Up & Comers: Claudia Calle and Toto Gonzalez, Fabrika Group - Miami, Florida

“Fabrika Music, now under the Fabrika Group umbrella, was started five years ago by Gonzalez, 31, and Calle, 30, as a resource for the Latin alternative music scene (fabrika is Spanish for ”factory”). What started as a small party that “played the music we wanted to hear,” Gonzalez notes, has evolved into a networking website, online radio station, record label and weekly parties. Gonzalez, who arrived from his native Venezuela 13 years ago, told his father he was going to Miami to study business administration. He lied. He’s been a musician ever since; his band Soniko is signed to Sony BMG. Calle arrived in ‘98 from Mexico. Born in Colombia, she studied photography in Mexico and then advertising at the Miami Ad School in Miami Beach. Today, she’s a professional photographer.”

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