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anomaly

With a hint of Dub

About Me

WANTED!!!

Calling all Brass and Horn players! Anomaly are seeking to expand on the current horn section for a more beefier sound.
Currently have a Tenor Sax and Cornet, and are Ideally looking for a Trombone to complete the set, however that is only a preference. We are open to all suggestions.
So if you play any form of Brass, Reed or Woodwind instrument send us a message!
If you don't have Myspace, message us on Facebook, seach for "Anomaly Bristol"


In the Beginning...
...there was Access to Music, where Jake and Pete went to college in 2003. They both played in a Latin Soul styled band and would hang out recording bass lines and making tunes in Jake's home studio. A rough track came out of this suitably titled 'A Jam' and the name Anomaly was conceived.
Due to boredom amongst other things, it was all forgotten about, until Pete met Dave, via a 'musicians wanted' notice board. Pete contacted Dave, who was coincidently moving house that week, to literally across the road from Pete. This seemed like fate and so Pete and Dave had many meetings discussing music, world issues and the meaning of life, whilst indulging in fine Indian cuisine. Pete then introduced Dave to Jake. And the three started jamming ideas in Jakes home studio, which by then had doubled in size. It was slow at first, however, they came up with the secret formula for composing tracks. Anomaly remained a three piece for a while with Pete on Bass, Dave on Guitar and Jake on Laptop and Decks.
In April 2006 Dave and Pete started attending a Jazz Workshop. We soon discovered this was an 'un-tapped haven' of brass and horn players. Amongst those there, were Joel and Tim. Both Joel, Tim and ourselves had a similar taste in music, so we decided it was a good idea to mix it up.
The biggest change of all was when we decided to do away with the backing tracks and have Jake make the switch to a live Drum Kit. The latest addition to the group came in February 2007 when Nick (aka MC Days) was sworn in under the Oath of Funk.
Anomaly have recently started gigging, and have received an overwhelmingly positive response. And with more gigs in the pipeline, you have no excuse not to come and see us at one of our live shows.
Online Shop
The shop is in prototype status as the moment, so don't try and buy any thing. But soon hope to have some items in there!
Photos
Most of the photos of Anomaly are taken by and © Dan Hewes. You can find more and better photos by Dan on his flickr page.

See Also
Anomaly on Facebook
Anomaly on TheSixtyOne
Anomaly on Virb

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/19/2006
Band Members: Fingers - Bass
Dr Jazz Tap - Guitar
Mr Chimp - Drums/Production
Clams - Saxamaphone
Toots - Cornet/Trumpet
Giant Ewok - Vocal Chords
Conga Boy - Percussion

Influences: Chimpy:
RJD2, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Eyedea, Atmosphere, Radiohead, Amon Tobin, Ra, Thievery Corporation, DJ Yoda, Plastikman, Murcov, Goldfrapp, Portishead, Hive, Coldcut, Cypress Hill, Dan the Automator, DJ Cam, DJ Shadow, Fingathing, Kid Koala, Mr Oizo, The Prodigy, Massive Attack, Bonobo, Young Blood Brass Band, Tom Waits, Pink Floyd, Mogwai, Bob Marley, Claude Debussy, Nina Simone, Manu Chao...

Dr Jazz Tap:
Frank Zappa, Steve Vai, Faith no more, Django Reinhardt, Mr Bungle, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Nick Drake, Allan Holdsworth, Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Eric Johnson, James Brown, George Clinton, David Bowie, Jaco Pastorius, Larry Carlton, Bix Beiderbecke, Live, N.E.R.D, Outkast, Sevendust, Soulwax, Engelbert Humperdinck, The Counting Crows, Gong, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Earth Wind and Fire, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny, SRV, Jill Scott, John Coltrane, Primus, RATM, Metallica, Pantera, Fantomas, Daft Punk, Mike Patton, Stanley Jordan, Jason Becker, Robert Fripp, Randy Constan...

