{"id":577,"date":"2010-11-08T02:01:24","date_gmt":"2010-11-08T01:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kleptones.com\/blog\/?p=577"},"modified":"2021-07-29T12:27:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:27:46","slug":"hectic-city-11-moombahtronica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kleptones.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/08\/hectic-city-11-moombahtronica\/","title":{"rendered":"Hectic City 11 &#8211; Moombahtronica!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" allow=\"autoplay\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/7239447&#038;color=%23ff2e00&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;show_teaser=true&#038;visual=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Direct download: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kleptones.com\/music\/hecticcity\/kleptones_hectic_city_11_moombahtronica.mp3\">MP3<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kleptones.com\/music\/hecticcity\/kleptones_hectic_city_11_moombahtronica.flac\">FLAC<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Another contrast for HC 11 (Isn&#8217;t it always though? ;) &#8211; This time something a little more dancefloor-friendly, but with a twist, as we enter the world of Moombahton.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been following a few blogs over the last couple of years that promote a range of &#8220;Global&#8221; dance music. A variety of different styles from around the world, some of which I liked and some I didn&#8217;t care for, but it&#8217;s always interesting hearing what people around the world are getting off on :) <\/p>\n<p>Through these blogs and the producers I&#8217;d discovered there and then followed on Soundcloud, the name &#8220;Moombahton&#8221; started popping up in the tags. I heard a few things I liked, but then I read <a href=\"http:\/\/wayneandwax.com\/?p=4568\" target=\"_blank\">this article by Wayne Marshall<\/a> that gave me the backstory to it&#8217;s creation. I&#8217;d recommend reading the whole article, but in essence the sound originated (as did Cumbia Dub, I believe) through playing slowed-down European dance tunes, some of which had already picked up on certain offbeat snare rhythms &#8211; a very &#8220;now&#8221; style in Euro-house &#8211; listen to Afrojack, for example, who provided the remix that, slowed down, gave the style it&#8217;s name (&#8220;Moombah&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>But, as is often the way with a style that gains a name so early in its gestation, a lot of people aren&#8217;t really <em>that sure<\/em> exactly what Moombahton is yet, but as with something like dubstep there&#8217;s a template; a tempo (roughly round 110) and a rhythmic guide (in this case, the flying offbeat snares over the 4\/4 that provide the necessary syncopation).<\/p>\n<p>This obviously is the brightest of green lights to many a producer, who can quickly adapt and remix their own and others work to suit. <\/p>\n<p>So naturally this tweaked my brain considerably, as I&#8217;ve been enjoying quite a large chunk of slower dance stuff recently (the &#8220;slow house&#8221; and &#8220;cosmic disco&#8221; styles which operate around 110-120 and sometimes slower &#8211; not a marked, or new, difference in tempo (more a reversion!) but considerably different to euro-house&#8217;s 130 and dubstep&#8217;s 140). There&#8217;s something that resonates with me also around that tempo &#8211; it definitely allows for a bit more space and groove &#8211; better to actually dance to, rather than just bounce. However, the tempo <em>has<\/em> prevented me from DJing the stuff, as crowds generally view it as a warm up to something faster and harder, rather than the main course. <\/p>\n<p>Reading Wayne&#8217;s article left me highly inspired to experiment with mixing at that tempo, using the Moombahton tracks that I liked and also adding slowed-down versions of tunes that I already had, some of which I&#8217;m not so keen on playing out in their original form as they&#8217;re a bit too intense (and also there&#8217;s a lot of peeps that do it better than me!). <\/p>\n<p>In the spirit of the speed this sound seems to be mutating I wanted to do it very quickly (also grabbing the inspiration while it was there!), so I spent Friday working my way through a pile of tracks, mostly taken down 15-20bpm (although the odd one pitched up!). It was very surprising to find what worked best &#8211; quite an across-the-board selection indeed. I assembled the tracks and spent the weekend jamming with them and putting together this mix (recorded live, but tweaked and edited in Ableton afterwards), which is about 40% &#8220;genuine&#8221; Moombahton tracks and remixes, and the rest my own slow-down edits, samples and added percussion. <\/p>\n<p>I think it sounds pretty good indeed. I&#8217;ve certainly achieved what I set out to do, had a blast doing it and am looking forward to experimenting some more. Have a listen and see if it suits you! :)<\/p>\n<p>01 Sabo &#8211; Jesus Creates Moombahtron<br \/>\n02 Stereo 77 &#8211; Moombahton 1989<br \/>\n03 Kid Kaio &#8211; We Don&#8217;t Give A Fuck (Uncle Jesse Fuckin&#8217; Moombahton Edit)<br \/>\n04 Frikstailers &#8211; Cumbia Kamisama<br \/>\n05 Switch &#8211; A Bit Patchy (Kenny Dope Mix &#8211; Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n06 Mark Knight &#038; Funkagenda &#8211; Shogun (Jimpster Remix &#8211; Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n07 D.Ramirez, Mark Knight &#038; Underworld &#8211; Downpipe (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n08 Technotronic &#8211; Pump Up The Jam (Da Fresh Goes To Miami Boot &#8211; Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n09 Moombahtron &#8211; Get Stupid (Redlight Remix)<br \/>\n10 Lloyd Banks &#8211; Beamer, Benz Or Bentley (Skeet Skeep Edit &#8211; Kleptones More Edit)<br \/>\n11 Hostage &#8211; Badman Sound (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n12 Abe Duque &#8211; Acid (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n13 Square One &#8211; Vesuvius (Justin Martin Remix &#8211; Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n14 Beat Pharmacy &#8211; Drifter (Drifting Drums Mix &#8211; Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n15 Alter Ego &#8211; Fuckingham Palace (Dirk Leyers Remix &#8211; Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n16 Retrohandz &#8211; Turn The Bass Up (Calvertron Remix &#8211; Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n17 Diskjokke &#8211; I Was Go To Marroco And I Don&#8217;t See You<br \/>\n18 L-Vis 1990 &#8211; United Groove (MJ Cole Remix &#8211; Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n19 Benny Benassi &#8211; Satisfaction (Afrojack Remix &#8211; Morningstar Edit)<br \/>\n20 Hostage &#8211; Otis (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n21 Audion &#8211; Noiser (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n22 Ghost &#8211; Ghost 2000 (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n23 Lykke Li &#8211; Get Some (Combo Edit)<br \/>\n24 4hero &#8211; Mr Kirk&#8217;s Nightmare (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n25 Billfold &#8211; Knockin&#8217; Boots (Bill&#8217;s Fr33ky Edit)<br \/>\n26 Crystal Fighters &#8211; I Love London (A-Mac Moombahton Remix)<br \/>\n27 Outlander &#8211; Vamp (Kleptones Riff Drop Edit)<br \/>\n28 Emvee &#8211; Glitch Dub (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n29 Yolanda Be Cool &#8211; Afra Nuts (Kleptones Riff Edit)<br \/>\n30 Joey Beltram &#8211; Energy Flash (Kleptones Edit)<br \/>\n31 DJ Shadow &#8211; Scatter Brain (Kleptones Edit)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Direct download: MP3 or FLAC Another contrast for HC 11 (Isn&#8217;t it always though? ;) &#8211; This time something a little more dancefloor-friendly, but with a twist, as we enter the world of Moombahton. 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