Zeuhl Face-Off: Dün VS Happy Family

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

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

Edited by Astrodomine - October 27 2008 at 21:37

I certainly respect and enjoy DUN's music,but for my taste HAPPY FAMILY wins fairly easily.

My preference really depends on my mood; if I want something more spontaneous and improvised, I'll go for Dün, and if I want something more consise, I'll go for Happy Family. So, it mostly comes down to preferring two great albums over one. Happy Family it is.

Bj-1 wrote: Two excellent bands, although I feel both are more Avant-Prog than Zeuhl overall. Happy Family's debut does have it's Zeuhl-ish moments (as well as being very heavy), but definitely not as prominent as on a Koenjihyakkei album for example. Anyways, I like Happy Family most of these two (mostly because of the masterpiece Toscco) but Dün are incredible as well!

Yeah, they sound more like Avant-Prog than Zeuhl... I was gonna title this poll as a Avant-Prog Face Off but since Dün and Happy Family are under the zeuhl section of the website, I just decided to putthis as a Zeuhl poll though I do agree that Avant-Prog would be a better way to describe their music.

Also for those of you who didn't notice, I voted for Dün because they're incredible and I got used to their music right away and found them to be such an amazing band. Happy Family is an also amazing band but it took me a bit longer to get used to their music.. for some reason. But I like them both...

birdwithteeth11 wrote: This poll just makes me wish that I had some Happy Family that much more.

Same here   can't vote.

Two of my favorite Zeuhl/Avant-prog bands.

Dun's only album has been a really important influence/inspiration in the development of newer forms of Zeuhl, like Bondage Fruit, the same Happy Family and Koenjihyakkei of course, so, this comes very close, but taking into consideration both great HF albums (from which I can't choose), and speaking strictly in musical output terms, I'll vote for them.

and right now, Happy Family for me

Pnoom! wrote: I'm actually listening to Happy Family now, and it's only solidifying that it's Dun.  Happy Family are great, but Toscco is simply too long to achieve its full potential.

I seem to be in the minority, but I prefer Happy Family's debut to Toscco.