i've been calling 'emperor's new clothes' on this music for a while now, for me it's a scene with promise that's produced some intriguing new ideas and memes, but is still overly dominated by watery mainstream dross.
it's all about mixing up the few edgier, more rhythmically dynamic funky bits in with global shanty house sounds and old grime and wonky dubstep, like bok bok and blackdown have been doing in their sets for a while now.
i disagree, i think that that context has a role to play but alone would lead it away from what has made parts of the music exciting thus far – i would argue that the context in which it currently sits is key to its continued vitality
its to a great degree because producers have gone to raves which play us house or whatever else either with newer weirder UK tracks, or against the collective or individual memory of grime or whatever else that you have these individual and exciting tracks coming through. and really that process of deviation is only just beginning.
otherwise where does it go? would it not just become part of a 'fusion', another spice added to a mix rather than music born of a hardcore club scene (no slights to either djs mentioned by any means). but most importantly it would completely divorce it from the non-masculine, non-techy and playful context which created the exciting tension in the outer reaches of the music in the first place
finally, personally, i enjoy house a lot across the spectrum, and don't want it to be divorced from that context! i like hearing it amongst darker or other stuff, but i think i prefer it as an expansion on house than an addition to an amalgam
