Moombahton

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Moombahton is a fusion genre of house music and reggaeton that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada^[2] (born David Villeagas) in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2010.^[3] Musically, moombahton is essentially Dutch house or electro house at the tempo of reggaeton (usually 108- 112 beats per minute) with reggaeton influenced drum and percussion elements. Other features include "thick basslines, dramatic buildups, a two-step pulse, and quick drum fills."^[4]

Origins

Dave Nada agreed to play a "school-skipping party" for his younger cousin in the fall of 2009. When he arrived he realized the attendees were dancing to reggaeton and bachata, while he was planning on playing house and club music.^[5] He solved this predicament by slowing down the Afrojack remix of the Silvio Ecomo & DJ Chuckie song "Moombah" from 128BPM to 108BPM. The name of the fusion genre itself comes from the portmanteau of "moombah" and "reggaeton."

Between fall 2009 and spring 2010, Nada perfected his vision of the new sub-genre in the recording studio to create a five track extended play of newly-developed Moombahton tracks that was released in March 2010 with the promotional assistance and support of DJ Ayres and DJ Tittsworth at T & A Records^[6]

Although Dave Nada has been properly credited with the naming of the genre and beginning the movement known as Moombahton, the concept of combining reggae/dancehall/reggaeton percussion with electronic elements dates back much farther . Examples of artists which fused Latin and electronic dance music prior to moombahton include Diplo, CTLGD, DJ Blass, Luny Tunes, Jowell & Randy, & DJ Scuff. Sam Kleefisch has stated "There was some electronic influence in both reggaeton and dancehall pre-moombahton, I would say some people who could definitely lay some claim to being legitimately ‘pre-moombahton’."

Recent Developments

Moombahton is currently pushing itself to become an official genre on the prominent online DJ and producer community Beatport. On the 4th of Janurary 2012, Beatport had made an official 'end of year' chart dedicated to Moombahton.

In February 2012, Dillon Francis became the first Moombahton artist to achieve the number one spot atop the Beatport Top 5 Releases Chart, with the release of his EP, Something, Something Awesome.

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