Born in 1964, his real name is Garcia and his first name is Bruno, and he first made a name for himself in the 1980s as the guitarist of the humorous French punk band Ludwig Von 88, but also as a DJ in *sound systems*, where he expressed his passion for reggae and Latin music. At the same time, he also released *Titi et Nobru* in 1988, an album mixing hip-hop and rock with his partner at the time and backing singer for Bérurier Noir*.
In 1996, he made a new project official. The track *"Salsamania "* appeared on *Tchatche Attack*, a ragga compilation, while he produced and directed *Viva el Sergento*, an album released a year later. Surrounded by his new group, Los Locos del Barrio, Bruno Garcia, now Sergent Garcia, performed in Paris as part of the Latin Music Festival. The concert and the following tour revealed the group: from the Trans Musicales in Rennes to Madrid and Barcelona, his cocktail of reggae, rock, salsa and raggamuffin won over the public.
In 1999, the album *Un Poquito Quema'o*, featuring re-orchestrated tracks from *Viva el Sergento*, took the band on a world tour, including a performance at a Latin festival in Louisiana. Garcia wants to break down musical borders even more: he proves it with the aptly named *Sin Fronteras* (2001), produced by Renaud Letang (sound engineer of Manu Chao's *Radio Bemba Sound System*), on which we hear Amadou and Maryam in a duet.
Then it was to Kingston, Jamaica, and Santiago de Cuba that Garcia took his inspiration. With the help of Tyrone Downie, Bob Marley's keyboardist turned producer, his "salsamuffin" and his Caribbean rhythms make a beautiful return on *La Semilla Escondida* (2003). Influenced by the metropolises he crossed during his tours, Sergent Garcia then added an urban touch to his compositions. This time he incorporated hip-hop and cumbia (Colombian music and dance with a focus on percussion) in his album *Mascaras*, released in 2006, produced by Roy Hernández;
Colombia even became the main inspiration for *Una y Otra Vez*, the next album released in 2011, produced by Sidestepper and recorded on location with the help of local musicians. The same is true of his French-language successor *Contre Vents et Marées* (2015), recorded between Spain, Cuba and Colombia, combining reggae, salsa, rock and raggamuffin.
