Various, Vakula, Simoncino, Vincent Floyd, Reggie Dokes

Gherkin Records

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

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.