Dubstep & Funky Are Dead! Moombahton Is The Thing!

haven't you heard?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RA2bQeAz54&feature=fvst

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N535RekE4c8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKIFADyyOmQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVvVFkpII5I&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4tpglfy_I

at least one of those is clearly labeled "moombahstep" v_v

I read somewhere that the people making the original tracks - e.g Afrojack - are trying to distance themselves from this Moombahton thing, which is essentially just Dutch house at 33 instead of 45 with extra percussion, or tracks produced designed to sound like it. Which is a shame, because this stuff seems more fun to dance to (at least, in my bedroom).

I also read that different moombahgenres are cropping up like "moombahcore" and the aforemention "moombahstep", but this really does seem to be splitting hairs just for the sake of being ahead of the curve.

I posted this in the rolling pop thread but it obviously belongs here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFqE_9Mw_Lc

It's probably the best moombahanything I've heard so far, because it sounds more like an actual song than just the gimmick of being slowed-down.

It seems like I've been doing a lot of reading too

Love the Nadia Oh stuff.

i like this stuff. even the bad stuff is kinda fun to hear. can't say that about everything. (i often can't tell the difference between good and bad dubstep. or maybe even u.k. funky for that matter. but to be fair i haven't heard a lot of it. with this stuff its obvious who actually took the time to make something interesting and who is just slapping poorly made stuff up on youtube. but the bad moomba versions of, like, dolly parton songs are at least worth one laugh.)

nadia oh KILLING it

I love that she says "swag" in the song, because I had already been saying it for like a minute and a half at that point

kind of old news, this genre. i like a lot of it, but still.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FwEqz2lgABM/TZpNcFiiIaI/AAAAAAAAACo/bBxg5cDMCJs/s1600/approved-stamp.jpg

"kind of old news, this genre. i like a lot of it, but still."

less than two years from the legendary high school "skipping party" until i heard about it. that's way new to me!

"Moombahton (pronounced /ˌmoombaˈtoʊn/) is a genre of electronic dance music that was created by American dj/producer Dave Nada [1] at a high school homecoming "skipping party" for his younger cousin in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2009.[2] 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 his new genre."

plus, no thread until now. which is why i started one.

kind of old news, this genre. i like a lot of it, but still.

funny thing to say, given that there's been scant ILM discussion, just a few stray mentions in the DC and afro-latin threads...

Is there a dark and evil variant of this? Like Planet Core at 33? Or PWOG with some funk?

I'm a sucker for banging Korg M1 pianos at pretty much ANY tempo, so, yeah, I like!

I quite like this Dillon Francis take on the new Toddla T:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRyLmpOc8QM

yeah, but that's kind of an instant classic tho

Thinking about what has to happen to create an entirely new genre of music is mind breaking. Like, what? WHAT? Are we really done creating entirely new stuff and now just merging everything we like into one massive mess of borderless influences? Pretty much! And that’s okay. It keeps things moving and allows for a reverence for what came before. That’s precisely what is happening with DJ Melo’s moombahton edit of “Told Ya,” a track by Sandro Silva and Isa GT. It’s not especially new sounding, but it’s not supposed to be. Instead, it’s a choppy mixed genre piece of hard percussion that comes from Mad Decent’s Blow Your Head Vol. 2: Dave Nada Presents… Moombahton. Treat it like an essential document of a burgeoning new hybrid genre, or treat it as some shit you can just put on to make people actually dance at your next party.

yeah, treat it like shit! no, wait, treat it like that shit you usually play! no, that's not right...shit on it! damn, hold on, i'll think of it...treat it as some shit you can just put on like an old shitty coat or something! there, that's more like it.

http://www.postcrossing.com/images/blog/moomins_1.jpg

If this is all as good as the Toddla T remix in the first post then I approve.

The Torro Torro one is fantastic.

oh and that blurb is from here

http://www.thefader.com/2011/05/16/sandro-silva-f-isa-gt-told-ya-dj-melos-moombahton-edit-mp3/

Ayres: How did you come up with Moombahton? It’s such a weird idea, usually dance producers take slower songs and speed them up, not the other way around. I’m imagining you playing an Afrojack 12″ on 33 rpm instead of 45, by accident.

