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OK, I listened the Upsilon Acrux and the Off Minor songs, and I am not hearing the jazz.
I did not find those grooves to be groovy, first of all. Second, there is no soloist or lead instrument. I'm not saying that's a bad thing, but jazz does feature soloists: part of the point is to hear the soloist interpreting the changes of the tune and improvising. If you listen to Miles Davis, you could imagine him improvising a solo over those changes, then it would be more like jazz - but you would need a better bass player.
In the Upsilon Acrux, I heard changes, but it sounded honestly more like they had found about 2 notes that worked over each change and were sticking to those 2 notes. Jazz players construct melodies out of scales and intervals over a complex harmony, not a dissonant but simple harmony. It sounds more like what me and the guys called experimental music, and not honestly that great either.
The Off Minor just sounds like hardcore to me, I don't hear what is jazzy about it whatsoever. I mean, I have a pretty **** loose definition of jazz compared to some people, and I still am not hearing it. I think that hardcore and jazz might actually be antithetical, considering that hardcore is anti-solo and jazz is defined by the soloists.
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