Various, Mr. Fingers, Rockers Revenge, Piero Fidelfatti, West Phillips

Chicago House

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

Detroit Techno

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

Gherkin Records

A short-lived Chicago label where dreamy vocal house met early acid experiments.