Entertaining article from the UK about why UK Bass is now decadent and dead in the water, UK Funky has run its course and the future belongs to Northern Jackin' House.
http://dominjapanround4.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/2012-in-music.html

Picked up by Simon Reynolds, here,
http://energyflashbysimonreynolds.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/dissensuss-datwun-aka-dom-in-japan-aka.html