Anomaly

Anomaly: Anomaly

by Scott Andrews
April 1, 2001

The Dutch quartet Anomaly plays crunchy, instrumental progressive metal with melodic development and intricate rhythms, a completely different band and style from the Florida, light prog rock Anomaly of Jim Studnicki and Jim Dorian that featured the rhythm section of Cynic.

Anomaly adroitly tackles the difficult task of writing engaging instrumental metal by utilizing the melodic roles of guitar, keyboards, and bass, in addition to their rhythmic roles ordinarily featured in heavy music. Solid riffs alternate with melodic passages, and ...

Exegesis - The Harmony of the Anomaly (2011)

Source: Something Else!
September 14, 2011

Electronic and eclectic, Exegesis represents one of the latest attempts to marry technology to the spirit of jazz. With mathematical jazz compositions, sampling and software applied to an improvisational spirit, Exegesis comes off as a jazzier King Crimson, and the musicians used on here are likewise of the highest order. Exegesis boasts of core players Nick Demopoulos on guitar, Danton Boller on bass and Tomas Fujiwara on drums. Add the red-hot jazz vocalist Gretchen Parlato supplying vocals to a couple ...
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Exegesis Jazz Trio Releases New Album "Harmony of the Anomaly"

Source: AMT Public Relations
September 13, 2011

Electronic jazz ensemble, Exegesis, bridges the gap between modern music technology and improvisation in its latest album The Harmony of the Anomaly (Dems Dem's Demos). As the title suggests, the album showcases the group's own unique blend of heterogeneous soundscapes including electronic jazz, live samplers, interactive music software, and complex compositions. With the help of Gretchen Parlato's smooth vocals and guest drummers Greg Gonzalez, Mark Guiliana, Robert Perkins, and Mark Ferber,The Harmony of the Anomaly boasts a well-pedigreed collection of ...
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Lenny White: Live and New York Hot with the Anomaly Band at Catalina's

Source: Jazz (Jazzers Jazzing) by Carl L. Hager
September 1, 2010

West Coast jazz has traditionally been cool to the East Coast's hot. Dave Brubeck is always pictured in white linen slacks playing an open air concert-by-the-sea, while Charlie Parker is shown popping a Saturday night sweat in his sharkskin suit, squeezed onto a crowded nightclub stage. The iconography extends to the West Coast audience. Like a glass of chablis, chilled, slow and laid back compared to an East Coaster's whiskey shot, feverish, fast and hard. The stereotypes are simplistic and ...
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