benny i felt the same way about that vice article. it was ok, but didn't reallllyyyy make any interesting points. some of it was funny - i liked the thing about having to be as organised as a mum to go to raves these days, and seshy students treating seeing oneman like boy scouts treat a trip to the brecon beacons lol.
i was really expecting to see jackin mentioned too tbh. especially with shuffle house getting a shout...bit too london centric i guess and i guess it was all about poking fun.
funny thing is that stuff like disclosure goes off at the rainbow in brum! they love it! same with bashmore's au seve (sp?). they're like 2 of the big anthems at the jackin raves there alongside things like 'you want me,' 'no diggity' and 'snapbacks' and all the big jackin stuff. that and rudimental, jessie ware, alunuageorge, SBTRKT - you get to hear all of that.
never liked those 2 from disclosure (the really 80s sounding one) and bashmore AT ALL b4 going out there, now i think they're great! big tunes! just goes to show - a little bit of REALLY GOOD RAVING goes a long way. gets your guard down nicely. and i think that's pretty central to the jackin thing tbh.
shuffle, hi hats, internet opinions and whatever all aside - jackin is sick rave music backed by some actual really fucking good dances with real scenes i.e. 2:31 at the rainbow in birmingham and insomnia at mission in leeds which happen like all weekend every weekend (NEED to go, apparently in leeds they go even harder...)