Yesterday in Pt. 1 we looked into the origins of this latest EDM craze, today let’s explore all the different little subsets Moobathon already has. To review: slowed down Afrojack/Dutch House + Raggeton beats = Moombahton (108-112 BPM). The sub-genre sounds are pretty self explanatory in their titles, and I swear only made one of ‘em up.
Dillon Francis is killing Moombahton rite now by really taking it levels of progressive production generally saved for progressive house or dubstep. Check out this extraordinary remix he did of Calvin Harris’s “Feel So Close” and be the envy of your friends as it hasn’t even been released yet!
Calvin Harris - “Feel So Close” - Dillon Francis Remix
So I ask you, brilliant readers, caaaaaaaaan yoooooooou dig it? Are you ready for Moombahton to be the next big thing or will you be happy for it to die a flash in the EDM pan?
You ever have on of those anxiety nightmares? Like you don’t have some kind of important presentation you’re supposed to give, but on your way to giving it anyway you some how loose your pants? Well us DJs fear similar circumstances, and it just so happens that EDM’s newest sub-genre was born out of one… But the DJ kept his pants on.
The DJ was NY’s Dave Nada and the nightmare scenario was this: Back in 2009 Nada was invited by his little high schooler cousin to play at his house party. The DJs before Nada are pumpin out the Raggeton hits, the mostly Latin crowd is eating it up and the party is poppin off. The problem? Dave no has nada de raggeton. It’s his turn on the decks and as he recalls in his interview with Fader Magazine: “I’m thinking, fuck I cant play house/techno shit, I’ll get jumped”.
So in a stroke of DJ genius Dave Nada took some of the Tropical House joints he had, and just slowed ‘em down to Raggeton speeds. Back to the Fader piece: “Afrojack’s “Moombah Remix” being the biggest tune, I said fuck it and turned that shit down to 108 bpm”.
Recalls Nada: “And that’s when shit popped the fuck off. The minute that T-t-t-t-turn up the bass! part came in and dropped the place went insane!” Vualá, a new style is born! After the party Nada made a bunch of his own Moombahton edits and like Patient 0 started spreading this infectious Electronic/Latin blend across the States, culminating with his gig and the 2010 Olympics in Toronto.
Mad Decent, Diplo’s New York based record label that had been pushing the boundaries of EDM for some time with their own blend of Tropical House and Dubstep, quickly picked up the scent and became purveyors of the Moombahton Kool Aid. Recalls oooold school UK based DJ & produce Tollda T:
I went to LA to do a show with Ninja Tune, and I went to a HARD party, a big old rave. Busy P (Ed Banger Records head) was killing it with his electro stuff, and then Diplo came on with Munchi… They went on with a moombahton set, and it was wild. I had never seen anything like it before as I’d never heard the music out live in its context. To see it being played out loud was really brave, which I thought was cool… To hear he and Munchi play that music loud, when they could’ve won the crowd over with a typical electro and rap set was so amazing. The kids were live, and they were going fucking crazy.
Now in 2011 Moombahton is officially “tipping”. Back to back, Mad Decent released “Blow Your Head Vol. 2 : Dave Nada Presents Moombahton” and “Mad Decent Volume 1″ which is more eclectic but has it’s share of Moombahton bangers. To wit:
Tomorrow I’ll bring you more of the awesome diversity already present in the Moombahton sound, but for now I’ll leave you with Diplo’s hot “Moombahton 2k11 Mix” which features most of the tracks above.
If you are over 21 and/or new to Moombahton please don’t give up until you’ve listened to the stretch starting at the 17:00 minute mark with the Heatwave mix of “Rolling In The Deep”. From there set goes bonkers with “Walk Like An Egyptian” and the Breeders “Cannonball” among others!
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