Happy Family is a Japanese instrumental

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band based in Tokyo formed in 1987 by music students of Tokyo's University of Meiji. They are influenced by French progressive rock band

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(and so are associated with Magma's style of music which is termed Zeuhl) and British experimental band

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

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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 is a video game music composer and guitarist. He is notable for his work in the ''Metal Gear Solid'' series. Profile In 1997, his avant-garde rock band "Happy Family" released an album, "Toscco" on Cuneiform Records in the U.S. (http://cune ...

(guitar) / Keiichi Nagase (drums) ; around 3rd album ~ now : Kenichi Morimoto (keyboards) / Hidemi Ichikawa (bass) /

(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

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Takahiro Izutani

Cuneiform Records
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