I probably shouldn’t tell this story, but here goes. Lo ciento Tia Sona! My little cousin Jean-Pierre is a huge Nadastrom fan and he’s about to graduate from high school. Him and his boy Mike are notorious for throwing these wild skipping parties. For those that don’t know, “skipping parties” are when you throw a house party mid school day and you tell all your friends that morning, and everyone who knows about the party skips school to go wild out. Word of mouth only too, no internet/paper trail. Anyhow, around their homecoming last fall they asked if I could DJ one of their skipping parties, and I, being the supportive/bad seed cousin that I am, agreed. They had a beat up system, but like 329439 speakers all over Mike’s basement so it sounded huge. They told me it would last about an hour because cops usually bust it up. The house/neighborhood was right by the woods so it was convenient to bounce and hide if need be. Anyhow, so here we are at Mike’s empty house around 11:30AM and everything is set up. Kids start pouring in around noon and the music starts. Mike and JP are dropping bachata and moving into reggaeton. This shit was getting crazy. Twenty minutes in and the place is PACKED, all Latin kids and everyone is fuuuucked up. Haha! I was gettin mad nervous (oldest dude there) and JP was like, “Yo you gotta go on soon primo!” and I’m thinking, fuck I cant play house/techno shit, I’ll get jumped. So I had the idea of slowing down some of the tropical/Dutch house stuff I had on CDs. Afrojack’s “Moombah Remix” being the biggest tune, I said fuck it and turned that shit down to 108 bpm. JP told all his people about me so bamas started cheering when I went on. 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! I played it all the way til the end and then did the same to Sidney Samson’s “Riverside” and EVERYONE is yelling the “Riverside motherfucker!” part and shit was just too much. I was losin’ it and told myself, I need to make some edits of this shit! And thus, Moombahton was born. Long story short, neighbors complained a good 15 minutes into my set and threatened to call the cops. Half the party started to bounce and then a few minutes later Mike yells, “Cops on the way!” and like clockwork this party was done. All in about an hour. I parked down the street and drove both my cousin JP and Mike back to school so they could catch the end of their classes as if nothing ever happened.

:)

I like how Nadia Oh rhymes 'reggaeton' with 'Kate Middleton'.

lol this stuff is awesome

from the story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JESSxGLwr8

The history of slowed-down, stretched-out psychedelic cover versions

The two of these embeds I've checked so far are both A1+++ awesome...

Well done the Universe!

hey, i wasn't trying to be snide or an asshole above, sorry if it came off that way.

also, this sort of 'new genre' speak kind of makes me cringe. it started with slowed dutch house (with some awesome samples thrown on often, yes). DJs have been doing stuff like this at parties forever. spinning UK tribal and hard techno at similar BPMs is equally WO PARTY TIME, in my personal DJing experience.

in the end, though, i'm just happy that more people are digging this sound.

http://soundcloud.com/diplo1978/mdwwr-67-diplos-moombahton

u know, i've never seen skot and diplo in the same room together. just sayin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRpTGOfX5D4&feature=related

Nadia Oh, coming up trumps again, even if it is essentially the exact same song as Kate Middleton.

Late to this as always....but that Hi Fidelity 12 min mix is fantastic, esp the Toddla T remix. Wow!

Loving Dillon Francis so much right now. I don't care how silly this music is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NayJgtep6M4&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUgejcw3qSY&feature=related

There's something just so right-feeling about the way dude's productions are simultaneously so cheesy and super-functionalist and "generic" and yet bring so much to the table, every few seconds there's another unexpected delight.

His free download dubstep single with Cory Enemy also surprisingly great:

http://soundcloud.com/dillonfrancis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4tpglfy_I

Dillon's "Masta Blasta" went over huge when it was dropped at the last Moombahton Massive in DC - there were clearly a lot of people in the audience that knew it well and were already freaking out during the intro.

Moombahton Massive

what is this?

http://www.dcclubbing.com/dc-nightlife-news/moombahton-massive-at-u-hall/

Okay so this dj mix by Francis from a few months back is amazing:

http://soundcloud.com/dillonfrancis/dillon-francis-hard-summer

Tu Cucu-El Nosotros
Annie You Reset! Me (A-Mac Moombahton Edit)-Grafitti 6
My Feelings-Sonido Rampage y Nader
Pun Ain't Dead - Munchi
My Sneakers (Brian Billion moombahton edit)-B-Ju
Fuck House (dj Manaia Mashed Up Style rmx) (dj Ckrono Moombathon edit)-Soda 'n' Suds
Alarma (Original Mix) (Moombahton)-ETC!ETC! & KID CEDEK
Get ur freak on (ALVARO & PUNISH MOOMBAHTON BOOTLEG)-Missy Elliot
Philly BOUNCE Moombahton 2-sabo
A Woman Like Me (Dillon Francis Remix)-Willy Joy
Hit's Me Like A Rock (Dillon Francis Remix)-CSS
Toot It Up (feat Nick Thayer & Gotti Boi Chris - Nick Thayer remix)- DJ YODA
Mega (Skinny Friedman Moombahton Edit)-The Count & Sinden
Spaceman (Dillon Francis Remix)-vaski
Brazzer's Theme (Original Mix)-Dillon Francis & Dave Nada
Brazzers Theme (Munchi_'s Fuck That It_'s Bangbros Rmx)-Dillon Francis & Dave Nada
REPTILE-SKRILLEX
Que Que Feat. Maluca (Torro Torro Remix)-Dillon Francis & Diplo
Que Que Feat. Maluca -Dillon Francis & Diplo
Just Fall (Dillon Francis Remix)-HeavyFeet feat. Hannah T
Masta Blasta- Dillon Francis
Turn It On (Dillon Francis Remix)-Kissy Sell Out
Sandungueo-Munchi
Broken Hearts (Dillon Francis Remix)-Kito & Reija Lee
Sharki- BeatauCue
Take It Back (Dillon Francis Remix )- Toddla T

lineup for the next Moombahton Massive in DC:

