Dominican Republic music seems pointlessly quick.

Why is the following Dominican Republic music (first song on the playlist) so pointlessly fast? The only thing I can "hear" is the bass line. There are 2 chords. I guess it must have some value if you get "used" to it. It's hard to catch a heavy beat with the bongos. I'll try to reproduce something on piano. I wonder what it would be like if we slowed it down by just 30%? After the first video, I've added some slower versions of various dance and traditional music like "Bachata" (which has the word "Bach" in it, strangely enough). Along the way I look at food, politics and history as well-- selecting videos on youtube with good soundtracks always with the end in mind of doing something on piano to represent this music from "Barahona". Since looking at this island country in geography class in high school, I found it curious that it was split in two with the problematic Haiti. I'll include a look at the border with Haiti which should be interesting given the world's current border problems. You can let it roll or click an advance in the bottom left corner. There is a drop down menu on the top left.