Started by four friends from Lima, Ramon Perez-Prieto, Grimaldo Del Solar, Rafael Morales, and Carlos Li Carrillo, with a shared passion for traditional Afro-Peruvian music and global DJ culture, Novalima stands in the common ground bridging past and future, uniting tradition and innovation. During their career, Novalima has garnered worldwide critical acclaim from mainstream (NPR, UK Guardian, Wall Street Journal, La Presse, Metro, Billboard), delivered legendary performances around the world at festivals such as Roskilde, WOMAD, NYC Central Park, Montreal Jazz Festival and Chicago’s Millennium Park, earned a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Alternative Album, and were featured in cult filmmaker Robert Rodriguez’s hit Mexploitation movie Machete. They have internationally released 6 studio albums (Novalima, AFRO, Coba Coba, Karimba, Planetario and Ch’usay) with various labels from around the world which have held #1 spots on the US College Music Journal Latin Alternative and New World Radio Charts as well as the Top 10 Billboard World Music Chart. This 2023, Novalima celebrates their 20th anniversary with the release of La Danza, on San Francisco’s Six Degrees Records, and an international tour that will take them to North America, Latam & Europe starting in March.