Laberinto's lead founder Marco Toro is a very talented drummer, percussionist, composer, and arranger born in Caracas, Venezuela. Since he was nine he has never stopped playing the drums and learning all about its possibilities and intricacies as well as experimenting with other percussion instruments. He started Laberinto in 1989.
"We made the jump to the Old World in 1992 and found our new home in Amsterdam."
"As one of Europe's most hospitable and liberal towns, it offered us the greatest possible musical and artistic freedom."
As a testimony to his multilayered heritage, he plays a wide variety of percussion instruments on all records including timbales, congas, bongos and cowbell. He also masters typical Afro-Venezuelan instruments like cumaco, culo e' puya, drum of San Millán, tambora de gaita, paliteos, maracas, guiro and guira, all of which play an essential role in Venezuelan music.
Marco has never lost his roots found in Venezuelan popular music and culture and he is very appreciated by colleagues for his ability to play in a wide variety of styles. His credits range from collaborating with Salsa and Latin Jazz orchestras and Pop and Rock solo artists, to running his own Latin project Toro Ensamble and performing with international live drum extravaganza Drums United.
