Moombahton

Moombahton
Stylistic origins	Reggeaton, Dutch House
Cultural origins	March 2010 Washington D.C.[1]
Subgenres
Moombahcore - Boombahchero - Moombahsoul - Silenton

Moombahton is a sub-genre of electronic dance music that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada^[2] (aka Dave Villegas) at a high school homecoming "skipping party" for his younger cousin in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2009.^[3] The specific event that stimulated Nada's development of the Moombahton genre was his slowing the Afrojack remix of the Silvio Ecomo & DJ Chuckie song "Moombah" to 108 beats per minute. Because that tempo nears that of the reggaeton, Nada created the neologism "Moombahton" by combining the title of the track "Moombah" and the "ton" ending of the word "reggaeton" and applied it to the sub-genre.

Between fall 2009 and spring 2010, Nada perfected his vision of the new sub-genre in the recording studio utilizing intuitions and insights garnered from the "skipping party" experience to create a five track EP of newly-minted Moombahton tracks that was released in March 2010 with the promotional assistance and support of DJ Ayres and DJ Tittsworth at T & A Records^[4]

However, Nada's "Moombahton" was much more than simply "Dutch House pitched down to 108 BPMs." The original Moombahton tracks feature not only the standard moombahton 108 BPMs but also: chopped vocals, layered a cappella vocal tracks, extended and enhanced build-ups and the introduction of new drums and percussion elements. These are some signature characteristics of the sub-genre. "^{[citation needed]}

Media

Moombahton has been featured on NPR, Fader Magazine, Mixmag, XLR8R Magazine, Nylon Magazine, Spin Magazine, The Washington Post, and Rolling Stone Magazine. BBC Radio 1 aired a "Moombahton special" programme presented by Toddla T on February 3, 2011.^[5]

References

1. ^ Yenigun, Sami (March 18, 2011). "Moombahton: Born In D.C., Bred Worldwide". NPR. http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/03/19/134661427/moombahton-born-in-d-c-bred-worldwide. Retrieved November 17, 2011. 
2. ^ Fischer, Jonathan L. (December 24, 2010). "Our Year in Moombahton: How a local DJ created a genre, and why D.C.’s ascendant dance scene couldn’t contain it". Washington City Paper. http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/40191/our-year-in-moombahton/. Retrieved November 17, 2011. 
3. ^ Shepherd, Julianne Escobedo (March 5, 2010). "Dave Nada, Creator of Moombahton". The Fader. http://www.thefader.com/2010/03/05/dave-nada-creator-of-moombahton-interview-mp3s. Retrieved November 17, 2011. 
4. ^ "Dave Nada - Moombahton". T&A Records. http://www.djayres.com/tanda/index.php?/projects/tapr0-dave-nada---moombahton/. Retrieved November 17, 2011. 
5. ^ "Radio 1 Programmes - Benji B, Toddla T sits in for Benji". BBC. February 3, 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xt52t. Retrieved November 17, 2011. 

External links

• Moombahtonista
• Moombahton Music by Dave Nada Tumblr
• Moombahton Facebook Page
• Dave Nada Interview
• DJ Sabo Interview