Various, O.K., Rickster, Axodry, MCL (Micro Chip League), M.E.S.H., Front 242, Rififi

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.