Zap Mama
Belgian-Congolese Afro-pop Musician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Zap Mama is a Belgian singer-songwriter, performer, composer, lyricist, activist, video artist and ethno-vocal therapist born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, raised in Belgium. Zap Mama sings polyphonic and afro-pop music, a harmonic music with a mixture of infused African vocal techniques, urban, hip hop with emphasis on voice.[1] In order to explore and discover the vast world of oral tradition music. She travels throughout Africa, learning, exchanging and sharing information about healing songs, lullabies, mourning, and practising polyphony with griots (bards), Tartit tuareg women , Dogons, Peulhs, Pygmies, Mangbetus, Zulus and others.
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Birth name | Marie Daulne |
Also known as | Zap Marie |
Origin | Belgium |
Genres | World music Afro-Pop Afro fusion |
Years active | 1991–present |
Labels | Crammed Discs Luaka Bop Heads Up International Virgin EMI Records Concord Music Group |
Members | Marie Daulne |
Past members | Tanja Daese, Lene Norgaard Christensen, Sabine Kabongo, Celine T'hooft, Sylvie Nawasadio, Anita Daulne, Ida Kristine Nielsen |
Website | www |
Zap Mama's worldwide success began with a quintet of polyphonic female singers, whose unique vocal polyphony style has inspired influences in American hip hop, nu-soul, jazz and elements of pop. Very famous for the song "Iko-iko" in Mission Impossible 2.