Human Zoo is a quite unusual hard rock band. The saxophone player in their line-up gives them some sort of extravagance. For 15 years now, the swabian six-member band combines classical rock elements with modern effects, but without leaving behind the typical unique Human Zoo style. Rousing melodies and grabbing refrains prove that there are capable musicians and songwriters at work…
The Human Zoo's great claim to fame among garage / psychedelic fans is that they were managed by Jim Foster, guitarist with the Human Expression, the West Coast psych act that scored a modest hit with the song 'Optical Sound.' That's not a lot to base a reputation on, but the lone album the Human Zoo left behind is pretty good stuff, and suggests with better promotion they could have risen to much more impressive heights. Boasting two lead singers (Roy Young and Jim Cunningham), the Human Zoo worked up a full and dynamic sound with impressive harmonies on these sessions, and the rest of the band shows off some solid chops - John Luzadder and Larry Hanson are a capable guitar combo, with Hanson also doubling on keyboards, while bassist Bob Dalrymple and drummer Kim Vydaremy hold down the rhythm with strength and confidence…
Second album from the German rock outfit and it's an impressive step forward. Their music is probably best tagged as melodic hard rock, with elements of heavy rock, tempered with rousing vocal harmonies…
To discover an island space is always to discover Oneself. The journey is equally sensory, a slow perception of the deep nature of the Elements, as a journey into one's own interiority, our buried self. And this is all the more true when chance put you there, at the mercy of the Winds, or when it's this particular opportunity, like Robinson, of finding one's own means of sustenance, the necessary rebound to any attempt at survival.
First of all, it's the moment to summon the Spirit of Solidarity, the very one that will fertilize the relationship between Human and Earth, that will encourage the discoverers in their respectful appropriation of the Ecosystems, that will allow Cyrus, Spilett, Nab, Pencroff and Harbert, the shipwrecked from the Sky, to remain "upright", to enjoy a land that becomes their nourishing island, to finally discover the identity of a host as Mysterious as it's protective…
FREE HUMAN ZOO opens a new chapter in its history by breaking free on an all-out hybridization of genres. After releasing “Aïki Dõ RéMy” in 2014, the band’s new record is invigorating, introspective, unexpected, impressionistic and full of powerful energy. “FREEDOM, NOW !” yearns for blending and going beyond norms. Its crisscrossing inspirations bounce off each other with a clear goal: emancipation. “FREEDOM, NOW !” calls for the reconciliation of Men and the Earth. It is as urgent as a scream in the desert of hungry hearts, as pressing as the hope for restored balance. It is the union of instinct and intellect, the rise of an Animan or Manimal, free and aware, protecting a delicate universe which never ceases to amaze and to fire up listeners. A liberating and multicolored instrumental adventure… A trip you must throw yourself into at once…