Zoltán Takács

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 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, 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.

Heaven Street Seven

In 1998 Takács joined the Budapest based alternative rock band Heaven Street Seven 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'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 – 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.