In den Staaten drüben gibt es gerade eine Underground Bewegung die sich ganz auf die Musikrichtung "Moombahton" spezialisiert hat und damit feiernd durch die Clubs zieht. Allen voran ihr inoffizieller Anführer,
Dave Nada (pic), den viele von euch als Hälfte des Duos Nadastrom kennen. Doch der Gute Herr kann nicht nur Electro sondern eben auch Moombahton und hat mit seinen mittlerweile 2 EPs und Remixen für einen kleinen Hype gesorgt.
"Immer über den Tellerrand raus" ist mein Motto hier und deswegen präsentiere ich euch hier und heute das Genre Moombahton. Dafür hab ich u.a. für euch Dave ein paar Fragen gestellt und aufschlussreiche Antworten von ihm zum Thema erhalten, viel Spaß:
LFOD: What is Moombahton?
DAVE: moombahton used to be just slowed down dutch/tropical house records edited to give a reggaeton vibe. now it's starting to develop into a new monster. basically think electronic dance vs bass vs reggaeton vs dancehall at around 108 bpm with lots of latin influences. you can see it in the name too..."moombah" is the afrojack remix/house music reference and "ton" is the reggaeton/latin reference. a fun new marriage of sound. i feel that moombahton offers a different energy to dance music culture. as a dj, it's pretty refreshing to play.
LFOD: How come that you started producing this kind of music?
DAVE: it was a total accident. the short version of the story is that i was djing my cousin's skipping party (where you skip school to go to a party) and everyone was dancing to reggaeton and loving it. all i had were my house records, and i didn't want to fuck up the vibe and piss off the crowd, so i slowed my records down to reggaeton tempo and the kids went crazy. after seeing that, i started to make edits to try out them out on tours and they started going over really well. T&A records released those edits as 2 promo EPs (Moombahton & Punk Rock Latino). It took off like crazy and now i'm producing original moombahton tracks along with moombahton remixes. Nadastrom is focusing on making original moombahton tracks now as well.
LFOD: Best way to dance to Moombahton?
DAVE: grab a partner and get your grind on! haha. i've been getting tons of great feedback saying moombahton is very sexy and fun to dance too. i think it's because it's very tropical and not as intense to dance to like most electronic dance music, which usually plays around 126 bpm to 140bpm. it may not be as fast but the energy of moombahton is big and i feel like that's what drives it home for most people in the club.
LFOD: Is a bigger release yet planed? Like an album or compilation?
DAVE: i've got some big plans that i can't talk about just yet, but Nadastrom is collaborating with Munchi, a young gifted producer from Rotterdam who we think is taking the genre to a new exciting level. Nadastrom is working on an album at the moment and there will definitely be some moombahton in there.
LFOD: Who are other noticeable Moombahton Making acts?
DAVE: Munchi is definitely raising the production bar for moombahton. i'm also really feeling A-Mac, The Philadelphyinz, Heartbreak, DJ Melo, Sabo from NYC, and Sonido Rampage & Nader. These are my personal faves, but there are lots of upcoming producers making quality edits and original moombahton that i play out in my sets. Even highly acclaimed producers like Lazaro Casanova and Diplo are making moombahton!
Thanks Dave!
So jetzt da ihr theoretisch unterrichtet wurdet, gehts an die musikalische Praxis. Hier gibt es die 2 angesprochenen EPs, einige Edits und einen Remix in voller Qualität 4free. Also, GET YOUR GRIND ON ;)
Das hier ist die erste EP, "Moombahton". 5 Track stark mit meinem derzeitigen Lieblingsmoombahton Track: "Seductive Sound". Tief treibender und pumpender Track mit ordentlich kraft und den Latin Einflüssen von denen Dave gesprochen hat. Hammer Gut!
Tracklist (Download - Track and then RCSA):
Dann haben wir noch einen der ersten Moombahton Remixes von Mr. Nada:
EP Numero Due heisst "Punk Rock Latino" und auch hier gibts auf 5 Tracks die volle Power dieser spannenden Musikrichtung. It's all about MashUps and Bass! Hier ist mein Favorite der Moombahton Dub von "Punk Rock Latino", geht gut vorwärts ab der Mitte.
Tracklist (Download - Track and then RCSA):
or if you want to preview the tracks,
STREAM here.
Das ist alles was es derzeit von ihm zum saugen gibt. Ich empfehls euch wirklich, denn der Sound ist frisch, unverbraucht und vor allem was ganz Anderes, da ja Latin hier kaum Einfluss hat. Viel Spaß beim Hören und thanx for tuning in!
