![]() ![]() 1.5 1996–present: Deaths of Roger and Larry Troutman, disbandment, and current activityĬareer 1966–80: Early career and major record deal īorn on November 29, 1951, in Hamilton, Ohio, Roger Troutman began recording music in the late to mid 1960s, issuing his first solo recording efforts "Jolly Roger" and "Night Time" on the obscure and now defunct Ohio label, Teen Records in 1966 under the band name 'Lil' Roger and His Fabulous Vels. ![]() 1.4 1993–96: Resurgence and brief increase in popularity.1.3 1982–85: Style change and gradual decline.1.2 1980–81: Split with George Clinton and other workings.1.1 1966–80: Early career and major record deal.2.4 1996–present: Deaths of Roger and Larry Troutman, disbandment, and current activity.2.3 1993–96: Resurgence and brief increase in popularity.2.2 1982–85: Style change and gradual decline.2.1 1966–80: Early career and major record deal.Zapp currently tours only around small scale concerts in the United States. Zapp reformed briefly in 2003 with the remaining brothers of the Troutman family to produce the album Zapp VI: Back By Popular Demand. The motive behind Larry's attack is unclear, but there are speculations that were arguments over money, and Larry being angry over the lack of consultation Roger had gave as to why he fired him from being his manager. ![]() Larry's body was found close-by in his vehicle with a single gunshot wound to the head. Roger was shot several times before dying in hospital during surgery. Zapp disbanded in 1999 after both Roger and Larry Troutman were killed in a murder-suicide, that was apparently carried out by Larry. The album's musical style veered drastically away from their first release, despite this, the album sold well, and was certified gold by late 1982. Zapp continued to produce several more albums thereafter, releasing Zapp II in 1982. The following year in 1981, Clinton stopped producing the band over a record dispute regarding Roger Troutman's solo debut. Zapp achieved most of its mainstream recognition from the single " More Bounce to the Ounce" from the same album, now widely regarded as a classic example of early 1980s electronic funk. Zapp released its eponymous debut album in 1980, having a P-funk reminiscent sound as a result of Clinton's and Collin's input on the production. Zapp worked closely with members George Clinton and Bootsy Collins of the band Parliament-Funkadelic during its early stages, their support being a factor in the group gaining a record deal with Warner Bros. The group received attention in the early 1980s for implementing heavy use of the talk-box, which became one of their most well known characteristics. The original line-up consisted of four brothers- Roger Troutman, Larry Troutman, Lester Troutman and Terry Troutman-and non-Troutman family members Bobby Glover and Gregory Jackson. ![]() Zapp served as partial inspiration toward the creation of the G-funk sound of hip-hop popular on the West Coast of the United States in the early to mid 1990s, with many of their songs sampled by numerous hip-hop artists. Particularly influential in the electro sub-genre of funk. These 16 songs feature vocals from the vocoder, as well as its sister piece of equipment, the talk box.Zapp (also known as the Zapp Band or Zapp and Roger) is a funk band that emerged from Hamilton, Ohio, in 1977. Dre to Daft Punk, presaging Auto-Crooners like T-Pain, Akon, and Future, the frog gurgles, HAL lullabies, Flubber hiccups, and ethereal human-after-all sighs of the vocoder continue to give voice to that divide between man and machine. The vocoder is where the first instrument-the human voice-might meet the last, the inhuman voice. The vocoder caught the ear of Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa, Roger Troutman, Michael Jonzun, and more, making this futuristic sound the embodiment of funk. Its wartime function was drastically altered as Carlos used it to warble the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange.įrom there, the vocoder began its creep into pop music, often via Kraftwerk's post-human take on R&B. Well after the war, Robert Moog and Wendy Carlos built another vocoder, now coupled to the Moog modular synthesizer, introducing a new robotic voice into the musical world. Introduced at the 1939 New York World's Fair, the American government invested in the device as a speech-encoding technology during the height of World War II. ![]()
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