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On its first full-length in four years, Marie Daulne's Zap Mama project returns to Luaka Bop from a brief encounter with Narada and resumes its quest to wind African melody and vocal harmony around hip- hop, jazzy breaks, soul and Afro Cuban rhythms first explored on 7 and continued with mixed success on A Ma Zone. Produced by Daulne and Anthony Tidd, the music production was supervised by the Roots' Richard Nichols. As such, this exotic blend is earthy, steamy, full of souled-out slips and shimmers in "Bandy Bandy" with special guest Erykah Baud, and the laid-back funk of "Show Me the Way," with guests Air Thompson Bahamadia and Lady Alma. This is far more an urban recording, where urban pop and nu-soul are informed by worldbeat esthetics rather than the other way around. Take "Miss Q'N" with its late-night groove and stacked harmonies (all performed by Daulne) coming from out of the ether and weaving a tapestry of soft seductive lullaby around the lyric. "Yak," with its male chorus intoning the pronunciation ("Yah Yoa") is an intro against the whispering hi hat loop, before a huge chorus of alto and contralto voices re-frame it and Daulne's solo voice. As the hypnotic effect becomes the M.O., M.C. Intense begins rapping from his urban reality perch and throws the whole thing into overdrive. And so it goes, drifting, cutting, edging, and willowing toward some otherworldly collage that is all held together in the sheer vocal magic of Daulne's vision. ~ Thom Jurek
Audio Mixers: Anthony Tidd; Roman Zeitlin; Philippe Allaert; Jon Smeltz; Richard Nichols; Axel Niehaus; Tim Leitner.
Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY; Giant Little Studio, Philadelphia, PA; Irving Place Studios, New York, NY; Mantrax Studio, West New York, NY; Marie Daulne Home Studio, Belgium; The Studio, Philadelphia, PA; Turtle Power Studio, Belguim.
Illustrators: Alessandro Canu; Marcellus Hall.
Arranger: Anthony Tidd.
Zap Mama: Marie Daulne, Chris McHale (vocals); Pablo Baptiste (percussion); Mike Harvey, Dizy Mandjeku.
Personnel: Lene Norgaard Christensen, Tanya Saw, Fredy Massamba, Manou NGuessan Gallo (vocals, background vocals); Chris McHale, Desta Haile, Kesia Daulne Quental, Coco Minyaka, Yassin Daulne, Chantal Willie, Aningi Bernadette, Arlynne Page, Nina, Mike Harvey, Anita Daulne, Sophie, Yvette (vocals); Roman Zeitlin (guitar, keyboards); Dizy Mandjeku (guitar); Larry Gold (strings); Tim Green , Jonathan Finlayson, Dana Leong (horns); Marie Daulne (keyboards, percussion, sound effects, background vocals); Anthony Tidd (keyboards); Patrick Dorcean, ?uestlove (drums); Pablo Baptiste (percussion); Mel Lewis (drum programming); Erykah Badu, Lady Alma, Talib Kweli (background vocals).
Mojo (Publisher) (p.100) - 3 stars out of 5 - "Driven by an intrepid experimental aesthetic...a cohesive and highly accessible synthesis of rootsy African sounds and polished American R&B..."
Not bad. The lead singer and background singing is moving and haunting. I simply like it and do not regret purchasing this cd. I look to purchase additional cd's from this artist. Submitted by res1oq62 (Riverside, CA, USA) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
ZAP MAMA rocks my world I absolutely love this album!!
I received it as a birthday gift from a good friend - and wow - have only been listening to this album since - it's been almost a month now!
I find new favourites everyday!
Zap Mama is a vocal genius (being a vocalist myself - I am inspired by her vocal arrangments and the vocal journey she takes us through)
You rock Zap Mama!
One love!
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!!!! zap mama is still the best!! Submitted by pops9 (costa mesa, ca usa) Was This Review Helpful? YesNo
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