#934 Zapp - Zapp

Zapp's 1980 debut is a tight little record, full of dancable, post-disco funk. There's faint whiffs of oncoming 80's stink: everything's a bit overproduced, there's vocorders here, there's some overclean guitar/soprano solos there, but somehow it all sounds futuristic instead of dated, channeling electro and Daft Punk and Beck circa Midnight Vultures. This takes the basic Parliament blueprint, tears it into 6 big pieces, and folds them into a surprisingly exciting record 4/5