About half a year ago Dave Nada (Nadastrom) was DJing his cousin's high school graduation party (seriously) and decided to slow down an Afrojack remix of Silvio Acomo's "Moombah" to 108 BPM. The result was Moombahton (pronounced: moom bah tone) and a whole bunch of teenage pregnancy scares.
If Wikipedia hadn't so clearly documented Moombahton's birth, I would have told you a bunch of Dutch House producers decided to drive around Washington Heights for a weekend with their windows down, blasting some, you know, umm, Dutch House music... Anyway, while that's not really true, for all intents and purposes it is exactly what happened. Moombahton's heart is still firmly in the synthy and electronic bass sounds of house music, but that heart is just beating with a reggaeton pulse. This ain't shit you can fist pump to. Once you turn up the volume, you just can't help but gyrate those hips a little, maybe do a meringue step or two, get in a circle and start clapping your hands, whistling and yelling short Spanish phrases. Try not to, c'mon just try-- Esta noche!
Dave Nada - Moombahton
Dave Nada - Riverside (Moombahton Edit)
Munchi - Esta Noche
and the original and much faster track that started it all:
Sylvio Ecomo and Chuckie - Moombah (Afrojack Remix)
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