I remember the last time we talked on soulseek, years back, you were raving on how much you love Four Tet's hippie folk guitar sampling techniques and about guitars in general....
Now Kieran is making house music!
Exciting!
seriously, 16bit and the rest that you named, plus many more (Ultrablack, Trill Bass, Bro Safari, Siren, 501, Killeralien, b1t crunch3r, Ganja White Night to name a few more) are some of my favourites but a whole set of that style of dubstep kills folks who can't handle it....
at least 2562, Martyn, FBOM, VVV, Untold, Appleblim and many others in the 'minimal' dubstep realm are making semi-idmesque music, and help keep the ebb and flow of a set going,
unlike the shit that most of the hipsters are loving, minimal house, with just a kick drum and one keyboard line with three notes arpeggiating in it.....this thread: http://forum.watmm.com/topic/50866-does-anyone-on-this-forum-actually-listen-to-minimalother-techno-house/
there is no comparison between that kind of 'minimal tech house shite' and the housey dubstep....
(Al Tourettes on Apple Pips, Appleblim's label, is idm as fuck! I don't get the Appleblim hatred, probably too hippie for ya I guess, hehehe)
I have seen fuckers here in Austin dance to one kick drum for hours stright, I nearly killed myself in front of them to forever put a horrific image into their pysche and help make everyone in the room hate listening to solo kick drums....
I now just leave instead.....
fucking everywhere here...
lots of dubstep nights though as well, with tons of chicks humping the walls when the bass gets rolling...
and I love it....
Let's hear some Greenbank step, talked about it with you as well, I remember you were apprehensive about doing it and would love to hear what you have done...