Zap Mama

Zap Mama was originally an all-female a cappella quintet founded by Marie Daulne, a Belgian artist with roots in Zaire/Democratic Republic of Congo. Since the release of 7 in 2002, Daulne's Zap Mama project has evolved into a 7 person band with two backup singers, keyboards, bass, drums and percussion/decks. The music is jazz, RnB, cabaret and beatboxing all at once! Daulne's cross-genre style might be the product of an interesting and varied past: Her father, a white Belgian, was killed during the revolution of 1960 while her mother was pregnant with her.