Moombahton

Moombahton
Stylistic origins	Reggaeton, Dutch house
Cultural origins	March 2010 Washington, D.C.
Subgenres
Moombahcore , Moombahsoul

Introduction

Moombahton is a sub-genre of electronic dance music that was created by American DJ and producer Dave Nada (aka Dave Villegas) in Washington, D.C., in the fall of 2009. Moombahton is essentially Dutch House or Electro House at a slower BPM (typically 110BPM) with heavy reggaeton influences- most notably new drums and percussion elements. Other features of moombahton are extended and enhanced build-ups.

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 . 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 sub-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

Moombahton Drums

The majority of moombahton drums follow the drum pattern of

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B   B
   S  S

"B" stands for bassdrum while "S" could either be a snare, bongo, bass or a bassdrum. This is a pattern commonly found in soca and reggaeton, among other genres.