Los Angeles, if you do not know the infamous Dave Nada by now then you must be hiding under a rock. This is a dude that will set any room on fire that he walks into, and thats meant both literally and figuratively. He just moved into my hood in DTLA about a month ago from DC and has already cemented his name in this city’s incredibly diverse music community. Dave is responsible for the recent Moombahton craze that is sneaking its way into everyone’s sets across the globe. I can recall Dave telling me the story of how Moombahton started at his cousin’s high school skipping parties and how he dj’d one of them, it’s a cool story.

“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.” – Dave Nada

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There are so many new sub genres popping up and people with access to the internet can see what is happening anywhere in the world. Alot of people are catching wind of Moombahton and I think its great. From Holland to South America, it will influence a whole new generation to play with fresh sounds and different tempos, where as in recent years many people were more interested in speeding tempos up and filling every empty space in a track. I think its a breath of fresh air.

Dave is also one half of Nadastrom and our featured guest for the next Media Contender Podcast to be released on Monday. For now, here are a few bits to get you up to speed on Moombahton. Make sure you tune in next week and grab the podcast too!

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Click to Download “DAVE NADA – RIVERSIDE (MOOMBAHTON EDIT)”
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