Nelson Mathew Gonzalez was raised in a musical family. His grandfather, Benny Ayala, is a seasoned Plenero composer and folklorist. As a young child, Matthew was surrounded by Afro-Caribbean rhythms and Puerto Rican folkloric music.

He has performed with many folkloric, Salsa, and Latin Jazz artists including Los Pleneros de las 21, Ilu Aye, Alma Moyo, Richie Ray y Bobby Cruz, Hector Tricoche, Ray de la Paz, William Cepeda, and Bobby Sanabria to name a few. In early 2018, Mathew started his own band called Kinto Zono which brings the sounds of an 11-piece orchestra with 2 brass, piano, bass, and percussion for a more modern Bomba y Plena sound. Mathew is now a member of the LATIN HEARTBEAT ORCHESTRA.