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The traditional soukous dance music out of Congo and other parts of Central Africa.

A lilting beat, ricocheting percussion and layers of intertwined guitars and marimbas hint at Congolese soukous as Reyna enjoys “a moment of peace” and exults, in Spanish, “Let the environment caress me”; it sounds like sheer delight.

He was one of DR Congo's best rhythm guitarists, but spent most of his career based in the French capital, Paris, where he led the Soukous Stars band since 1984.

The percolating grooves of her songs fused mutuashi rhythms with salsa, Congolese soukous and other African and Caribbean rhythms, deploying synthesizers and horns alongside traditional percussion.

You can hear hints of West African highlife and Congo-derived soukous, a hybrid of Cuban rumba.