The sixth and final definition of “groove” in Webster’s dictionary is “a pronounced enjoyable rhythm.” If one could amend the term, serious thought should be given to adding “the essence of Zap Mama’s new album, Supermoon.” Nearly every song on Supermoon features a drum or bass groove so deep that your blood circulates to its infection rhythms.

Zap Mama, Belgian native Marie Daulne’s stage name, is a star of World music, and her rhythms jump from Caribbean to African to ’70s funk to urban R&B beats, with soul and even a torch song thrown in. Although the hooks at times get lost in the jazz-flavored piano, horn breaks and general bells and whistles that reside in most of the tracks, the grooves are strong and diverse enough to keep the party rolling.

The heat glides along mostly uninterrupted until the final quarter of the album, just around the time when the groove well begins to run dry. The relaxing cool-off is a welcome change, and no one seems more aware of that than Zap Mama. “Moonray,” the second to last track, is the album’s weirdest and most beautiful track. The cascading xylophone mixed with the broken jazz rhythms give the impression of what world music might sound like on another planet. It is a fitting addition, helping the album move hearts as well as feet.