NADASTROM vs SABO
MUNCHI vs HEARTBREAK
BILLY THE GENT x LONG JAWNS x JWLS
MELO vs PICKSTER ONE
CAM JUS vs SAZON BOOYA
JON KWEST vs UNCLE JESSE
A-MAC vs OBEYAH

Chase & Status - Hitz (Dillon Francis Remix)

o_O This is amazing, I can't stop listening to it, even though it might be permanently destroying my hearing. Cheers Tim!

Did I mention how awesome Nadia Oh's "No Bueno" is, boxedjoy?

Not actually moombahton but this Nadia Oh tune is mindblowing also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9OvzQo1Ank&feature=related

The whole of the Nadia Oh album is really good, fun in a party-girl trash pop way.

I think "No Bueno" really works as a song because her plain, flat singing conveys the resigned sadness of a girl who can't stop herself from falling into a doomed relationship, and the way she strains her voice is her pleading to her own sense of hopelessness.

going by crowd reaction and recognition when I've been out, the big new moombahton dancefloor anthem has been "Vibrate"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3CHGv2loUs

Nadastom's remix of Alex Clare has been floating around since spring and still not released, but gets a big response

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwUc2JH9Tko

In the same way there's the "brostep vs deep" dubstep or "FACT vs diva" funky, do you think we'll ever get a serious, moody breed of moombahton?

It's inevitable, though as with serious, moody versions of big beat it might end up being classified as something else.

Munchi's "Hope" maybe fits this category.

yeah generally a good amount of the moombahsoul stuff is in that direction, a good number of the tracks from Heartbreak and some from Munchi. Some of the new tracks in progress Nadastrom dropped last month were really dubbed out and dark with much more of a techno sound palette.

i should make a micro-moombahton track just for fun

I really like that Munci track, even if it is very "2011 vocal samples" x "moombahton" obvious.

This compilation is pretty great and appears to have a load of the apparent anthems on it. It's on Spotify as well. Love that Win Win remix.

that up all night remix is bliss

Are there any good moombahton compilations that aren't the Dave Nada one?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-2H-MPrKsw

digging moombahton that sounds like Consumed-era Plastikman

Philip Sherburne's moombahton cheat sheet on the Rhapsody blog

Haven't checked out some of these, The Takeover, Vol. One: Moombahton looks good. Actually surprised he went for Que Que, rather than West Side! from Dillon Francis. Actually was thinking that that guy should to release a remix compilation...

from upthread:

"In the same way there's the "brostep vs deep" dubstep or "FACT vs diva" funky, do you think we'll ever get a serious, moody breed of moombahton?"

think that thing that I Died just posted comes close!

Sabo just posted a whole mix of deeper moombahton material

http://soundcloud.com/solselectas/sabo-berlin-moombahton-mix

I still haven't found any great compilations beyond Blow Your Head. There's a few out there on blogs but I find them a bit too cheesy and based on moombahing a current/kitsch-yesteryear hit, which doesn't do a lot for me. I get this stuff is meant to be fun and partyish but does it have to be so simplistic and obvious all the time?

there's a ton of comps at http://www.moombahton.com/musica/

scott, here's a tribal guarachero/moombahton mixtape from a Mexico City DJ: http://soundcloud.com/panamerika/tropic-all-mixtape-por-javier

I think you will like one of the surprises here.

I'm liking this deep moombahton mix. Still haven't heard much of any sort in the style since what I've had mostly hasn't quite done it. (Maybe there is too much reliance on moombahton remix of songs from other genres I don't particularly like.)

(Like the Bjork genre.)

Cam Jus is amazing!

http://soundcloud.com/rot10-musik/sets/cam-jus-badman-ep

I am LOVING "Chase the Devil"

I haven't followed this scene at all but this tune popped up in a dancehall mix I was listening to and it is great: http://soundcloud.com/jon-kwest/vybz-kartel-ft-tina-nunezz

Tim F, you might be pleased to see that Opal's "Balance" is on here in addition to the Kartel.

