Mystical Mo

Moritz Dortmund is born on the 30th of may in 1981 in Hannover / Germany.
His mother is a german and his father is a refugee from Chile.
Moritz Dortmund aka Mystical Mo is mainly drummer and plays in different groups and projects
drumset.
Stylistically, Mo is at home with everything Groove has.
His favourite music is music with african roots like Funk, HipHop, Reggae, Dancehall, Jungle, Jazz,
Soul, Latin...
Over the years he has played in these genres with countless singers, musicians, DJ's and dancers in
many European cities together and looks back on many great gigs.
Since the age of 13 Mo plays drums. During his school he played many concerts in musicals,
schoolbands his own band and jazzcombos from the music school Hannover.
When he was 16 years old, he met a gambian Djembeplayer named (...) Mehr anzeigen Buba Jammeh who taught him a
lot of the philosophy in Reggae and African Music.
From 2001 - 2015 he was an integral part of the Hanoverian souljazz band The Screen Club of the
Saxophonist David Milzow.
He earned his first money as a professional musician mainly with jazz, winning
Young talent (Winning Jazz) and played with Barbara Dennerlein, Raphael Wressning,
Lutz Krajenski and many more together.
In 2002, he joined the Reggae - & Afrobeat-Band Jam Salaam and learnt a lot about Reggae &
african music. Till 2008 he worked with them mostly on concerts in the region of Hannover.
In 2004, he worked a lot in the funk / soul area with the Soulpower project. Monthly
Singers came from the vicious circle of James Brown to Hannover and were from the screen
Club accompanied. Here are some names: Marva Whitney, Martha High, Sweet Charles Sherrell,
Waldo Wheaters, Corey Parker. He also went to Marva Whitney in 2006
European tour.
In recent years, most live concerts in the genre have been reggae / dancehall and there have been
so many festivals throughout Europe contested:
Summerjam (2015/2018), Reggaejam Bersenbrück (2015, 2016), Ruhr Reggae Summer(2011,
2013, 2015, 2018), Keep It Real Jam ( 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016), Chiemsee Reggae Summer
(2015), Reggae Fever / NL (2016), Pleins Les Watts / Schweiz (2014). Weedbeat Festival (2006,
2007, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018). Black Forest On Fire (2016, 2017, 2018), Irish
International Ska and Reggae Fest / Irland (2017, 2018) and many more.
He played with successful singers like:
Turbulence, Bugle, Cali P, Jah Mason, Perfect Giddimani, Norris Man, Torch, Randy Valentine,
Etzia, Raymond Wright, Rebellion The Recaller, Owen Casey, RC, Exile Di Brave, Ras Muhamad
and also german singers like: Ganjaman, Dflame, Mamadee, Sara Lugo, Benjie, Tóke, Uwe Banton,
Trixstar, Mellow Mark and many more.
The backingbands named Boomrush Backup and Soul Rebelz.
Mo has his base in Hanover. There he plays with his band Peace Development Crew and the
Backingband Soul Rebelz also mainly Reggae, Dancehall and HipHop.
Through the many concerts, as well as the interest in reggae Mo developed an authentic
Reggae groove based on drum names like Carlton Barrett or Sly Dunbar.
In 2017 the current album "Better Days" of the Peace Development Crew came in 19th place
Global Reggae Charts.
This was followed by concerts in Germany, Holland and Ireland with the entire band.
Discography:
James Kakande – My little red pocket 2005
Mystical Mo – Jeder Moment zählt EP 2006
Mystical Mo - Am Anfang war das Wort 2007
The Sreenclub – The time is now 2008
Raphael Pondé – Sorriso de flor 2009
Peace Development Crew – Inner Journey 2010
Peace Development Crew – Mystical Flow (Single) 2013
Chris Toppa – Connection 2014
Peace Development Crew – Better Days 2017
Peace Development Crew - Reggae Music Oneness EP 2021
Mystical Mo - Calling To The World 2021 Weniger anzeigen