Zeuhl Face-Off: Dün VS Happy Family - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Dün! This is one of the best discovery I made in my progressive learnings :)

Edited by Astrodomine - October 27 2008 at 21:37

Today through out yet another event less day of school, I decided to go on a bit of a Zeuhl marathon switching from Dün, Happy Family and then to Magma and of course that made my day much more eventful and much more interesting. (its fun to walk down the halls listening to Dün :B)

Anyways... I decided to make a poll to see what you guys think is perhaps the better Zeuhl band: Dün or Happy Family? (I decided not to use Magma because they're basically the ones that represent the entirety of the Zeuhl subgenre and probably would sweep the competition because they are amazingly good also.)

So which one will it be?

Dün, the one-shot wonder that released an album so dense and unique that it even makes Gentle Giant seem like mainstream sellouts? (Over-exaggerating here but I find their music to be much harder to access than Gentle Giant but I still love them to death.) A band that was able to make only one album that fused together canterbury, zappa, symphonic, zeuhl, and RIO, so perfectly to create the masterpiece that is Eros?

or

Happy Family, a very interesting band from Japan that created and recorded music that was also ridiculously technical with hints of Univers Zero, Zappa, King Crimson and other such related influences that sometimes results in passages of pure chaos but still manage to stay in control of the music? (Grag I need to stop riting ridiculously long sentences.)

Let the face off begin. >:{D

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Poll Question: Which is the better Zeuhl band?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Dün	20	[66.67%]
Happy Family	10	[33.33%]
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Astrodomine Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 06 2007 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 182	Posted: October 27 2008 at 21:36
	Dün! This is one of the best discovery I made in my progressive learnings :) Edited by Astrodomine - October 27 2008 at 21:37

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 37232	Posted: October 27 2008 at 20:50
	Like both muchly, but I am going with Dün. Eros was such an important album in my musical journey and impressed me greatly on first spin, and, oh I was obsessed with it at one time. Happy Family I grew to like much more. I was rather disappointed with Tossco when I got it, but liked the debut much more. I just didn't put Happy Family up there with Bondage Fruit or Koenjihyakkei. I really like the debut by HF and have come to appreciate Tossco more, but HF didn't have the same impact on me as Dün. Edited by Logan - October 27 2008 at 20:52

faceofdoomness Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 23 2008 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 153	Posted: October 27 2008 at 18:36
	Today through out yet another event less day of school, I decided to go on a bit of a Zeuhl marathon switching from Dün, Happy Family and then to Magma and of course that made my day much more eventful and much more interesting. (its fun to walk down the halls listening to Dün :B) Anyways... I decided to make a poll to see what you guys think is perhaps the better Zeuhl band: Dün or Happy Family? (I decided not to use Magma because they're basically the ones that represent the entirety of the Zeuhl subgenre and probably would sweep the competition because they are amazingly good also.) So which one will it be? Dün, the one-shot wonder that released an album so dense and unique that it even makes Gentle Giant seem like mainstream sellouts? (Over-exaggerating here but I find their music to be much harder to access than Gentle Giant but I still love them to death.) A band that was able to make only one album that fused together canterbury, zappa, symphonic, zeuhl, and RIO, so perfectly to create the masterpiece that is Eros? or Happy Family, a very interesting band from Japan that created and recorded music that was also ridiculously technical with hints of Univers Zero, Zappa, King Crimson and other such related influences that sometimes results in passages of pure chaos but still manage to stay in control of the music? (Grag I need to stop riting ridiculously long sentences.) Let the face off begin. >:{D
	"To fully appreciate Music, one must have an open mind." -Someone...