Various, Jason Donovan, Amnesia, Edwards & Armani, Public Relation, Kool & The Gang, The Project, Roxette, Secession

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.