ossory

A fiesta for Mexico City, traded between a male and a female lead in Spanish-accented English over stacked percussion and palmas, races through the drained-lake founding, the sinking cathedral, Xochimilco's painted boats, Tepito, Tlatelolco's three cultures and tacos al pastor. It's all held together by "ahorita," the word that means right now, and never, and somehow both at once. Orale.

L16 The Local Anthems Latin (Rumba Flamenca / Latin Fusion)

Ahorita Means Never

Style

Fast gypsy rumba flamenca fusion at roughly 132 BPM on a driving rumba-clave groove, with cajon, congas, bongos and constant palmas handclaps under rapid rasgueado flamenco guitar, a male and female lead trading verses in a warm, rolling Mexico City Spanish accent into tight unison choruses with shouted jaleos.

Tags

  • #MexicoCity
  • #CDMX
  • #Chilango
  • #Ahorita
  • #Xochimilco
  • #RumbaFlamenca
  • #GypsyRumba
  • #LatinFusion
  • #Palmas
  • #AlPastor
  • #SinkingCity
  • #cityanthem
  • #satiricalsong
  • #originalsong
  • #ossory