Does "House" by Kindness count?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOjWFD_ZBtA

nope

digging this though http://soundcloud.com/stevestarks/sets/the-burma-ep-out-now-on/

i've been hearing a lot of mbt i don't hate via thomas blondet at the eighteenth street lounge on sundays but can't bring myself to check out moombahton massive

next DC moombahton massive isn't until July but they're worth going to - Nadastrom usually goes on when doors open and plays some really nice deeper stuff before things get crazy.

nice new mix from Nadastrom, first half groovers, second half bangers

http://soundcloud.com/wearemassiv/nadastrom-massiv-mix-vol-iv

Midland "Tape Burn"
"Point 0"
Nadastrom feat. "Dusted"
Sabo feat. Nadastrom & Nidia Gongora "Timbiqui Hasta DC"
Alex Font "Angola (Obeyah Moombahton Edit)"
Alex Neri & Federico Grazzini "Habla"
Youandewan vs Akkords "The Drums of 1988 (Edit)"
Julio Bashmore "Battle For Middle Earth (Cousin Culo Edit)"
Waze & Odyssey - "Say Yes"
Sinden - "Pull Up Wheel Up" (Bhangra VIP)
Craze - "Selekta"
Valentino Khan & ETC!ETC! - "Eat It"
Steve Starks - "TTFBO"
Javier Estrada ft. Soundkeepers - "Dejate Llevar"
JWLS - "Lagrimas"
Gent & Jawns - "Holler"
Disgraceland - "All My Zeros Are Greater Than Your One"
Jose Gonzales - "Teardrop" (Dave Nada Edit)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCOkrukT124

Diplo - No Problem Feat. Flinch & Kay
Diplo - Set It Off Feat. Lazerdisk Party Sex
JWLS - Bashin'
JWLS - Bashin' (Nadastrom's More Bounce Edit)
Diplo & Dillon Francis - Que Que
Tyga - Rack City (D!RTY AUD!O Remix)
Sandro Silva - Told Ya Feat. Isa Gt (DJ Melo Moombahton Edit)
Lil Wayne - 6 Foot 7 Foot (J-Trick Moombahton Heat Edit)
Munchi - Sandungeo
Dillon Francis - Masta Blasta
Long Jawns & Billy The Gent - Vibrate
Nadastrom - I!!
Bingo Players - Rattle (La'REDA Moombah Remix)
Diplo - Barely Standing Feat. Datsik & Sabi
JWLS - Lagrimas
Kreayshawn - Gucci Gucci (Long Jawns & Bobby la Beat Moombahton Remix)
Lil Wayne - Up Up & Away (J-Trick Moombahcore Remix)
Big Sean - A$$ (D!RTY AUD!O Moombahton Remix)
Chuckie & Silvio Ecomo - Moombah (Afrojack Remix - Munchi's Shoutout to Naffi VIP)

i will listen to this.

i'm a big fan of this heavyweight banger:
http://youtu.be/ZSgKFt66W5A

DJs should mix this stuff with new beat

the new Disgraceland EP takes moombahton into dubby techno territory: https://soundcloud.com/diablumasound/disgraceland-been-lean-ep

what

http://www.spin.com/articles/paul-mccartney-usher-moombahton-new-album-inspirations

my jam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1lDAJRO0iY

not digging every tomdickharry on youtube passing off their lame euroravedubstep as moomba! hardcoremoomba4ever!

now we're talking:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15btcWhqc30

keep your ravedub but i will fuck with your moombahcore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XoUL9DQgA8

can also listen to stuff like this forever. apparently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9zF7w0Dbt8

hard to find good glitch hop too cuz again so much of it is just more shitty dubstep-esque stuff. ya gotta find the fancy stuff. it can take awhile.

this is a little fancier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m08Ag2AlLWg&list=UUPfyre-gaEZkTl5oCoxtkSQ

glitch that don't suck:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlTjnvKpMa8&list=UUPfyre-gaEZkTl5oCoxtkSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azw2TULFaqw&list=UUPfyre-gaEZkTl5oCoxtkSQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po4A1hCkBGo&list=UUPfyre-gaEZkTl5oCoxtkSQ

nice sax solo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuOWDrV7PoU

I wish trap hadn't happened so moombahton could have taken it's place.

I really like these new Lurka tracks, maybe a bit too slow for "proper" moombahton but certainly influenced by it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9bC6gpMCx8

This is v much a punchline in my circles these days.

grim reepah brghrgbrgbrhbrghb

This is v much a punchline in my circles these days.

see also "moombahton boobs"

hate that dj blass pretty much just does moombahton now, all kinds of wrong

So does anyone actually remember this? Me neither.

i do!

Moombahton creator Nada and collaborator Matt Nordstrom as Nadastrom ( which toured with Skrillex in 2011) are currently based in Los Angeles

I get it poppington up in the clubbington quite regularly