Artist description Jazzfunk/Fusion quintet, playing originals ranging from smooth ballads to hard-driving funkgrooves.

Music Style Jazzfusion

Musical Influences Everything in good jazz, fusion & funk

Similar Artists Weather Report, Brecker Brothers, Tribal Tech, Yellowjackets, Pat Metheny, Mezzoforte

Artist History In may -99, the guitar player was offered some free studio time and called in a few friends to record some songs just for fun. It turned out very well and we decided to form a band. So far sub5 has performed at jazzclubs and festivals all over Sweden in addition to a tour of Germany. The new album, entitled 'City of dreams' will be released in may of 2003.

Group Members Andreas Andersson, Johan Öijen, Mats Byström, Anders Pirinen, Johan Löfcrantz.

Instruments saxophones & EWI, guitar & guitar synth, Fender rhodes & various synthezisers, fretted & fretless bass, drums & percussion

Albums First take, City of dreams

Press Reviews "The group functions well with confident, balanced interaction, and all the members are eminent soloists, rooted in fusion but without the excessives and gimmicks so prevalent in the genre" Nya Wermlandstidningen, Karlstad, Sweden may 18, 2000 "Original and unique style with seamless transitions from lyrical passages to steaming funkgrooves." Schwäbische Zeitung, Ravensburg, Germany, may 7 2001

Additional Info Photos courtesy of Ulf Möller, Mats Bruun, Jan almgren, Mia Karlsson & Tetsuo Mori.

Location Stockholm, City - Sweden

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