Zap Mama - Ancestry in Progress - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Can one of the most original and exciting recordings in world music be followed by a repeat performance? Yes! It seems impossible, but the second had fans wondering secretly if it wasn't even better than the first. As on the first, Zap Mama uses African rhythms, yodels and chants, always accompanied by an interplay of vocal percussive elements which become so complex that they demand total attention to appreciate. Using vocal techniques never before heard (as they are an original synthesis), these five women transport US not only to Africa and Europe, but to India and Australia in a continuing fabulous world tour. We can't possibly give any recording a more enthusiastic endorsement!

Zap Mama - Adventures In Afropea, Vol. 1 [COMPACT DISCS] date 02/08/2005

German DJ/synth player Markus Schmidt is known in his native country as InchGroove ManInch for a good reason. Schmidt has a knack for sweetening the groove on every project he's ever been involved in, although he is often uncredited on many of the big hits he has worked on. For this reason, he is mostly thought of as a Inchsecret weaponInch of sorts, a moniker he doesn't mind at all, as long as he gets paid. Markus was in the middle of a South Florida vacation when the pandemic hit and decided not to risk travel, so he stayed put in his South Beach rental and enjoyed long walks on the beach every morning, which became a ritual of sorts that became a beneficial tool to keep his sanity and creativity intact. On his daily stroll one morning, Marcus could hear a rhythmic patter in the distance, and as he got closer, he could see that the sound was coming from a solitary stroller on the beach singing/rapping while making rhythmic accompaniment with a coconut shell and also parts of his own body. Markus followed for a while, and when the two caught up, Markus introduced himself and complimented the music maker. This musical fellow turned out to be Karl Lennox, a talented up and coming R&B/Hip-Hop vocalist that had been recently discovered by the newly reborn Afro Wax imprint - the infamous South Beach dance-electronic tag that helped turn the Americans on to speed-garage and other groovy things in the early 2000s. Long story short Markus and Karl became fast friends, began collaborating musically and naturally happened upon a sound that could loosely be described as Euro-lectro - soulful, adventurous and groovy, just like the early Afro Wax singles that Markus owned when he was a teenager - and the folks at the tag agreed. InchI Just Wanna Party (All Night Long),Inch the duo's latest offering for the newly revived Afro Wax imprint, is the third single from the forthcomin