Introduction.

Although the roots of today's electronic dance music go back a lot further, the dance scene arguably started with the first house music recordings in the 1980s.

The UK was one of the first countries to really take to this style of music, and the scene exploded in the UK in 1987 and 1988 with "acid house". This new, UK form of house gave birth to the British rave scene, which led to hardcore and drum & bass; it also led to the clubbing phenomenon which peaked in the 1990s.