Various, Janet Jackson, Paul Rein, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, The Fatback Band, MC Miker G. & DJ Sven, Steve Arrington, Midnight Star, Timex Social Club, Paul Hardcastle, Jenny Burton, Miami Sound Machine, Ready For The World, Tramaine, Prince And The Revolution, Kool & The Gang, Micaela, Nat Augustin, The Cool Notes, Sister Sledge, Koto, Nicole J McCloud, Michael Jackson, Gwen Guthrie, Harold Faltermeyer, Full Force, Mai Tai, Chaka Khan, Billy Ocean

Minneapolis Sound

Linn drums, Oberheim stabs, no horn section: funk rebuilt by one city's worth of overlapping bands.