanish name for You’re My Magician. It was big in Mexico.
In different states, we had different hits.
And that’s how it started.
You’re My Magician.”
Denyse LePage and Nini Nobless, via Unidisc Radio’s Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute MixThe Dance-Floor Promise
Lime — “Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight”
Dance-Floor PromiseFor “Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight,” Denyse remembers the moment the melody arrived — and the instant she knew Lime had another one.
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“I found the melody and all that for Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight.
And right away, once it was done, I called Joe Agreca, that used to be like the contact between us and Unidisc.
I called Joe. I said, Joe, we have another one.
I knew Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight was gonna be good. I just knew it.”
Denyse LePage, via Unidisc Radio’s Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute Mix“Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight is the one that’s still playing a lot even now.
We have so much fun doing it.
Once the people hear that, they’re gonna have fun too.”
Denyse LePage, via Unidisc Radio’s Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute Mix
Listen to the full Unidisc Radio Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute Mix
Hear the full special tribute mix below, including the spoken-history moments from Denyse LePage and Nini Nobless alongside the Lime records that still light up the room.
Unidisc Radio Lime 40th Anniversary Tribute Mix Tracklist Tap to expand
- Intro 00:00:00
- Lime — “Angel Eyes” 00:09:36
- Lime — “Come and Get Your Love” 00:17:17
- Lime — “Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight” 00:25:16
- Lime — “Your Love” 00:32:02
- Lime — “On The Grid” 00:33:39
- Lime — “Guilty” 00:39:28
- Lime — “Agent 406” 00:45:07
- Lime — “Baby I’ll Be Yours” 00:52:24
The Remix Afterglow from Unidisc Records
Extra: 2020+ Lime remixes from Jacques Greene and Tiga
Because Lime’s catalog still sounds like the future wearing vintage sunglasses, the later remix era commissioned by Lime’s label Unidisc also deserves a spin. From the original club classics to new-generation reinterpretations, the Lime sound keeps finding another room to light up.
For more on Lime and the Unidisc catalog, visit Unidisc.
Lime remix energy — Jacques Greene
Lime remix energy — Tiga
Why Lime still lives in our speakers
For us, Lime was one of the first sounds we remember from childhood in the 1980s. Their sound was happy — bright and synthetic, but also full of live percussion, harmonious vocals, and that living, breathing joy that made disco feel alive.
As our uncle Leonardo Miranda Jr. would say, disco music is happy. He would know. He frequented the legendary Circus Disco, where music like this was not background noise. It was the room, the release, the reason to move.
Years later, through the power of the internet, we connected with Denyse LePage on Facebook. She was kind, generous, and deeply aware of the love people still had for Lime. She even sent us an autographed photo — a small personal gesture that made this music feel even closer.
That is part of why this tribute mix matters. It keeps the voices of Denyse and Nini close to the music they built, and it reminds us that Lime’s sound was never just nostalgia. It was joy on record. It still is.
Source notes
Open source notes and verification details Tap to expand
This story was updated using Unidisc Radio — Episode 007 — 40th Anniversary Lime Tribute Mix, which preserves the spoken-history sections covering Montreal South, Peter DeMillo, the Moog synthesizer, the home four-track setup, “Your Love,” the Lime Light listening test, Michel Simard naming Lime, regional favorites including “You’re My Magician” and “El Mago,” early Montreal performances, and the making of “Babe, We’re Gonna Love Tonight.” Names and punctuation have been lightly standardized for readability.
“`Additional public context was checked against Unidisc Music’s SoundCloud upload, the episode listing and tracklist, Billboard Canada’s obituary note on Denis/Nini LePage, Canadian Press/Global News reporting on Lime, and Red Bull Music Academy’s history of Montreal’s Lime Light. Details such as Montreal South and Peter DeMillo are preserved as details described by Denyse and Nini in the special tribute mix because we could not independently verify them through clean public sources.
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