As a young gun, I’m 26, I have to disagree.
Okay, so I’m too young really to have been involved in the party scene as it was being born or at least really took off, late 80’s-90’s. The ecstasy era is what I’m assuming you’re referring to as the party scene’s hay day.
The problem is not Ketamine, it is the people taking it largely being irresponsible. I love a bit of K when having a boogie; but I’m aware of how much to take to get a bit of a wonk on and still move about relatively unhindered. It goes wonderfully with mdma if you take just a bit, adds a layer of magical wonderment to that already awesome feeling mdma provides. I can be out and about on Ket without it being obvious. But unfortunately most youngsters my sort of age tend to just go hell for leather on the stuff whenever they touch it, kind of like how binge drinking is so problematic; people just don’t know how to regulate themselves.
While yes some music is certainly inspired by/aimed at ketamine users, this is how music evolves and keeps moving forward. The makers of music try to create the sound their listeners want to hear, something will come along to replace ket soon enough. And when that does happen music again will change along with the crowd that follow it.
