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Happy Family is a Japanese instrumental progressive rock band based in Tokyo formed in 1987 by music students of Tokyo's University of Meiji.[1] They are influenced by French progressive rock band Magma (and so are associated with Magma's style of music which is termed Zeuhl)[2] and British experimental band Henry Cow,[1]

Happy Family
Origin	Japan
Genres	Progressive rock, Zeuhl, avant-rock
Years active	1987–present
Labels	Cuneiform
Members	Kenichi Morimoto Takahiro Izutani Keiichi Nagase Hidemi Ichikawa
Past members	Shige Makino Tatsuya Miyano
Website	facebook.com/HappyFamily.music

They are also influenced by minimal music.^{[citation needed]} Jim Dorsch, writing for AllMusic, feels that the drummer, Nagase, contributes "rhythmic complexity" to their music.[1] They broke up at the end of 1998 for 14 years, then reformed in 2012.[1] They are now active, releasing new album along with attending 1st edition of Rock in Opposition Japan Festival in 2014.

History

around 1st album

Kenichi Morimoto (keyboards) / Tatsuya Miyano (bass) / Shige Makino (guitar) / Keiichi Nagase (drums)

around 2nd album

Kenichi Morimoto (keyboards) / Tatsuya Miyano (bass) / Takahiro Izutani (guitar) / Keiichi Nagase (drums)

around 3rd album ~ now

Kenichi Morimoto (keyboards) / Hidemi Ichikawa (bass) / Takahiro Izutani (guitar) / Keiichi Nagase (drums)

Discography

• Happy Family; Cuneiform Records, 1995
• Toscco; Cuneiform Records/ Arcangelo, 1997
• Minimal Gods; Cuneiform Records / Disk Union, 2014
• Various Artists / Unsettled Scores; Cuneiform Records, 1995

References

External links

• Takahiro Izutani
• Cuneiform Records

На других языках

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[ru] Happy Family (группа)

Happy Family — японская музыкальная группа, основанная в 1987 году. В музыкальном плане коллектив относят к таким направлениям, как прогрессивный рок и цойль. Большую часть музыкального материала пишет Кэнъити Моримото. Музыканты вдохновлялись творчеством Magma, Ruins, Univers Zero, и King Crimson. Музыканты записали несколько дебютных кассет, однако, дебютный альбом появился только в 1995, второй — в 1997, затем последовал 15-летний перерыв.

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