Fingers McGraw:
Jaco Pastorius, James Brown, Bob Marley, The Slackers, Youngblood Brass Band, MUSE, Square Pusher, Mad Caddies, Big D and the Kids Table, Baghdaddies, Lagwagon, Pink Floyd, Miles Davies, Augustus Pablo, Easy Dub All Stars, Charlie Parker, Siren Six, Mustard Plug, Ravi Shankar, Fingathing, Elton John, Lemon Jelly, DJ Format, DJ Yoda, Sublime, Chris Isaak, Muddy Waters, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Green Day, Stevie Wonder, Hank Williams, Desmond Dekker, Jimmy Cliff, Mr Bungle, Jack Johnson, Mr Scruff, TV themes, Advertisments, Film Sound Tracks, Nintendo, Bill Hicks (Yes, he was a musician as well)...

Clams Blowhorn:
Aim, Air, Amon Tobin, Ash, Atmosphere, Azure Ray, Beastie Boys, Beatnuts, Beethoven, Ben Folds, Ben Harper, Bentley Rhythm Ace, Bic Runga, Blackalicious, Bonobo, Bright Eyes, Buena Vista Social Club, Charlie Parker, Chopin, Coldcut, Cut Chemist, Damien Rice, De La Soul, Deadbeats, Deckwrecka, Del The Funky Hoposapien, Dilated Peoples, Dj Dangermouse, Dj Food, Dj Format, Duke Ellington, Dvorak, Elgar, Fingathing, Foo Fighters, Funky Fresh Few, Gang Starr, Gershwin, Gil Scott-Heron, Gomez, Greig, Groove Armada, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Herbaliser, J-Live, Jeff Buckley, Jurassic 5, Kasabian, Kid Koala, The Kooks, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis, Mozart, Mr Scruff, Muse, N.W.A, The Nextmen, Peanut Butter Wolf, Pixies, Portishead, Primal Scream, Propellorheads, Public Enemy, Quannum Mcs, Radiohead, Razorlight, Rjd2, Schubert, Scratch Perverts, The Shins,The Small Faces, Souls Of Mischief, The Strokes, Tchaikovsky, Unkle, Ugly Duckling, The Wiseguys, Z-Trip, Zero 7...

Name-Change:
Ears and Eyes, Females, 93 ta'Infinity...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Anomaly update

Hello guys and gals. Just to let you all know that we haven't died! We are currently working on new material and tweaking the anomaly live experience. We've been searching for that new sound, turning ...
Posted by anomaly on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:44:00 PST

Ahhh...

...It's been a long time since we did a bulletin, but here we go.Alot has changed since, and the myspace admin has not been so regular as usual, mainly due to being sucked in by the evil facebook, (jo...
Posted by anomaly on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:32:00 PST

No-one's Bothering

Hello!Yesterday we uploaded a new track called "No-one's Bothering". It's a computer simulation of the real Anomaly experience. We are looking at getting in to a studio soon to get some full, live Ano...
Posted by anomaly on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 07:37:00 PST

Stolen car + Sax!

Joel's car was stolen over the weekend while he was away climbing big hills. His Sax was in the back, so that's gone too, and makes the whole thing suck even more. If the car was stolen with the int...
Posted by anomaly on Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:32:00 PST

Anomaly at The Croft 27th May 2007

Just some small clips to whet your appetite ...
Posted by anomaly on Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:53:00 PST

Buy Chimpy's Music!

You can now buy Chimpy's music from imakemusic.co.uk or his myspace or the form below. ...
Posted by anomaly on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:57:00 PST

From The Top - THE VIDEO!

I couldn't get it to upload to myspace videos, so for now it's on youtube. ...
Posted by anomaly on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:36:00 PST

The Ape Within

We've just uploaded the new studio version of The Ape Within. It's a little rough round the edges. We haven't finished mixing it properly because my soundcard melted. I think, maybe because our tunes ...
Posted by anomaly on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:59:00 PST

All Go

A big shout out to everyone that's left comments and likes our music!There's a lot going on behind the scenes. The live band set-up is working well and we've got a load of tunes which just need tighte...
Posted by anomaly on Fri, 26 Jan 2007 11:01:00 PST

Hold on!

So its all been mixed around now, Jake aka Chimpy has now taken up on drum duties, in an attempt for us to make a switch to a fully live sound. So if theres any scratch DJ's/Synth players, percussion...
Posted by anomaly on Sun, 29 Oct 2006 02:25:00 PST