His style favoured seductively languorous women against classical or oriental marbled backdrops. The percussion use the cadence of a languorous belly dance. This languorous beach with coconut groves, casuarinas and gentle sand dunes is deserted for miles. Emily Mackay, writing for The Guardian, describes Wasser's return to her "characteristically languorous, smoky zone". Will Hermes writing in "Rolling Stone" commends the album's "languorous tempos". If someone comes down with an incurable, languorous illness, Mami Wata often takes the blame. For the women, they are expected to perform that languorous and wavy "mabalud-balud" steps. All five seem fluid, languorous and unself-conscious. " Ellis is quoted as saying&colon; "The film is so languorous. Maybe that's why it's languorous.