Author: chusmaestro

AEGRI SOMNIA

Aegri Somnia is a neofolk band from Madrid made up of members of As Light Dies and Autumnal that adapts songs from the Iberian oral tradition in an avant-garde way with other modern music such as black metal or darkwave,…

KHAOSOK

Muay Thai is a traditional martial art from Thailand that has survived over the years becoming the most complete contact sport of our days thanks to its number of techniques and variety of strikes. Its aesthetics and philosophy captivated me…

Pantera drum cover

As a celebration of Pantera’s “reunion” I decided to record my favorite track from their album “Far Beyond Driven” (1994). Pantera was a game changer and had influenced tons of metal and hardcore bands since then. Phil Aselmo’s outstanding vocal…

5 Essentials

Some time ago, Mikel Primigenio -a truly underground cultural guru- asked me to collaborate in “The 5 essentials” section of his website Cosmic Tentacles, where a bunch of guest musicians chose and talked about 5 indispensable albums for them. I always…

TAXI DRIVER

Since I saw Taxi Driver (Martin Scorsese, 1976) I fell in love with the soundtrack of my beloved Bernard Herrmann, especially obsessed with this jazz/funk tune and the tasty sax solo. I wanted to give it a try and get…

Another Kind of Death reunion show

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of “No Signal“, Another Kind of Death have reunited to play live the whole album next October 28th at Barracudas (Madrid). It will be a special event where our friends Teething will be playing their brand new album “Help”…

Der Doppelgänger

Der Doppelgänger is a Twin Peaks tribute project formed in 2017 with Óscar Martín, multi-instrumentalist and fellow musician in other bands such as Hybrid, As Light Dies and Aegri Somnia. “Owls are not what they seem” was released on october…

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a traditional martial art from Thailand I’ve been obsessed with since I was a kid, when I stayed awake some nights watching fights on TV. Later on appeared some fictional pop icons who kept the flame alive,…

3 new videos / 3 different styles

I’ve been working recently on some techniques which I could apply by playing songs from different genres (almost opposed) boosting the contrast-based versatility. From the 70’s funk of The Bamboos full of nuances, rudiments and linear drumming rhythms…    …

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