i think you right about the scene who had very limited sound. however, i think this is the best tutorial because he give you the foundations for "professional" kick & bass, and you can use your creativity to make the k&b however you like. i don't see your point, there is no tutorial for being creative
Interesting topic and I listened to many artists.
Would like to give you some names.
Dhamika - Endless Horizons and Energy Flow
Cabeiri - Self insider
E-Mantra (and Night Hex) - all his down tempo albums
Suduaya - Venus and Unity
There are many albums but these artists and their albums stand out for me.
And definitely Altar Records is the place to look for....
good if you're comparing it to melodic fullon. ok if you're comparing it to modern progressive that focuses more on bass sound rather than melody. to compete with them you could use a little more low end and a more cohesive sound. right now there seems to be a sort of hole between the layers. maybe not cutting the low mids that agressively would fix this? maybe putting all bass layers though some distortion together?
i find that just dropping the whole thing a few semitones also makes the bass sound more fat and "modern". this is good on festival rigs but makes important sounds disappear on smaller systems...