Dood & Verderf

Jazz. Da's niet bepaald het eerste waar je aan denkt bij metal. Maar onderzoeker en drummer Luis Mora Matus laat in Dood & Verderf horen dat beide genres enorm veel raakvlakken hebben. Het resultaat klinkt minimaal vernieuwend, en maximaal geweldig. The moment I heard that someone was doing his PhD regarding the way that metal and jazz influence each other, I knew that there would be an edition of Death & Decay about this topic. I love both genres, and I especially love the tracks that move between the two. It is therefore my great pleasure to introduce Luis Mora Matus to the show. Luis is currently doing research at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussels in Belgium. There he figures out how, and I quote, “technical tools from progressive metal can be translated into the contemporary jazz practice”. Furthermore, Luis plays drums in Quantum Trio, a hardcore jazz act that incorporates influences from metal to sound even more impressive. In this episode, Luis will explain what these relations