# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mauro-refosco
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:37:58.224Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mauro-refosco"
name: "Mauro Refosco"
slug: "mauro-refosco"
description: "Mauro Refosco, is a Brazilian percussionist. He is best known for his work with singer David Byrne and the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. He was a member of the experimental supergroup Atoms for Peace – featuring Thom Yorke and Flea – and the forró band Forro in the Dark. Refosco was also briefly a member of Dirty Projectors."
tagline: "Brazilian percussionist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Melt_Festival_2013_-_Atoms_For_Peace-13_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-08-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.1
  momentum:             14.52127659574468
  historical:           7.039671999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/287868"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "ماورو ريفوسكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Refosco"
    title: "Mauro Refosco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Refosco"
    title: "Mauro Refosco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauro_Refosco"
    title: "Mauro Refosco"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE"
    title: "Рефоско, Мауро"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BE_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Мауро Рефоско"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a1659091-7fba-403b-bc78-89e8b2651d79"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3301766"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump