Takács Zoltán (born December 17, 1979) is
Hungarian musician and record producer, best known internationally as the keyboardist of the Hungarian alternative rock band
Heaven Street Seven and the producer of
Ivan & The Parazol's Mama Don't You Recognize Ivan & The Parazol.[1][2]
Life and career
Takács was born in 1979 in
Hódmezővásárhely, Hungary. He attended the Márton Bálint elementary and secondary school in
Törökbálint. 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.
In 1998 Takács joined the
Budapest based alternative rock band
Heaven Street Seven and has been the keyboardist for the band since then.[3]
Production career
Takács started his record producer career by recording, mixing and mastering
Heaven Street Seven's Szállj Ki és Gyalogolj in 2004 in Budapest at the Aquarium studios.[4][5]