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Best-known for the 1990 single “Wiggle It,” for a brief time 2 in a Room was one of the most popular hybrids of hip-hop and dance music The group was the brainchild of rapper/singer/songwriter/producer Rafael “Dose” Vargas; singles such as “Do What You Want” and the full-length debut Wiggle It earned Vargas widespread airplay and some critical acclaim

Steve Hillage, ambient guitar noodler, first gained fame in ’70s prog-rockers Gong After a solo career he resurfaced in System 7, though confusion with an American band of the same name caused a temporary switch to 777 on their stateside releases

The Netherlands techno/dance-pop phenomenon 2 Unlimited was one of the most popular groups in Europe during the early ’90s, selling 18 million records and charting number one singles in every European country

Consistently on the front lines of the drum’n’bass battleground, the duo of Dego (McFarlane) and Marc Mac (Mark Clair) nevertheless failed to receive the exposure of luminaries like Goldie and Roni Size, mostly because they didn’t release much 4hero material during jungle’s crucial crossover years, from 1994 through 1997

Charles Babie and Manfred Mohr, two Chicago producers, teamed with rapper Sandra Gillette for “Short Dick Man” The clean version of the single (“Short Short Man”) reached the Top 20, and Top Five on the dance charts

A pioneer of the acid house sound, 808 State formed in Manchester, England in 1988 when Martin Price, the owner of the city’s legendary record store Eastern Bloc and the founder of the independent label Creed, first joined forces with local musician and producer Graham Massey

This act released a large number of house records throughout the ’90s on an assortment of labels, in addition to remixing tracks Some 95 North 12”s from the ’90s include Hold On (King St

An original Structure label-group artist with dozens of releases on Koln-based imprints such as DJ Ungle Fever, XXC3, Eat Raw, and Pharma, NYC-based experimental electro producer Can Oral is the man behind an array of pseudonyms

Formed in 1991, 2Bad Mice are widely credited as among the first UK hardcore acts to begin heavily incorporating breakbeats into the style Consisting of members Sean O’Keefe, Simon Colebrooke, and producer Rob Playford (who also owns Moving Shadow records), 2Bad Mice were a staple on the early- to mid-’90s hardcore scene, and were instrumental in the music’s steady mutation into jungle/drum’n’bass

By 1995, Carl Craig had gained status as one of the world’s top techno producers His recordings as 69 — consisting of a scant three EPs — were among the most inspired and influential in his entire discography

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