The concept of the "human zoo" has existed in art and literature for centuries, thus Electric Six recognizes and accepts it is not breaking new conceptual ground by naming its tenth studio album Human Zoo. It recognizes and accepts that old ground is being broken. Like teeth.

The first known reference to a human zoo is believed to be from the mid-to-middle 12th century, when the famous Flemish monk Wenslaus De Trappe wrote of his base desires to cage human beings and charge money to display them in humiliating fashion in his classic 14 Trappist Monk Tales. From there, the human zoo concept snowballed and could be found everywhere from Restoration literature (Lord Percy Nutton's Northumberland Abbey), to Nazi propaganda (Die Mensch Zooiedieschennel) to 20th Century American counterculture (Tal Rosenberg's 20 Days on Acid - I Am a Pinhole Camera), the last of which where the author famously imprisons his lawyer/traveling companion in a cage and places him at the corner of Haight and Ashbury to stand trial for helping contribute to a bad trip. 

Electric Six recognizes the legacy of the human zoo concept and throws its hat into the conceptual milieu with a great deal of respect and humility. We do not seek to define the human zoo, nor do we seek to deconstruct it. We seek to explore it. We seek to expand it. And most of all, we seek to sell it to you. 

Electric Six recognizes that when men and women are placed in cages and displayed like animals, a power dynamic is being constructed. The human in the cage has his basic rights discarded, his dignity stripped from him, whereas the human who pays to observe other humans establishes his superiority just by casually standing and watching, choosing to leave whenever he likes. In this same way, Electric Six seeks to put itself on display in such a manner that empowers the listener and debases the band all while making everyone feel like partying. 

From the opening track "Karate Lips", Human Zoo takes the listener immediately into a teenage karate tournament for girls as refereed by Def Leppard. The crunchy guitars hit you in the face like a teenage foot and you immediately remember why you purchased or illegally downloaded this latest Electric Six album. 

Like many E6 albums, Human Zoo does not have one defining sound, rather it is a sampler's plate of the entire history of rock and roll music. Like Motown...now we are doing Motown. "Alone With Your Body" is the feel good necrophilia anthem of the summer and it sees the band embracing this oft overlooked section of our hometown's musical history. 

From there we ramble into the spaghetti-western marching band good times of "Gun Rights", the triumphant Disnification of "I've Seen Rio in Flames", and into the absurd hip hop of "(Who The Hell Just) Call My Phone". Thrown in a few classic rockers in "I Need A Restaurant" and "Worst Movie Ever" and you've got an E6 album, son! 

But it's not an E6 album until the closer is better than the rest of the record combined. The gorgeous, haunting pop of "The Afterlife" might be the greatest thing the band has ever done. Ever. 

Okay we said some stuff, told you some song titles, and threw you a few bones. Come on now, buy the record! Who cares about all that other stuff? Have a go, see what happens! Give it a shot! Human Zoo is available on Oct. 14 on Metropolis Records. Come see Electric Six play in your town this fall on the Some Girls Do It for Love tour. 

01. Karate Lips

02. It's Horseshit!

03. Alone With Your Body

04. Satanic Wheels

05. Gun Rights

06. I've Seen Rio In Flames

07. (Who The Hell Just) Call My Phone?

08. I Need A Resteraunt

09. Worst Movie Ever

10. I'm The Devil

11. Good View Of The Violence

12. The Afterlife

From 12th November on Blended is released on DVD and Blu-ray on Warner.

Director: Frank Coraci

Stars: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Wendi McLendon

After a blind date gone horribly wrong, Jim and Lauren agree they never, ever want to see each other again. Well, that's all about to change when the two find themselves and their respective families (including children) all stuck together in one suite at an African Safari vacation spot.

Here is the newest clip by Torul. Synthpop with attitude!

TORUL is an alternative electro-pop band from Slovenia, founded and led by Torulsson, who is the songwriter and the producer of the band. The other two members are guitarist and live synth player Borut and singer Jan. Torulsson has had a lot of club music releases in the past on the labels such as Low Spirit – Berlin, Force Inc – Frankfurt, Thule Musik – Reykjavik and many other labels, but parallelly also explored vocal music, inspired not just by electronic music, but also dark rock, indie and other genres.

www.facebook.com/torul

Arrow Video is delighted to announce a limited edition Blu-ray and DVD box-set of the cult classic Withnail and I, set for release on 27th October 2014 in a stunning new 2k restoration. This new set comes loaded with a host of exciting special features and is housed within a limited edition 200-page hardback book containing new writing on the film, reprints of key articles and the black and white production stills of Murray Close and Sophie Baker. The set will also include writer-director Bruce Robinson and Richard E. Grant’s follow-up project, How To Get Ahead in Advertising, in a newly-restored Blu-ray print.

