Get down

Get down is a stance, posture or movement in many traditional African cultures and throughout the African diaspora. It involves bending at the waist and knees, bringing the body low to the ground in moments of ecstasy or intensity. Bending at the knees and waist is an expression of profound spirituality and connectedness to the earth. It also indicates suppleness and conveys qualities and values of vitality, youthfulness and energy.

In Gahu choreography, often dancers move counterclockwise in a circle of alternating men and women; their performance includes "long passages of a lightly bouncy basic 'step' leavened with brief 'get down' sections in which the dancers lower their center of weight and move with intensified strength and quickness."

The term "get down" in popular music and slang is directly related to this particular element of the African aesthetic, filtered through the African-American experience. Use of the term by white Americans since the middle-20th century, though, is credited to the influence of a white disc jockey, Bill "Hoss" Allen, who used it on his nightly soul music shows on Nashville, Tennessee station WLAC.

Get Down

Get Down may refer to:

Music

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Get Down! (album)

Get Down! is an album by Soulive that was released on September 24, 2002 as a reissue. It was originally recorded between March and June 1999. The album was produced by Jeff Krasno and Sean Hoess.

The album is widely regarded as Soulive's first album. With this release, Soulive made its debut with the typical jazz organ trio combination of Eric Krasno on guitar, Alan Evans on drums, and Neal Evans on a Hammond B3 . This album includes the popular "Uncle Junior," which has since become a fan favorite and major staple of a live Soulive performance.

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H "Two" O

H "Two" O are a Leicester based garage and bassline duo consisting of Solution and Oz. The name, H "Two" O, is a reference to the name of the radio station where the pair first met before they started producing music themselves.

The duo are best known for their single "What's It Gonna Be", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart in February 2008, and sold over 43,000 copies. The single, featuring vocal trio Platnum, originally charted at number seven, before climbing to the number two position, where it remained for three weeks.

H "Two" O were resident DJs throughout 2008 at the Es Paradis club in San Antonio, Ibiza, as well as DJing around Europe; during the year, they also performed in other dance music holiday destinations, including Ayia Napa, Kavos, Malia and Marbella.

In January 2009, H "Two" O mixed one of the CDs on the second Ministry of Sound bassline album, The Sound Of Bassline 2.

After a short break H Two O returned with a new sound in 2015, remixing for Tinchy Stryder, M.O and releasing their first new track 'Need You More' on Tough Love's Get Twisted record label.