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 |
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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b c d Jim Dorsch. "Happy Family Biography by Jim Dorsch". AllMusic.
- ^ "Ye Gods: The Twenty Greatest Prog Rock Record Sleeves". The Quietus. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.