Withnail And I - Synopsis: 

Camden Town, the arse-end of the sixties. Two struggling, unemployed actors decide some respite is in order and so depart their miserable flat for a week in the Lake District – one that will involve rain, booze, minimal supplies, a randy bull and an even randier Uncle Monty.

Based on the real-life experiences of former actor turned writer/director Bruce Robinson, Withnail and I has become one of British cinema’s most fondly remembered comedies. A cult film in the truest sense that has also become a classic.

Perfectly cast – with career-defining roles for Richard E. Grant, Paul McGann, Richard Griffiths and Ralph Brown – and crammed with irresistibly quotable dialogue, Withnail and I is a sheer delight, even on the umpteenth viewing.

How To Get Ahead in Advertising - Synopsis

Two years after the release of Withnail & I, Richard E. Grant and writer-director Bruce Robinson reunited for a savage attack on Thatcher’s Britain and advertising culture

Denis Dimbleby Bagley (Grant) is an ad executive plunged into a nervous breakdown whilst working on a campaign for pimple cream. A boil develops on his neck, but this isn’t any ordinary boil: soon it develops eyes, ears, a moustache and a mind of its own…

Special Edition Contents

New 2K restoration of Withnail and I from the original camera negative, supervised and approved by director of photography Peter Hannan

Bruce Robinson’s follow-up feature, How to Get Ahead in Advertising, newly transferred from original film elements and approved by director of photography Peter Hannan

High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD Presentation of both films

Original uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio for both films

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing

Audio commentary by writer-director Bruce Robinson

Audio commentary by critic and writer Kevin Jackson, author of the BFI Modern Classic on Withnail and I

All four original ‘Withnail Weekend’ documentaries, first screened on Channel 4 in 1999, including The Peculiar Memories of Bruce Robinson, which looks at the director’s career, Withnail & Us, which focuses on the film’s making, and two shorter documentaries, I Demand to Have Some Booze and Withnail on the Pier

An appreciation by Sam Bain, co-creator of Peep Show and Fresh Meat

Newly filmed interviews with Michael Pickwoad, production designer on Withnail and I and How to Get Ahead in Advertising

Theatrical trailers for both films

Exclusive limited edition hardback book packaging (2,000 copies) containing new writing on the films, reprints of key articles on WITHNAIL and I, deleted scenes and more across 200 pages, illustrated with original production stills

Here is what you can expect from Desire Records this month:

Monoton - Monotonprodukt02 (Reissue) - 09/29/2014

First ever vinyl reissue of Monoton's first album. Way ahead of it's time,

this album released in 1980 nearly invented electronica, and influenced

the mutations of electronic music in the 80's and after. Monoton was recently 

invited to play at the Berlin Atonal.

Statiqbloom / Zex Model - Split LP - 09/29/2014

A split album from two of the wildest EBM acts around. 

Statiqbloom combines hard dance beats and haunting electronics with disorienting vocals 

to create a pulsing raw vision of music for today. On the other side, Zex Model is how Benestrophe 

and early Mentallo And The Fixer could probably sound like that if they started out in mid 2010's 

and were recording in the middle of nowhere in Russia. 

Blush Response - Desire Machines - 10/06/2014

Blush cut his teeth doing programming work for artists such as Fear Factory, Rhys Fulber, Cristian Castro,

and as a touring member of Joey Jordison (Slipknot)'s alternative rock project Scar the Martyr.

His music is characterized by a modular synth heavy approach to sound design, combining rough, 

glitch-heavy beats with thick, distorted synths to create a sound that blurs the lines between electronic genres. 

Babel 17 - Celeano Fragments (Reissue) - 10/13/2014

Hard-edged French coldwave act Babel 17 released their first album, Celeano Fragments, in 1990. It is now reissued on vinyl for the first time. For fans of Clan Of Xymox, The Danse Society, New Order, Trisomie 21, Asylum Party…

Minuit Machine - Live & Destroy - 10/13/2014

Minuit Machine, a synth wave band based in Paris, is the association of Hélène de Thoury’s electronic melodies and Amandine Stioui’s vocals. The sound of the French duo, based on powerful electronic drums and the accumulation of dark synth lines, is a mix between all their inspirations that range from minimal wave to electronic rock.

Coïtus Int. - Sex For The Wealthy (Reissue) - 10/27/2014

Coitus Int hailed from Utrecht, the Netherlands. The band started out as a typical schoolboys punkrock-band 

in the late 70's and quickly turned into a more radical post-punk band, influenced by Joy Division, 

Southern Death Cult, Gang Of Four or Pere Ubu. 

‘’Sex For The Wealthy’’ is now reissued for the first time on vinyl 30 years after its original release.