Jeff Klein

Founder & Creative Director


Jeff Klein is a composer and creative director with decades of experience across African, Caribbean, Afro-diasporic, and New Orleans musical traditions. At Rhythm Planet, he guides artistic direction and curation, ensuring cultural integrity and a focused, sync-ready catalog for film and media.

Margie Perez

Composer & Vocalist


Margie Perez is a composer and vocalist with extensive experience across Latin, Caribbean, and New Orleans–influenced music. Her work at Rhythm Planet contributes expressive range and cultural fluency within a professional, media-focused framework.

Anier Alonso

Percussionist & Composer


Anier Alonso is a Cuban-born percussionist and composer rooted in Afro-Cuban musical traditions. He brings rhythmic expertise and cultural depth shaped by international performance and production experience to Rhythm Planet projects.

Cuba Heat

Cuba Heat is an Afro-Cuban ensemble rooted in rumba and salsa, shaped by deep cultural lineage and long-term performance practice. The project brings together musicians with direct ties to Cuban and Afro-Caribbean traditions, creating rhythm-forward music grounded in lived experience and community connection.


Within Rhythm Planet, Cuba Heat is presented as a distinct live project, offering cultural context separate from the sync-focused catalog.