Its not that I'm a synthetics-head, it just the mixture at times is a bit queasey on Kode stuff, specifically the new album tracks not pre-released as singles.
The point about no one dropping hyperdub tracks in their sets is apposite tho: Outside of a few more creative DJs like Kode and Pinch (the latter eclectic in a different way of course) the dancefloor orthodoxy runs pretty much from halfstepping bass led action to cheeky dub/ska referencing stuff and that's it, most of the time. So whilst Burial's been getting his props everywhere, his sound has had almost zero influence in a dancefloor context (besides perhaps tempting a few old skool dark garage/early dubstep pros back into the spotlight?). There are reasons for this however: A lot of Burial's productions on his first album sound mucky, dusty, and overly busy in a club, (all qualities that make the music much more interesting to absorb on headphones at close range though) I remember hearing Kode9 dropping "Distant Lights" into his set at DMZ a few months back and whilst I was loving it, it certainly didn't rock the sound system in purley sonic terms.
