Various, B.A.T., Ecstasy Club, Inner City, Humanoid, Baby Ford, Chase the Ace, Mr. Matey, Rickster

Detroit Techno

Drum machines built into science fiction: Black futurism from a collapsing motor city, made for the floor.

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.