Travis Stewart is an electronic music producer and hip-hop artist from North Carolina who creates music under various monikers, including Syndrone, Tstewart and, most notably, Machinedrum. With an affinity for polyrhythms, he transitioned from playing in alternative rock bands into producing electronic music and started composing as Machinedrum in the late 1990s when he was still in high school. After releasing his debut album under the moniker, Now You Know, in 2001, Stewart moved to New York City and quickly submerged himself into city's music scene. He began collaborating with various like-minded artists, joining several duos such as Sepalculture and Jets with Praveen Sharma and Jimmy Edgar, respectively, but gained widespread notoriety in the national and international scenes for his work as Machinedrum.
