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Peven grew up listening to Gospel, Jazz, Soul, and African rhythms, which greatly shaped his musical style. Peven Everett, was born and raised in Harvey, IL and has three siblings. Peven's career began at the age of 3. He remembers playing the bongos and using a phone book to reach the piano keys in order to play. The first song he ever played on drums was "Mister Magic" by Grover Washington Jr. when he was 4. Peven comes from a very musical family - all singers. Read more on Last.fm

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Arca is an experimental project by Alejandra Ghersi Rodríguez, a Venezuelan electronic producer, mixing engineer, performance artist, painter and DJ. Arca embraces fluidity and changing between states, whether it be gender, genre, or personality. In a 2020 interview, they say "We all have multiple personalities. Rather than causing panic, I think maybe that could cause some relief". "There was a clear intention on their fourth album, Kick i to allow every self to express itself. Read more on Last.fm

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Louie Vega, the DJ masterworker and Masters at Work supremo, didn't record a solo full-length until nearly 20 years after his debut as a producer. (Granted, Nuyorican Soul was close to a solo album, and he also produced all of When the Night Is Over, his 1991 collaboration with Marc Anthony.) Accordingly, Vega packed 2004's Elements of Life with varying sounds, including collaborations with friends(Blaze, Ursula Rucker), a tribute to his uncle (salsero legend Hector Lavoe) Read more on Last.fm

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Ricardo Villalobos (born 6 August 1970) is a Chilean-born German electronic music producer and DJ. He is well known for his work in the minimal techno and microhouse genres, and is one of the most significant figures in today's minimal techno scene. Life and work Villalobos was born in Chile on 6 August 1970. In 1973 he moved to Germany with his family to escape the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who had seized power that year. When Villalobos was around 10 or 11 he started to play conga and bongos. Read more on Last.fm

There are two artists that go by Andrés. 1)Detroit house and hiphop don DJ Dez aka Andrés was destined for a life in music. The son of Humberto ‘Nengue’ Hernandez, an original player on Detroit’s jazz scene who sang and played percussion with the likes of Mongo Santamaria, Santana and Cachao López, got his first drum set aged three, and was raised on the Motor City’s rich musical history. Partly brought up in California, Andrés cut his teeth DJ-ing on the Cali underage party scene, before moving back to the 313 with his family. Read more on Last.fm

Yambú was founded in 1972 and consists of bassist Ramon Rodriguez and pianist Milton Hamilton, who worked as music teachers at The 3rd Street Music School Settlement in Lower Manhattan. Their musical styles ranged from salsa to funk to disco and reflected the "Nueyorquino melting pot" influences of the era. From 1975 to 1980 they released five albums under this moniker, 1975's Yambú, 1977's African Queen, 1979's Introducing Jesus Nolasco, and in 1980 Yambú's Brew. Read more on Last.fm

The Idea becomes reality in 1965, Saul Cornejo guitar and vocals, Manuel Cornejo in drums and Eddy Zarauz a childhood friend on the bass Eddy made his own bass, the one he used in all the recordings and tv presentations. The Cornejo brothers had been experimenting with music since they were kids and their favorite composers were Tchaikovsky, Ravel, Gershwin, Ray Charles, Bobby Darin Leiber and Stroller. In 1962 they used to listen to Stevie wonder and the 4 seasons and little Stevie with his fabulous fingertips Read more on Last.fm