yeah, i'm not saying anything bad about this possible direction, although i am less than excited by the villalobos thing and don't really think that mixing minimal with dubstep is a great, groundbreaking move.
in fact, i'd say that it's a really backward step, redolent of dubstep getting all tasteful and accepted by "the people who know about music", rather than being a street thing any more.
certainly, the audiences for both genres are not that different any more, whereas they really used to be.
that's sort of where i liked it, plus i like vocals and music with people in it, not faux-edgy, droney machine music. that's why i prefer song-form reggae to dub every time.
anyway, i think the person who wrote
this utterly spasticated review at turntable lab is is a pretty good example of the sort of audience i'm talking about...
i'd like to hear that skulldisco record, actually. you're not the first person i've heard saying this, marcus.