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Our synth-based soundtrack to the past 35 years continues and concludes right here, as we select the essential songs from 1990 to 2008 (If you haven't already, check out part 1). This was the period in which synth pop gave way to dance music (though not completely), but we kick off in an ambient vein with The Orb.

Featuring Rickie Lee Jones in conversation over some insistent beats and synth melodies, Little Fluffy Clouds is probably the best track to have emerged from the madness that is The Orb's studio. We thought it was something to do with nuclear testing in Arizona, but it’s not. It’s about little fluffy clouds.