In the nineties, the band Sadomaoistan became synonymous with everything that was hard, raw, wild and gay in Oslo's music scene. With rock-hard techno and legendary stage shows, they created their own niche before disappearing into the darkness of history. Their discography is short with a single album release; Retroscopy. Gym Noir is from this album and became the band's only official music video. The video was a volunteer project and most of the people you see in the video were key players in Oslo's queer nightlife in the mid-90s; party organisers, artists, clubbers and Norway’s prominent HIV/AIDS activist Kalle Mannes, turn this into a life-affirming video postcard from a period where activism and hedonism went hand in hand.