Moombahton (, ) is an electronic dance music genre, derived from house music and reggaeton, that was created by American Disc jockey and music producer Dave Nada in Washington, D.C., in 2009.
Characteristics
Identifying characteristics of moombahton include a thick and spread-out bass line, dramatic builds, and a two-step pulse with quick drum fills. Occasionally moombahton includes
rave music synthesizers and a cappella rap samples.
Musically, moombahton mixes the rhythmic origins of
Dutch house or house music, the slow tempo of
reggaeton, usually between 100-110bpm, accompanied by bouncy
percussions from reggaeton.
History
Moombahton was created by
Dave Nada in late 2009 while DJing his cousin's high school cut party in Washington, D.C. He blended the
house music and
club music which he had planned to play with the
reggaeton and bachata the guests were previously listening to by slowing down
Afrojack's remix of Silvio Ecomo and Chuckie's song "Moombah!" from 128 bpm to 108 bpm, to create the basis of the genre.
Between late 2009 and early 2010, Nada worked on a five track extended play of moombahton that was released in March 2010, with the support of the DJ Ayres and the Tittsworth at T&A Records.
Subgenres
Moombahcore
Moombahcore is a derivation of moombahton with
dubstep influences, also incorporating elements of newstyle hardcore,
breakcore, and
techstep.
Moombahcore fused
dubstep drums and moombahton tempo (100-115 BPM), incorporating elements such as
wobble bass, FM synths, distorted basslines, and complex percussion patterns.
Moombahsoul
Moombahsoul is a subgenre of moombahton with
deep house influences. It combines the elements of
Soul music,
Lo-fi music, deep house and
Chill-out music with moombahton backed drums and textures. David Heartbreak put together one of the genres first compilations in 2011 entitled 'HEARTBREAK presents MOOMBAHSOUL'.
The 15 track compilation included tracks by Munchi, Heartbreak, DJ Theory & More.
See also
