I also think that often with this kind of thing, of finding a charm in something that was previously hateful, it's because there's little at stake anymore. The war is over. Whereas at the time, if you're listening to say underground resistance or jungle or whatever and this kind of shit comes out you have to resist it. You have to engage with it as a counter revolutionary force that must be nullified. But now the war is over, and jungle won, we can magnanimously acknowledge that yeah this sort of thing had its charm
I had a similar thing with the more po faced meditate on bass weight 2005-2006 dubstep stuff. Which I disliked on principle at the time cos it wasn't grime. But now in hindsight I can see its appeal I guess
Which is all a long winded way of saying I'll be on dissensus in 15 years reappraising mark fell and generously singing his praises as a true auteur