Various, Inner City, The Real Roxanne, Groove Beats, S'Express, Neneh Cherry, Groove Beats, Babylon Five, Scritti Politti, Groove Beats, Viola Wills, Betty Wright, Groove Beats

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.