TDR mix of the week: Kode 9
Let’s face it – the Brits in the last 20 years have been at the forefront of innovation when it comes to new musical styles. After the US birthed house and techno (Chicago and Detroit respectively) the British took that mantle and created a plethora of genres that continues unabated to this day. You’ve had trip hop, idm, drum n bass, broken- beat , 2 step, garage and now the dubstep craze that has been infecting dancefloors worldwide.
For those who don’t know what dubstep is, imagine what happens when you mix the hauntology of techno, the stutter step rhythms of drum n bass, add effects to wobbly dub basslines and lace that with low slung breaks. The sound brings to mind post-apocalyptic landscapes that bubble from the outgrowth of urban malaise.
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.
