M.A.S Música Argentine and Venezuelan Roots — One Stage in Paris

Who Is M.A.S Música?

M.A.S Música is a Latin trio based in Paris, formed by three musicians — Mauro, Alejandro and Sebastian — who bring together the musical traditions of Argentina and Venezuela in the heart of one of the world’s most musically diverse cities. Their music is warm, rhythmically alive, and built on a deep respect for the Latin American tradition they carry with them.

What makes M.A.S Música distinctive is not just their roots but what they do with them. They are equally at home playing a Venezuelan Afro Caribbean rhythm, a jazz standard that belongs to every culture, or a French classic reimagined through a South American lens. The trio navigates genres the way experienced travelers navigate cities — with confidence, curiosity, and no fear of getting lost.

Based in Paris, they perform for audiences who may have never visited Buenos Aires or Caracas but who recognize immediately the feeling these cities carry in their music: heat, movement, a particular kind of joy that is inseparable from its melancholy.

The Name: M · A · S

The name M.A.S is an acronym built from the first letters of the three members’ names: Mauro, Alejandro, and Sebastian. But the acronym does something else at the same time — it spells the Spanish word más, meaning more. It is the right word for a trio that consistently brings more than expected: more rhythm, more range, more warmth, more emotional depth than the format of a three piece typically promises.

The word más is also a quiet statement of artistic philosophy. In a musical landscape that often rewards simplification and reduction, M.A.S Música chooses to add. More instrumentation. More cultural reference. More emotional register. More conversation between traditions that rarely share the same stage.

The Sound: Latin Roots, Global Reach

The music of M.A.S Música is built on two of Latin America’s richest and most distinct musical traditions. Argentina brings tango, folk, and the complex harmonic language of the River Plate region — a tradition that has been in conversation with European classical music for over a century. Venezuela brings Afro Venezuelan percussion, joropo, and the rhythmic vocabulary of the Caribbean coast — music rooted in the same African diaspora that shaped jazz, cumbia, and salsa.

These two traditions rarely share a single ensemble. M.A.S Música makes that combination feel natural — because for Mauro, Alejandro, and Sebastian, these sounds are not academic references but lived languages. They grew up with them. They think in them.

Paris adds a third dimension: the city’s jazz clubs, world music stages, French chanson tradition, and relentlessly international audience have shaped the trio’s sound into something that communicates across all borders. Their music is Latin in its roots and universal in its reach.

Repertoire — From Poinciana to La Javanaise

One of the most striking things about M.A.S Música is the breadth of their repertoire. They move between Latin originals, jazz standards, and French classics without friction — treating each genre not as a separate territory but as a different dialect of the same emotional language.

The inclusion of Gainsbourg and Dassin in their French repertoire is equally deliberate. Both artists are beloved in France but also carry a cosmopolitan quality — Gainsbourg in particular drew heavily on Latin rhythms, bossa nova, and Caribbean influences throughout his career. When M.A.S Música plays La Javanaise, they are not reaching across a cultural divide. They are meeting a song that was already halfway toward them.

Alejandro: The Percussion Heart of the Trio

The rhythmic core of M.A.S Música is Venezuelan percussionist Alejandro Guerrero — a musician whose background is itself a study in how deep roots and open horizons can coexist. Alejandro trained under Carlos Nené Quintero, Venezuela’s most respected percussionist and the inventor of the Baticonga, who spent decades performing alongside Eros Ramazzotti, Celia Cruz, Barry White, and Gato Barbieri.

He also studied music theory and composition with Alex Rodriguez “El Marciano”, a prominent Venezuelan composer. These two teachers gave him not just technique but philosophy — a way of thinking about rhythm as color, as emotional contribution, as conversation rather than timekeeping.

In his broader career, Alejandro has collaborated with Chino y Nacho (Latin Grammy Winners), Jorge Villamizar (Colombia, Latin Grammy Winner), Ilegales (Dominican Republic, Latin Grammy Winners), Manu Katché (France), Patrick Fiori, Soprano, Zoufris Maracas, and Rember Duarte. He brings all of that range to M.A.S Música — and it is audible in every performance.

Watch M.A.S Música

These recordings capture M.A.S Música across their full range — from energetic Latin originals to reimagined French classics and jazz standards.

M.A.S Música — Trio Performance

M.A.S Música — “Poinciana” · Ahmad Jamal jazz standard reimagined with Latin percussion

M.A.S Música — “Angelina” & “Spartacus”

M.A.S Música — “Été Indien” (Joe Dassin) & “La Javanaise” (Serge Gainsbourg)

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