Dillon Francis has released his new moombahton EP titled This Mixtape Is Fire. Francis' new project does not skimp out on big name dance music features, tabbing some of the "IDGAFOS" DJ's best friends in the industry. Francis only tackles one of the six tracks alone, working with Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Chromeo, Kygo and Bro Safari across the other five tracks on the EP.
Francis gets back to what his fans have been looking for in new moombahton. He slows things down to 110 bpms, drops the 808s and snare rolls that have crept into his music over the past couple of years and adds heavily reverbed drums and percussion found in a Francis moombahton track.
Each collaboration has the distinct flavor of the artist who is featured on that particular song. Skrillex provides his expertise on "Bun Up The Dance," which was released as a single two weeks ago, to add some extra low end and growls to the bass line. Calvin lends his expert ability as a songwriter and producer, molding it into the sound that Francis wanted for this EP.
Chromeo slows things down even further with a downtempo, funkier track that provides some diversity to the EP. "Coming Over" originally just listed James Hersey as the vocalist, but most knew that it was the collaboration between Francis and Kygo. The Norwegian gave away the track at Coachella to a few fans on USBs that he threw into the crowd, apparently without the consent of Francis.
Things appear to have been patched up and the summer-tipped tune is on the EP with all three artists listed on it.
You can listen to This Mixtape Is Fire below on Soundcloud or head to iTunes to purchase a copy for yourself.
