i just found it extraordinarily misguided. if you don't know that dubstep came out of 2step, that people like steve gurley are incredibly important to it and that it came out of something that was essentially "happy", then you shouldn't be putting smarm-quotes around "experts". anyway, it's only a record shop blurb, but i think it does say something. if there was a bit more happiness in this music i might be interested again.
i'd like to know where he does think its from.
it really does seem that people are ashamed of garage/2 step etc now. i agree on happiness, also some attempts by producers at anything else but a boom bap rhythm. There are people doing that i know but not on the whole.