Timba MM take traditional Cuban sounds (el danzon, el changüí, el son montuno, el yambú and the more modern-day genre la timba) and adapt them further with other musical genres from around the world. The result: a blend of contemporary Cuban music infused with a melange of jazz, samba, flamenco and world music of the Americas.

Timba MM, pronounced ‘Timba emmay emmay’, was formed by good friends Michel Medrano Brindis, Mathieu Sénéchal and Adam Goulet. Michel, born in Cuba’s vibrant Havana City, where there’s live music on every street, taught himself Afro-Cuban percussion at the age of 17. Inspired by his elder brother Carlitos Medrano, he went on to play in Havana’s famous jazz clubs and well-known festivals such as the Festival Internacional Jazz Plaza.