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Featuring stunning playing by James Muller, Steve Hunter, James Hauptmann and James Ryan.

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1.	THE RUSH 04:10	info	buy track
2.	PORTOBELLO ROAD 06:29	info	buy track
3.	JACKIE DRAGONS 06:37	info	buy track
4.	THE JOURNEY 05:28	info	buy track
5.	SO TO SPEAK 06:15	info	buy track
6.	THE SUBTERRANEANS 04:08	info	buy track
7.	CURRUMBIN SUN 04:08	info	buy track
8.	ZING ZING ZING 05:35	info	buy track
9.	KID SHUFFLE 06:01	info	buy track
10.	THEM'S THE BRAKES 04:40	info	buy track

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The initial concept of blending jazz and rock some 42 years ago was inspired, but the fusion was soon hijacked by the come-upstairs-and-see-my-technique brigade, and bombast came to replace groove and imagination.
James Ryan's "Subterraneans" - the name of both the band and album - actually fulfils the concept's original promise, with sophisticated improvising and lithe melodies harnessed to raw power and savage riffs. The band is one of Sydney's strongest live acts, and this brilliant studio debut catches all that excitement, and delivers it with a mighty sonic punch.
Ryan's tenor saxophone is burly, coarse-grained and bullying (in the instrument's best tradition!), with a sweeter temper periodically glimpsed through the pugnacity. He needs all those qualities to share his music's foreground with James Muller, one of the finest electric guitarists alive.
Unleashing his most stunning recorded work to date, Muller's every solo is an explosion of ideas, realised with the sinuousness of jazz and the muscle of hard rock.
The rhythm section echoes those qualities. Bassist Steve Hunter is all suppleness as he rounds the music's edges and adds delicious little counterpoints. Drummer James Hauptmann ensures the grooves crunch with enough power to satisfy a strident rock audience, without forsaking a more pliable sense of groove.
This sensational CD is launched at the Basement on June 30.
John Shand Sydney Morning Herald June 2010

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released June 9, 2010

James Ryan: saxophones and band leader
James Muller: Guitar
Steve Hunter: Electric Bass
James Hauptmann: Drums

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THE SUBTERRANEANS Sydney, Australia

“Hearing The Subterraneans for the first time was a hallelujah moment. Finally here was a band combining rock’s visceral energy with jazz’s lithe spontaneity, without compromising either.” – John Shand

“Wicked funk, pile-driving rock or loping reggae underpin their lucid or sinuous melodies” - ‘Sydney Morning Herald’ ... more

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