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Happy Family
12+ albums
ZeuhlProgressive rockAvant-ProgAvant-Garde13
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There are two bands under the name Happy Family: 1. Happy Family is a Japanese instrumental quartet formed in 1987 who released 3 albums. The eponymous (95) first saw them adopt a zeuhlesque sound that calls to mind Eider Stellaire, but which dabbles in avant-garde progressive rock as well. Influences ranged from Magma to Univers Zero, with ecletic, furious passages that may sound similar to King Crimson or Frank Zappa. Their second album, Toscco (97), is a cult classic in Zeuhl circles, though it is even further from Zeuhl than their debut, taking an adrenaline overdose and applying it to music that jumps all over the map. In 2012 they reunited the band with new lineup, more than 15 years since 1998. They were completely renewed and different from their 90's, but it was still easy to recognize that they were apparently 'Happy Family', In Septemper 2014, they released the 3rd album "Minimal Gods". The current lineup is, Kenichi Morimoto (key), Keiichi Nagase (dr), Takahiro Izutani (g), Hidemi Ichikawa (b). 2. Happy Family is Will Pesta from Baltimore, Maryland. He started his own record label called wigflip records, you can find his music there along with tons of other good tunes from all sorts of very slick folks. http://www.wigfliprecords.com/ User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
