Phuture (Marshall Jefferson), "Acid Tracks" and "Slam"
Larry 'Mr Fingers' Heard, "Washing Machine," "Beyond the Clouds," "Can You Feel It"
Model 500, "No UFOs," "Night Drive (Thru Babylon)"
Reese and Santonio, "The Sound"
Virgo, "Do You Know Who You Are"
Tyree, "Acid Over"
Armando, "Land of Confusion"
Lil' Louis, "French Kiss"
Rhythim is Rhythim, "Strings of Life," "Nude Photo"
Metro, "Angel of Mercy"
Truth, "Open Our Eyes"
house musicians from Chicago
techno musicians from Detroit
"garage house" producers from New York
singles exported to the UK, where they contributed to the emergence of rave
"Acid Tracks" (1987) and "Washing Machine" (1986) get special discussion from Toop (37-9)
the former is "music without narrative, music as function, music as a technical process"
Toop notes that Jefferson cites Black Sabbath as an influence and Heard cites Neal Peart : "many techno and house music innovators were inspired by a mixture of rock, jazz fusion, industrial music and the techno pop of YMO, Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode and Gary Numan"
see also Larry Heard's "drumless remixes" as a kind of proto-ambient (an influence on Alex Patterson