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Zapp is the 1980 debut studio album by Zapp, a funk group formed by members of the Troutman family in Dayton, Ohio. Produced with involvement from Bootsy Collins, the record foregrounds Roger Troutman's processed talk-box vocals, synthesizers, handclaps, and elastic electric-funk rhythms. Its princi...
Zapp II is the 1982 second studio album by Zapp, an Ohio funk group closely associated with singer, songwriter, and talk box player Roger Troutman. The album combines electronic keyboards, elastic bass lines, handclaps, and processed vocals in the electro-funk style the group helped define. It inclu...
Zapp III is the third studio album by Zapp, released in 1983 as part of the Ohio group's early run of electronic funk recordings. Roger Troutman's talk box remains central to its sound, transforming his voice through an instrument-controlled electronic effect and placing it alongside synthesizers, e...
The New Zapp IV U is the fourth studio album by the Ohio funk group Zapp, released in 1985 by Warner Bros. Records. Roger Troutman's vocals, synthesizers, and electronically processed talk box remain central to its electro-funk sound. The album includes "Computer Love," a slow electronic duet featur...
