Moombahton

If 2010 is remembered for anything, then for me its going to remembered as the year where the Internet more than ever before allowed specific localized scenes and genres such as Juke and Shangaan to spread like never before, and the latest scene to be spreading across the blogosphere is something by the name of Moombahton.

There's no better simple explanation than on the Wikipedia entry for the genre:- Moombahton is a genre of popular music that was created by American musician Dave Nada at a graduation skipping party for his younger cousin in Washington, D.C. in the fall of 2009. The specific event that stimulated Nada's development of the Moombahton genre was him slowing the Afrojack remix of the Silvio Acomo & DJ Chuckie track "Moombah" to 108 beats per minute. Because that beat per minute configuration was close to that of Reggaeton at 95 BPM , Nada created the neologism Moombahton by combining the title of the track and the 'ton' ending of Reggaeton and applied it to his new genre. The word itself Moombahton is pronounced 'Moom-buh-tone'.

Sounds pretty silly to be spouting a whole new genre name off some House bing slowed down right? But this is more than simply "Dutch House pitched down", and the original Moombahton tracks feature chopped vocals, layered acapellas, extended and enhanced build-ups, as well as the introduction of new drums and percussion elements.

To be honest when I first read about it and heard a couple of tracks, I wasn't convinced, but that was until I discovered Munchi. Currently living overseas in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Munchi is a Reggaeton musician searching for a means to renovate that genre, and began to experiment with Moombahton and has now released a series of remarkable original tracks drawing on a variety of sources including both Reggaeton and Brazilian capoeira music.

The Munchi remix of Datsik - Firepower you can listen to below is absolutely fucking INSANE. There is no other way of putting it, and as I explore the music more and more, the more interested I am becoming, and its an interesting occurrence that this music is being slowed right down compared to the frenetic high speed mayhem of the aforementioned Juke and Shangaan. Have a listen to the remix below, and if you like what you hear, then explore this zip folder of tracks thats floating round entitled Munchi's Summer Of Moombahton, featuring loads of big tracks that are currently blazing up the scene. I'll be keeping a close eye on this gear!

Munchi - Summer Of Moombahton (Zip Folder - Right Click & Save)

Datsik - Firepower (Munchi Moombahcore Rmx) by Munchi