zapmamaprojects
zapmamaprojects
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Bio
I am known as Zap Mama... my name is Marie Daulne
This is my story....
1985 - 1989 / Arts School
I PLANTED a seed…
I didn't know, that SEED was to GROW.
I made my first composition while I was still a student of visual ART history.
This composition was a mix of, polyrythmics and polyphonic VOICES.
From this, the Z MAMA STYLE was born.
As a teenager, MUSIC is often all you have, to help you in the transition between childhood and adult life.
I didn't identify and recognize myself in any one genre, so I created my own.
Before I knew I'd be part of the music scene, these are some of the key albums and artists, that inspired, my paintings and fed my soul.
Lena Horne / Betty Carter / Bob Marley - Kaya / Neil Young - Harvest / Grace Jones - Nightclubbing / Al Jareau / Earth, Wind and Fire / James Brown / Airto Morera / Maria Bethania / Flora Purim / Gilberto Gil / Stan Getz / Miles Davis / Osibisa / Funkadelic / Run DMC / Crosby, Still, Nash & Young / Astor Piazzola / Rubén Blades / Tito Puente / Celia Cruz / Le Trio Bulgare / Herbie Hancock / Sade / Pink Floyd / Tango Bongo Man / Kraftwerk / Art of Noise / Queen / The B52's / The Front Line / Carmel / Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan / Dimi / Mint / Abba / Abbey Lincoln / Ella Fitzgerald / Billy Holliday / Jeanne Lee / Nina Simone / Fela Kuti / Miriam Makeba / Ladysmith Black Mambazo / Sweet Honey in the Rock / Queen Latifah / Musique du Monde / Claude / DeBussy / Ravel / Bach / Tabu Ley Rochereau / Franco OK Jazz / Claude Nougaro / Brel / Roberta Flack / Donny Hathaway / Prince / Etta James / John Lee Hooker / Taj Mahal / Buddy Guy / John Mayall / The Temptations / Roy Hargrove / Seu Jorge / Keziah Jones / Tom Ze / Bobbie McFerrin / Zakhir Hussein / Abdullah Ibrahim / Stanley Clarke / Dinah Washington / Marvin Gay / Aretha Franklin / D'Gary / Cassandra Wilson / Gainsbourg / Nougaroo / Buju Banton / Dalida / Steel Pulse / The Mystic / U Roy / Buena Vista Social Club / Ray Barretto / James Brown / Parliment / Public Enemy / Maceo Parker / Lionel Richie / De La Soul / Ike and Tina Turner / DJ Krush / Roni Size / 4 Zero's / Guem / US3 / Tony Allen / Bongo Man / Jackson Sister / Saaba / Bonga / Ravi Shankar / Soundtracks / Classical Indian / Flamenco / Gospel Music / & Jazz .......
1991 - 1992
ADVENTURES IN AFROPEA
My SEED AWAKENS…
PUSHING ROOTS INTO THE DARKNESS OF THE EARTH…
CONNECTING WITH ANCESTORS.
I travelled to Congo. To the deep forest where I was born, and received MOTHER earth sounds and songs, from my uncle and aunt, on my mothers side. I listened to the harmonies of the forest, staying in the roots of the giant trees, smelling pure oxygen, and the essence of life.
I connected with gestures through SOUND, and through the power of VOICES, I found the common language of laughter, love, sadness, suffering, and joy! That was IT!! I was in! Receiving the light; the main inspiration. That was It. Zap Mama discovered the world. Discovered the essence, the goal, the Thing.
SOUND became my obsession! I listened to more ethnic MUSIC from India, Mali, Africa, New Zealand, Bali, Japan, Spanish Flamenco, Argentinian Tango, music from Haiti, Brazil, the Inuit, Sufis, Spiritual music.
I visited some of these tribes. I wanted to smell to feel to sweat to really be in that three dimensional sound. They were my teachers.
Traveling back and forth to Europe; where I grew up. I was still a student, and I began to blend the many cultural influences into my art. ZAPPING from one beat to another. My goal was clear and this ZAPPING is the source of the name ZAP MAMA.
1994
SABSYLMA
The SEED Sprouts, and GROWS to find the LIGHT above.
With the band of Five Women, we traveled through the USA to SINGAPORE, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, and EUROPE...This tour, began our recognition, awards and nominations from the western world.
From here I SPIRALED up. Year after year, ZAPPING from one style to another.
Always right on the edge looking ahead, feeling the vibes, and the essence of the human connection through music.
Singing songs in Arabic, Spanish, French, Swahili, Malay, English.... and and and, the untranslatable, universal vocal sounds called ONOMATOPOEIA.
This is the fun part!!
1996
7SEVEN
Nurturing growth through INSPIRATION…
I travelled to Timbuktu, the West African desert in Mali to visit the Touareg, Peul, and Bambara. The main thing there, was the essence of the BLUES.
STRENGTHENING my branches and GROWTH up.
1999
AMaZone
My TREE starts BLOOMING, new FLOWERS, new COLORS, new SCENTS, and new SOUNDS! WHAT A SPLENDOR!
I moved to New York City, and shared my sounds with the HIP HOP scene. I felt I was ready to give.
I knew that there was something that needed to be shared, a GOAL to attempt
From this , the idea for the next album.
2004
ANCESTRY in PROGRESS.
LEAVES reach out…
The ANCESTRY was in PROGRESS.
I made the other part of my mission to CREATE an exchange between the Afro-European spirit with the Afro-American spirit.
2005 - 2007
SuperMOON
ROOTS GROW deeper into the darkness of the earth
I lost my best FRIEND. Her name was Nina, She was my sun, and MOON, and I was her moon and SUN.
When it was dark, we made each other SHINE!
To be able to accomplish what I did, I needed a shoulder, an open heart, somebody to listen to the ups and downs.
It is rare that you can have a friend that is always there for you.
Beyond the STARS, be unique, be you, be a SUPERMOON and SHINE through
CREATIVITY
2009 2012
RE-CREATION
FRESH growth emerges from center.
I RE-CREATE myself.
This Re-Creation, was both a RENEWAL of SELF,
and the pleasure of
RELAXATION and ENJOYMENT.
2012
“F L A S H B A C K T O T H E P R E S E N T”
I am standing proud, TALL as a TREE with FRUITS of SOUND to TASTE.
Creating BEAUTY, CARESSING feelings that STIMULATE
your IMAGINATION.
This is where HAPPINESS IS!
ENJOY!!
Imagine you have a microphone for macro sound. You can hear the sound of a butterfly's wings.
An ultra-sonic frequency that stimulates the brain and connects us to nature.
Marie Daulne
singer / author / composer but also acting / diva for corporate show / master classes /vocal flashmob event / producer for and with other artists ArtCION
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