Artist description Håkan "Zap" Andersson is one of the internets earliest and best known (except possibly Bjorn Lynne) "internet artists" and also one of the FIRST artists on mp3.com EVER! Has had more download than you can shake a stick at and sells DAM CD's daily. GRAB ONE YOU TOO; you will not be diappointed!!

Music Style Beat-oriented electonic techno-like music. Master Zap music always has a BEAT, and you can always MOVE or GROOVE to it.

Musical Influences Fatboy Slim, the Chems, Carl Cox, Yello, Kraftwerk, Jean Michelle Jarre, J. S. Bach, Mozart.

Similar Artists Antiloop meets Fatboy Slim at a rehersal with the London Philharmonic Symphony orchestra - through a dist box.

Artist History Håkan Zap Andersson, aka Master Zap is the driving force behind this electronic beat extravaganza. Doing music for some 15 odd years, and independently releasing several self-produced CDs on the internet makes him one of the PIONEERS of Internet based music distribution. The www.Master-Zap.com website is one of the most frequented unsigned artist music sites on the entire Internet. In Zaps home country, Sweden, his music has been heard both in national Radio (channel P3) and on TV.Zap also writes software, and his creations "Stomper" and "Little Drummer Boy" are popular tools used my many professional musicians, and can be downloaded from www.Master-Zap.com

Group Members Håkan Zap Andersson, and whatever hard- or software in the room with him...

Instruments Nord Modular (virtual analog modular synthesizer), Kurzweil K2500RS (VAST synth/sampler/monster), Ensoniq ASR-X Pro (sampler), Korg Mono/Poly (vintage analog), Roland MKS-50 (analog), Ensoniq TS-12 (workstation synth), Yamaha CS-5 (vintage analog), Logan String Melody II (Vintage String Synth), Simmons V (drumsynth), DR110 (drummachine), Digitech Vocalist (vox processor), sprinkle with Compressors, Delays, Reverbs, Exciters, Phasers and Phlangers, mix well in a Fostex 2440 recording mixer, serve chilled!

Press Reviews 5 yaks rating - http://www.mp3yak.com. ************************************************** "Funky rhythms and melodic beat-happy grooves prove this farmer from Sweden has been busy digesting a lot of Fatboy Slim. Wicked breakbeats and catchy sound samples generate a big party sound." - http://www.listen.com" ************************************************** An amazing guy. His music is the best I have found yet. It is extremely varied. No one could get bored with Master Zap. He has ideas that I have heard in no other music, like mixing in a bluesy saxophone with a techno beat. It sounds strange, but in a good sense; I like it. Wow, all the effects, instruments, and styles that go into his songs are impressive! His MP3.com site is a warehouse of perfectly produced musical masterpieces" - http://www.toucando.com

Location Eskilstuna, - - Sweden

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