Bounce Extravaganza - Sugarcane Festival

What is Bounce Music? Bounce is characterized by call and response style party and Mardi Gras Indian chants and dance call-outs that are frequently hypersexual. These chants and call-outs are typically sung over the "Triggerman beat" which is sampled from the songs "Drag Rap" by the Showboys, "Brown Beat" by Cameron Paul, and also Derek B's "Rock The Beat". The sound of bounce has primarily been s

haped by the recycling and imitation of the "Drag Rap" sample: its opening chromatic tics, the intermittent shouting of the word "break," the use of whistling as an instrumental element (as occurs in the bridge), the vocoded "drag rap" vocals and its brief and repetitive melody and quick beat (which were produced with use of synthesizers and drum machines and are easily sampled or reproduced using like-sounding elements). Although Bounce music has been performed in many cities across the world and lacks a distinctly "regional sound" often many bounce artists acknowledge geographical areas, neighborhoods and housing projects. Bounce music is characterized by very sexual dancing. The audiences are generally seen with their backs to the performer, bent over and bouncing their hips to the music. Others perform a signature bounce dance called "p-popping". BIG Freedia aka (Queen of Bounce) is an African American musician known for work in the New Orleans genre of hip hop called Bounce Music. We will bring this feel good music to New Iberia, La for the Sugarcane Festival annually. Looking forward to seeing you there. Come and REPRESENT where you are from.