Born in D.C., bred worldwide was the tagline of an NPR based article on the origin of the electronic musical phenomenon known as, Moombahton. It exploded onto the DC scene last year and before it had legs to walk became an international sensation, that quickly had some of EDM’s most-influential producers, DJ’s, and radio shows playing a genre created by DC native, Dave Nada. But this article isn’t about Dave Nada; this is about two DJ’s from the DMV (District, MD, VA) that are adding their contribution to this burgeoning genre of Latin-based world music. Enter Jesse Tittsworth and Alvin Risk.
Go-Go, HarDCore, and Moombahton all call The District home, with exception to HarDCore that shares tri-citizenship with Boston and Los Angeles respectively, the other two are indigenous to the area. But, Go-Go and the D.I.Y. ethos of HarDCore didn’t have the benefit of the technology age to help its imperialism spread the Gospel of Moombahton. Using the many advantages of the blogosphere, social media websites, and tastemakers worldwide, this style of music has come a long way from a high school skip-party in...
