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JT Bruce - Anomalous Material
Anomalous Material

by JT Bruce

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16 tracks
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1 Admiralty
 
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2 Drempt
 
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3:43
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3 Estranged Panic
 
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3:22
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4 Existential Delirium
 
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3:29
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5 Exordium
 
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2:30
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6 Exotic Matter
 
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3:00
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7 Instrumental Section
 
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1:53
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8 Lucid
 
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2:27
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9 Midnight Quandary
 
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3:25
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10 Prolix
 
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2:11
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11 Shoulder of Orion
 
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12 Temporal Distortion
 
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3:25
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13 The Artist, The Sage, and The Jester
 
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14 The Pioneer Anomaly
 
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15 The Towers of Mirria
 
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16 Viridian
 
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Anomalous Material is the first full-length album by JT Bruce. This progressive rock album consists of 16 songs, most of which are instrumental. Lush, dynamic compositions with a wide range of moods, tones, and atmospheres make up the bulk of this work and will appeal to fans of progressive rock and progressive metal alike. The heavily layered and technical guitar work coupled with rhythmically complex drumming works together with carefully orchestrated synthesizer to create a very unique listening expirence.
 


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Just a little question: is there a reference to Marillion in the "The Artist, The Sage, and The Jester" song?

As for the music, the sound is very good. Indeed it reminds me of Dream Theater (even though I would not say it's really similar). Good sound, good music.
Sadly i'm not a fan of this kind of music. So I won't rate it because if I rate the quality it gets a high one, and if I rate based on personnal interest, it gets a low one. Sorry about that.

01/08/08

Most songs offer complex rhythmical structure like few.The songs themselves flow in an impressive way, and what is even better, with no exception, the songs are energetically and masterfully performed.

The lack of vocals does not in any way detract from the overall experience, resulting in an album that every lover of progressive rock and metal will enjoy to its fullest.

Best songs: Drempt; Existential Delirium; Viridian.

08/04/08

This is a fantastic album. Anyone who likes rock music will love it and there is the flavour of a great many bands in this guys music.
Just awesome!

26/11/07

Very good music between Dream Thetaer and Psychtic Waltz!

28/10/07

This album is the bomb! It is an excellent piece of musicianship and sounds very professional. Admiralty is probably one of the best tracks on this album, and they are all very good. Hope JT makes another album soon!

02/09/07

This is a great album, there is little more to say. JT Bruce is very skilled instrumentally, and even more, writes excellent music. While this album is all coherent, the songs are not so similar that the album becomes boring by the end. Great job! Keep up the good work!

17/08/07

Nice work, maybe you could be the next Led Zeppelin-like band;) Keep it up bro! Wish you luck with your music!

25/07/07

I found this guy on Last.fm as I was flailing around on the Last.fm radio. I wasn't expecting much, to be honest, but I was basically floored. After I learned you could download his albums for free, I took to the gracious internet and viciously desecrated Jamendo's bandwidth (at which point I noticed it was BitTorrent, so was merely desecrating other user's bandwidth). My favorite track has to be Existential Delirium sheerly because of the wonderful beginning.

Alright, I lied. The entire song is awesome. As with all of his songs, it's filled with complex rhythms and memorable melodies you rarely hear the likes of these days. JT Bruce definitely has a mind for music (and even film, if you've seen his strange yet captivating pointless viral video attempt "Umlaut Ampersand".

Yeah, yeah, it sounds like I'm a JT Bruce fanboy here. I'm sorry, but I'm just quite impressed with how he not only has great musical ideas, but he executes them flawlessly.

12/07/07

The tracks are mostly great, although there are 1 or 2 sort of boring ones in there.
The album art is excellent and really adds to the "spacey" feel of this album.
A must get.

28/06/07

Overall this is quite a nice piece of work. Its style reminds me a lot of The Franklin-Neumann Project.
For the main part I think it could have done with more in the way of keyboards, although it picks up in that regard in the second half. Either way, that's more a matter of taste than an actual criticism.

Looking at it critically, I see two flaws: In terms of melody nothing has really leapt out and grabbed me immediately. Also, I'm not convinced about the endings of all the songs... some of them just seem to stop.

In short, I found it pleasant to listen to although not earth-shattering. This was written during my third listen, so it may yet grow on me. I'll most certainly check out the other album.

 

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Album information

USA
Genre Progressive Rock
Release March 21, 2006
Listens 101065 Downloads 19322
Starred 958 Playlisted 288    
Reviews 76 Rating 7.4/10

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