Various, Def Syndicate, Technotronic, Lonnie Gordon, Avalanche, Bizz Nizz, Shana, Atuma, Barbarella, Rocco Granata & The Carnations, Delegation, Nikki, Loïs Lane

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.