Moombahton

Moombahton is a fusion genre that emerged from house and reggaeton . The first to produce music in this field was Dave Nada (born David Villeagas) in March 2010 in Washington, DC

features

Musically speaking, Moombahton is mainly Dutch House or Electro House , which is played at the usual reggaeton tempo (around 108 to 115 bpm ) and incorporates its specific percussion elements. Other features include "fat basslines , dramatic build-ups, the two-step and fast drum fills ".

Over time, the genre got influences from oriental music again and again. Woodwind instruments such as clarinets are often used. Influences from dancehall and afro music also play a role.

Subgenres such as Moombahcore and Moombahsoul were formed from Moombahton.

origin

Dave Nada was scheduled to DJ at his younger cousin's party in the fall of 2009. There he noticed, however, that people there danced to bachata and reggaeton instead of house and other genres of electronic dance music . He had planned music in these styles. So he tried to pick something in between and decided on Afrojack's remix of Silvio Ecomos & Chuckies Moombah , in which he lowered the number of beats per minute from 128 to 108. So the suitcase word Moombahton was created from the title of this track and the stylistic term reggaeton . Between autumn 2009 and spring 2010 Nada finally recorded an extended play . Tittsworth and DJ Ayres helped him with his doctorate .

Examples

The Australian producer duo Knife Party wrote Sleaze (feat. MistaJam), which is included on their EP Rage Valley , a commercially successful Moombahton track. Diplo's EP Express Yourself (2012) consists entirely of Moombahton productions. Dillon Francis was the first producer to reach number one on the Beatport charts with a Moombahton EP . Something, Something Awesome got into the top position.

In Hit Magenta Riddim by DJ Snake , a clear reference to Indian, from shows Panjabi MC -inspired music.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jonathan L. Fischer: Our Year in Moombahton: How a local DJ created a genre, and why DC's ascendant dance scene couldn't contain it . Washington City Paper. December 24, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
2. ↑ Sami Yenigun: Moombahton: Born In DC, Bred Worldwide . In: NPR , March 18, 2011. Retrieved October 14, 2012. 
3. ↑ Julianne Escobedo Shepherd: Dave Nada, Creator of Moombahton . The fader. March 5, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
4. ↑ Jonathan L. Fischer: Our Year in Moombahton: How a local DJ created a genre, and why DC's ascendant dance scene couldn't contain it . Washington City Paper. December 24, 2010. Retrieved October 14, 2012.
5. ↑ Puja Patel: Hot New Sound: Moombahton Goes Boom! . In: Spin . Retrieved October 14, 2012.
6. ↑ Dave Nada - Moombahton . T&A Records. Retrieved on October 14, 2012.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ DILLON FRANCIS - THE INVENTOR OF "MOOMBAHTON". Noisey , accessed October 14, 2012.
8. ↑ detektor.fm: Music video of the week | DJ Snake - Magenta Riddim - The riddim fire department is coming! | Music | detector.fm . In: detektor.fm . April 18, 2018 ( detektor.fm [accessed May 27, 2018]).