TOP 12: MOST INFLUENTIAL TECH. 12. Napster When illegal file sharing caught on, slowly-evolving dance genres were dragged out from dark basement clubs and stuck under hydroponics. All of a sudden, Parisian bloggers could post Croydon demos in a global cross-pollination that paved the way for dubstep to conquer the world. 11. Pro Tools A nifty bit of modern kit that pitch-shifts your average tuneless house warbler until it sounds vaguely in key. These days it’s used extensively on X Factor – but don’t sneer, without it half the best dance records of the last decade would feature vocals that sound like defectve bagpipes. 10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. And the winner is... 1. 1/03/08. : : : : : El Poder de la Palabra : : : : : Danzón Nº 2, 1994. The Labyrinth of Genre.