BORN INTO THE ECHOES OF TWO WORLDS—WEST AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN—MACHETE WAS RAISED ON VINYL CRATES OF FELA KUTI, CELIA CRUZ, AND DANCEHALL RIDDIMS. HIS MUSICAL IDENTITY IS BUILT ON FUSION: AFROBEAT, AFRO-CUBAN, LATIN JAZZ, AND ELECTRONIC SOUL COME TOGETHER IN A GENRE-FLUID, CULTURE-RICH EXPERIENCE. AS THE PERCUSSIONIST FOR CIMAFUNK—THREE-TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE—MACHETE HAS TOURED INTERNATIONALLY, BRINGING HIS RHYTHMIC SENSIBILITY TO STAGES AND FESTIVALS ACROSS THE GLOBE. FROM HAVANA TO BERLIN, NEW YORK TO DAKAR, HIS SONIC PALETTE IS INFUSED WITH THE ENERGY OF EVERY CITY AND CROWD HE’S PLAYED FOR. HE DOESN’T JUST PLAY MUSIC—HE CHANNELS A FEELING, ONE THAT PULSES THROUGH THE HIPS AND HITS STRAIGHT TO THE SPIRIT.