“But [Cuban music] was bursting to get out of me; I had to stick it into Roxy somehow by stealth. So I played a 6/8 echo groove against [drummer] Paul Thompson’s 4/4 beat – the 6/8 time signature is the basis of cumbia.”

Phil Manzanera on Roxy Music, Cuban grooves and making a fortune off Jay-Z and Kanye West:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/01/somebodys-up-there-saying-good-karma-phil-manzanera-on-roxy-music-cuban-grooves-and-making-a-fortune-off-jay-z-and-kanye-west?ref=thetonearm.com