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Nicolas Wetzell (© L. Solari)

The collaboration with Peruvian composer, arraqnger and guitarist Nicolas Wetzell allowed Mo to fully connect with her inner self and discover a more intimate approach to music. Together they developed and arranged a 1st collection of acoustic beauties, made available on the mini-CD "Goin' Basic" (released in 2005; check out the section 'Music' of this website for some sound bites).

Mo's busy writing and developing for a second project in collaboration with Nicolas with the emphasis on simply singing and playing in service of music, ensuring a colourful blend of horizons. They're seeking a moment in their busy agendas to get together with the crew and record the new material. But that's not an easy task...

Nicolas hops in between Peru and Switzerland, busy developping a project 'bout the music of his dad (the late Nicolas Wetzell senior, an acclaimed Peruvian composer) and Mo created her vocal studio MM Vocal Education and is much in demand as vocal coach/singing teacher, whilst she hops in between Switzerland and Denmark to perfect her teaching skills at the Complete Vocal Institute in Copenhagen.

A story to be continued, though :-)

Julio D'Santiago

Drummer and Afro-American percussionist Julio d'Santiago (Venezuela) ensures the percussion aspects in Mo's acoustic "Blazz" project, together with drummer Luca Solari (Italy/Peru).

D'Santiago spent more than a decade studying Venezuelan, Colombian, Puerto Rican and Cuban percussion with percussion greats such as Miguel "Miguito" Urbina, Jhonny Rudas, Orlando Poleo, Jose Yancen "Pachin", Nestor Gutierrez "El Chivo" as well as drums & classic percussion experts Benjamin Carriel and Jose "Cheo" Cardenas. He also initiated the first-ever fusion experiment of classic and contemporary percussion in Venezuela.

Besides teaching, running workshops, producing and coaching pupils of the Phil Collins' Little Dreams Foundation, D'Santiago collaborates with the Caracas-based "Fundacion Afroamerica" and its godfather Jesus "Chucho" Garcia to analyse Afro-American countries and their musical cultural heritage. He recently releases the "JDS and the Seven Powers" project, a colourful blend of contemporary music styles with traditional Latin-American music.

More about Julio: Julio D'Santiago

Julien Gahwiler

BLAZZ bass man Julien Gahwiler is one of the most versatile and sollicited live as well as recording bass players in the bizz, at ease in a multitude of styles, goin' from latin, oriental/rai and world to rock, blues, pop and chanson française.

Gahwiler is and has been active in many different projects, such as the Cappuccino Band (Soul/Funk/Jazz), Ain-Amir (oriental/rai), Time Machine (Soul/Disco), Josée Desjardin e.a. He's also a much sollicited bass guitar teacher.  

Guy Nikkels

Guy Nikkels is Mo's nothern European guitar man in the acoustic "Blazz" project. Nikkels is a remarkably gifted guitar man open to a great variety of styles: from intense, hard swinging mainstream-bob oriented jazz to more electric funk-fusion.

In his acoustic work with Mo he's known for adding a particular latin touch to the arrangements that bring about a remarkable kind of intimacy with lots of space for improvisation.

Nikkels already played and worked with many acclaimed musicians, including the late Michael Brecker, John Ruocco, Kenny Werner, Eef Albers, Henk Meutgeert a.o.He was a 2006-nominee for the Jazz Hoeilaart Award in Belgium with his fusion quartet ThinkThank. With this project he recently released an excellent first album: "Pek Dek".

More about Guy Nikkels:

Guy Nikkels

More about ThinkTank and "Pek Dek":

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Goin' Basic (© Uptown Prod - 2005)

Several critics at CDBaby.com among others, as well as the French APAGA (Association for the Promotion of Independent Artists) attributed flattering CD reviews to Mo's mini-album "Goin' Basic".

The APAGA, through its website www.tazik.org even paid special tribute to it by making it CD Of The Month in 2006.

TAzik writes (in French): "Millar Mo'town" revisits, unplugged and mellow, the 60's-70's in blues-soul mood combined with full sense mezzo-vibrato unfaltering vocal quality. We've got spicy feelings for "Voodoo Music"; the Montreux Jazz Festival isn't far away. Very good stuff. When will her own work be out there?...."