Local band Ssureaea at The Arboretum, bandstand in 1983.

This electro-pop band fronted by Rock City DJ Darren Scothern (far left), crafted danceable tunes with a variety of synthesisers.

Like other groups from the period, they dispensed with a conventional drummer in favour of the distinctive rhythms of a Roland TR808 drum machine, a device still much sought after twenty years later by modern-day recording artists.