Various, XR 7, Men Without Hats, Chilly, Lyn Collins, The Style Council, Walter Wanderley, Azymuth, Lizzy Mercier Descloux

Chicago House

A drum machine, a cheap sampler and a church-raised voice — the blueprint every dance record still borrows.

Madchester

Guitar bands playing to a dancefloor clock: loose drums, wah pedals, 808s and a city on E.