Takács Zoltán (born December 17, 1979) is a
Hungarian musician and record producer, best known internationally as the keyboardist of the Hungarian alternative rock band
Heaven Street Seven
Heaven Street Seven (also known as HS7) was a Hungarian alternative rock band founded in 1995 by Krisztián Szűcs, Róbert Németh and Gyula Orbán. Later that year Gábor Balczer joined the band.
History
In 2006 Heaven Street Seven won an EBB ...
and the producer of
Ivan & The Parazol's ''Mama Don't You Recognize Ivan & The Parazol''.
Life and career
Takács was born in 1979 in
Hódmezővásárhely
Hódmezővásárhely (; also known by other alternative names) is a city with county rights in southeast Hungary, on the Great Hungarian Plain, at the meeting point of the Békés-Csanádi Ridge and the clay grassland surrounding the river Tisz ...
, Hungary. He attended the Márton Bálint elementary and secondary school in
Törökbálint
Törökbálint is a town in Pest county, Hungary. Törökbálint received town status on 1 July 2007.
The city also has a German name, ''Großturwall'', which originates from the times of the Swabian immigration after the Ottoman times of Hung ...
. He continued his studies at the
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary at the Faculty of Far Eastern languages studying Japanese. He was nicknamed Japán (Japanese in Hungarian) by his fellows because of his unique choice of language studying.
Heaven Street Seven
In 1998 Takács joined the
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
based alternative rock band
Heaven Street Seven
Heaven Street Seven (also known as HS7) was a Hungarian alternative rock band founded in 1995 by Krisztián Szűcs, Róbert Németh and Gyula Orbán. Later that year Gábor Balczer joined the band.
History
In 2006 Heaven Street Seven won an EBB ...
and has been the keyboardist for the band since then.
Production career
Takács started his record producer career by recording, mixing and mastering
Heaven Street Seven
Heaven Street Seven (also known as HS7) was a Hungarian alternative rock band founded in 1995 by Krisztián Szűcs, Róbert Németh and Gyula Orbán. Later that year Gábor Balczer joined the band.
History
In 2006 Heaven Street Seven won an EBB ...
's ''Szállj Ki és Gyalogolj'' in 2004 in Budapest at the Aquarium studios.
Discography
;Heaven Street Seven
*''Tick Tock No Fear'' (1995)
*''Goal'' (1997)
*''Budapest Dolls'' (1998)
*''Cukor'' (2000)
*''Kisfilmek a nagyvilágból'' (2002)
*''Szállj Ki És Gyalogolj'' (2004)
*''Tick Tock No Fear'' (2005)
*''Tudom, Hogy Szeretsz Titokban'' (2006)
*''Sordid Little Symphonies'' (2007)
*''Jazz'' (2008)
;Soerii & Poolek
*''Ua-mua'' (2010)
*''Elton John'' (2010)
Production
*2004:
Heaven Street Seven
Heaven Street Seven (also known as HS7) was a Hungarian alternative rock band founded in 1995 by Krisztián Szűcs, Róbert Németh and Gyula Orbán. Later that year Gábor Balczer joined the band.
History
In 2006 Heaven Street Seven won an EBB ...
– ''Szállj Ki és Gyalogolj''
*2007:
30Y – ''Semmi Szédítő Magasság''
*2008: Heaven Street Seven – ''Jazz''
*2010:
30Y – ''Városember''
*2011: Supernem – ''Tudományos Fantasztikus Pop''
*2011: Fran Palermo – ''Museum of Clouds''
*2012: Heaven Street Seven – ''Felkeltem A Reggelt''
*2011: Óriás – ''Gondalapos''
*2012: Odett – ''Hanyatt, Homlok, Egyenes''
*2012:
30Y – ''Szentimentálé''
*2012:
Ivan & The Parazol – ''Mama Don't You Recognize Ivan & The Parazol''
*2012: Fran Palermo – ''Natural Cash''
*2013: Óriás – ''Tűz, Víz, Repülő''
Personal life
In 2014 Erika Anikó Brouwer, Takács's partner, gave birth to their first child, Ábel Takács-Brouwer.
See also
*
Heaven Street Seven
Heaven Street Seven (also known as HS7) was a Hungarian alternative rock band founded in 1995 by Krisztián Szűcs, Róbert Németh and Gyula Orbán. Later that year Gábor Balczer joined the band.
History
In 2006 Heaven Street Seven won an EBB ...
*
Hungarian alternative
*
Budapest indie music scene
Budapest indie music scene was the indie music scene of Budapest, Hungary in the 2000s. It was often associated with bands like Amber Smith, The Moog, EZ Basic and We Are Rockstars.
History
Beginnings
The early 2000s was the revival of th ...
*
Hungarian metal
*
Hungarian pop
Hungarian pop is the pop music scene of Hungary. It is often associated with Rezső Seress's song "Gloomy Sunday" which was covered by numerous artists. The most notable artists include Zsuzsa Koncz, Kati Kovács, János Bródy, Zorán Sztevanovit ...
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Hungarian rock
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Notable Hungarian producers
References
External links
Zoltán Takácsat
Discogs
Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''T ...
1979 births
Living people
Musicians from Budapest
People from Törökbálint
Hungarian indie rock musicians
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