yeah well uk drill instrumentals are exactly the same with the exact same drum kit and not even the bass tweaked. I don't think it's a dance music symptom but a general malaise of music not having the mass appeal it once had.
TBF though, UK Drill hasn't been sounding almost exactly the same since for almost 20 years. :crylarf:
I used to love going to tech dnb nights, do a couple of speedy pills, get totally absorbed in it in the dark. Definitely not music that can be judged from your desk on headphones. (Ala. Dubstep.)
Ultimately I did find this subgenre so repetitious and devoid of fresh ideas, though. And the sniffy attitude of people who are into it towards every other form of drum n bass (in my experience). Yanks on Dogs on Acid fetishing Noisia mixdowns.
Only the other day luka was saying how aesthetically he goes for stuff that's very pared down, bare bones, shed of sentiment.