Many Afro-Latin music forms propel and ignite the lower body—the hips, the butt, the pelvis, etc., by letting the downbeat “float”. By de-emphasizing the first beat of each measure, a rhythm becomes more sensual and ethereal; one “floats” outside of the time and space of earthly existence. Repetition creates a timeless, communal otherworld, a cycle that is both rooted in biological rhythms and in the beyond or the meta-biological.
Any activation of the hips-sex-butt-pelvis relates to the source of all life, the womb. This kind of music is definitely a respectful prayer in honor of the sweet, the feminine, the great mother, the sensuous life-giving aspects of ourselves and our lives, and to the Earth, the mother of us all. To shake your rump is to be environmentally aware!
David Byrne
, Composer and lead singer of the group “Talking Heads”
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Music to be listened with good speakers (or headphones), so it gets your bootie off the chair...
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