Various, Royal House, Bam Bam, The Beatmasters, Raze, Jack E Makossa, Mayday, Bomb The Bass, The Jam Machine

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.