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One of the big things in the UK at the moment seems to be 'bass music' / 'uk bass' (worse name ever and not the same as what the US call 'bass music', i.e. Miami bass etc).
It's basically DJs playing a mixture of dubstep, wobbly/spacey techno and random associated stuff thrown in. Loads of the records sit between genres and use a lot of simple sounds (808 drums, cut up vocals, etc) but focus more on rhythms and basslines.
Ramadanman is a pretty good example.
There's a bit of a speed garage resurgence as well, because people have realised it goes quite well with dubstep.
Or maybe I've just been reading Resident Advisor too much.
Some would say you could just apply the '20 year cycle' rule to see what'll be big in the next few years - that predicts that pretty soon we'll start hearing loads of music which sounds like the early to mid 90s, so expect acid house, brit-pop, boy bands, diva house, jungle and east coast vs west coast hip-hop rivalries.
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