Ancestry in progress zap mama biography

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    Marie Daulne and Erykah Badu are best friends, but I can't imagine what they talk about. It'd have to be on some avian-type level-- chirping and bristling feathers, cooing and hooting in another language that only twin spirits could decipher. Or they'd just be stoned out of their gourds. Either way, the two rock that yin/yang connection that comes with matching bracelets. "She is the Afro-American Queen," Marie Daulne purrs, "and I am the Afro-European queen."

    Queenship is certainly apropos. There's certainly something regal about Daulne. Her implacable confidence and extraordinary talent match a playful on-stage persona. She's as colorful as her wardrobe and her antics. (She's been known to breakdance on stage in flowing kimono-type outfits.)

    And the regality is deeper than metaphor. Like any good ruler, she knows her subjects intimately. Born in Congo and then migrating to Belgium, Daulne carried her past, combining the polyphoni

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    Zap Mama

    Marie Daulne, the founder and fronting member of Zap Mama since the early 1990s, has lived a life that rivals Homer’s Odyssey. Filled with peril and triumph, globe-spanning quests, and a series of anställda achievements that seem almost heroic in scope, her story fryst vatten one of epic proportions in the annals of world music. She stands with one foot firmly planted in tradition and the other in the progressive sounds and sensibilities of a new century, and she consistently merges the two with an effortless grace that never fails to mesmerize.

    Born in the Congo, but raised in Belgium, Marie spends her life crossing continents and winning the hearts of thousands of fans, while introducing her musical heritage to the world and uniting musical cultures through the wonders of voice, music and dynamic performance.

    “My early childhood was filled with the music of my mother, the music of the Congo,” Daulne recalls. “We had the radio when inom was growing up in Belgium, so we heard a lot of

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    Ancestry in Progress

    2004 studio album by Zap Mama

    Ancestry in Progress is an album by Zap Mama, released in 2004.[2][3] Marie Daulne, Zap Mama's leader, deemed the music "Afropean".[4]

    The album peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's World Albums chart.[5]

    Production

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    The album was mostly recorded in Philadelphia, where Daulne worked with musicians associated with the Roots.[6][7] It contains contributions from Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Questlove, Bahamadia, and Common.[8][9] Daulne sings in French and English, while also employing chants from Pygmy music.[10]

    Critical reception

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    Exclaim! thought that "'Bandy Bandy', with Erykah Badu, stands out because of its polished immediacy."[14]The Baltimore Sun determined that "Daulne blends the ancient (her trademark pygmy onomatopoeic vocal techniques and chants) with the present (smoothed- out, atmospheric groov

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