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TAXI DRIVER

Posted at September 23, 2022 by chusmaestro in Videos

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…

Singing “A Strange Kind of Love” by Peter Murphy

Posted at September 11, 2022 by chusmaestro in News ⋅ Videos

Peter Murphy, singer of Bauhaus, is probably my favorite vocalist (in the podium along Brendan Perry of Dead Can Dance and Michel Gira from Swans), bragging one of the most beautiful and expressive voices I’ve ever listened to. I’ve been “singing” this…

Another Kind of Death reunion show

Posted at August 23, 2022 by chusmaestro in News ⋅ Shows

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

Posted at October 6, 2019 by chusmaestro in News

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

Posted at August 7, 2019 by chusmaestro in News

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

Posted at April 7, 2019 by chusmaestro in Videos

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… …

Into The Wild

Posted at January 20, 2019 by chusmaestro in News

When I’m not surrounded by drums, I can be found surrounded by sharks or exotic animals in remote jungles; one of my hobbies is to get lost with my camera within faraway wilderness and photograph fellas that come up to…

2018 musical summary: breaking out the comfort zone

Posted at January 2, 2019 by chusmaestro in News

I began 2018 with only one operational hand because of an injury that forced me to face the drumkit as an one-armed and left-handed for a couple of months…but always look at the bright side. Just as I recovered, my…

Playing live with Aegri Somnia

Posted at October 27, 2018 by chusmaestro in News ⋅ Shows

This month I begin my collaboration as a live percussionist with Aegri Somnia, a neofolk act from Madrid formed by musicians from As Light Dies and Autumnal which edited their debut album last year. Ad augusta per angusta by Aegri…

More polyrhythms with Meshuggah

Posted at June 8, 2018 by chusmaestro in Videos

New drum cover playing an old groovy Meshuggah song from their 1994 EP “None”. The drum beats have an interesting progressive/fusion approach plus their signature polyrhythms: More videos at Chus Maestro’s youtube channel