There are currently two artists known by the alias Makina. 1. Makina is the alias of an independent artist known by the name Cedar Wittebrood. Makina has contributed to various charity projects, such All Nighter, Vol. 5 and STORYBOOK crafted by the company Art by FORM, LLC., and PRIDE, Vol. 2, crafted by The Half Heart Project to benefit LGBTQ+ charity The Trevor Project. On February 2nd, 2021, they released their first extended play, Anther, featuring four tracks including the single Orchid and Eventide, which saw an official remix from artists Patrick Tomala and Eve Dodds. The lead single Lifeline from their next extended play features Evangeline, and has seen overwhelming success on streaming platforms, gaining a total of nearly twenty thousand streams. 2. Makina is a Trash Metal band formed in Mexico City in 1990. In 1991, with the former lineup of Paul Rivers, Gizmo Reza, Hans Mues and Carlos De la Peña, Makina produced their first album, Dilemma, which was distributed only in Mexico and the southern United States. After the departure of Rivers and Mues, Makina returned in 1994 with a second album called Anabiosis, which introduced them to a wider audience worldwide, in part due to the music video for the song "Nymphomaniac" being promoted in MTV's Headbangers Ball. Their third album Red came out in 1996.