Dubstep Mixed with Ketamine Creates Zombies
In the case of many musical genres, the mood and energy the style provokes become synonymous with a particular drug that seems to define the movement. In the case of the hottest new brand of electronic mayhem known as dubstep, the chemical zeitgeist appears to be none other than our most beloved animal tranquilizer, ketamine.
Bombarding the nerves with relentless wobbles of sub bass, ones mouth tends to go agape and it becomes very difficult to not stumble all over the people around you and that special k-hole look of disassociation creeps up upon the eyes and finally we get a taste for what it must feel like to be a zombie.
Dubstep is one of the most progressive genres out there whose numbed tempo has found its way in the mix with a variety of dance floor flavors – from the reggae dub and drum n bass that proceeded it to idm, garage, minimal techno, underground hip hop, grime and what folks in the UK are calling wonky – which just so happens to be the latest street name for ketamine. One of the leading producers of wonky goes by Zomby but that’s still not to say the association is intentional, it’s just typical.
Ketamine has been killing the urge to dance at parties for many years now with it’s anesthetic euphoria and characteristic feelings of disembodiment that don’t push the body to boogie. And with no disrespect to the purer breed of dubstep fans who for all the right reasons do not appreciate the ketamine vibe infiltrating their scene, the music doesn’t provide the proper template for a night out of getting down. Hips sway to under 90 bpm, shoulders and neck undulate with a slowness of broken beats that turn dancers into well – zombies. Without a pep in their step, dubstep listeners and ketamine users are a frightfully good pair.
