The nine-piece collective formed in 2000 in Austin, Texas consists of Jose Galeano (timbales, vocals), Kino Esparza (vocals, hand percussion), Beto Martinez (guitar), Greg Gonzalez (bass), John Speice (drums), Matthew “Sweet Lou” Holmes (congas), Gilbert Elorreaga (trumpet), Josh Levy (baritone saxophone) and Mark “Speedy” Gonzales (trombone).

Grupo Fantasma has been praised as one of the most important independent acts in the Latin genre and has continually defied expectations to create one of the most unique musical voices to come out of the United States in the 21st century. In 2011, they garnered further acclaim by winning a Grammy (their second such nomination) for their self–produced release El Existential on Nat Geo Music which the Wall Street Journal called “Latin music both new and traditional…vibrant fusions that transcend easy classification.”

QUIMIKOZ is a Latin Cumbia/Fusion band based out of Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Cumbia is a mixture of cultures, originating out of South America, Colombian influence very popular in the Mexican American culture. QUIMIKOZ creates a mixture of “vallenato” accordion sounds consisting of afro-cuban cumbia beats, reggae rhythms, hip hop layers, and horn ensemble accenting the versatile sound out of the ‘barrio’.