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MACHETE ON THE BEAT ISN’T JUST A DJ—HE’S A CULTURAL FORCE ON A MISSION TO MOVE BODIES AND BRIDGE CONTINENTS. WITH EVERY SET, HE SLICES THROUGH GENRES AND BORDERS, BLENDING THE HYPNOTIC PULSE OF AFROBEAT WITH THE FIRE AND FLAVOR OF CUBAN RHYTHMS. BORN FROM TWO MUSICAL WORLDS AND RAISED ON DANCE FLOORS WHERE TRADITION MEETS INNOVATION, MACHETE DELIVERS MORE THAN A PARTY— HE CURATES A SONIC EXPERIENCE THAT’S DEEP, DYNAMIC, AND UNDENIABLY DANCEABLE
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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.