Born in 1964, his real name is Garcia and his first name is Bruno, and he first became famous 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 a backing singer with Bérurier Noir*.
In 1996, he officially launched a new project. The title *"Salsamania "* appears on *Tchatche Attack*, a ragga compilation, while he produces and produces alone *Viva el Sergento*, an album that comes out one year later. Surrounded by his new group, Los Locos del Barrio, Bruno Garcia, now Sergent Garcia, performs in Paris at the Latin Music Festival. The concert and the following tour revealed the group: from the Trans Musicales of 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*, with re-orchestrated pieces of *Viva el Sergento*, allows the group to go on a world tour, as far as the United States, where Sergent Garcia performs at a Latino festival in Louisiana. Garcia wishes to abolish the musical borders: he proves it with the well named *Sin Fronteras* (2001), realized by Renaud Letang (sound engineer of the *Radio Bemba Sound System* of Manu Chao), on which we hear Amadou and Maryam during a duet.
Then it is in Kingston, Jamaica, and in Santiago de Cuba that Garcia leaves to be inspired. With the help of Tyrone Downie, Bob Marley's keyboard player 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 adds an urban touch to his compositions. He incorporates this time hip-hop and cumbia (Colombian music and dance privileging the percussions) in his album *Mascaras*, released in 2006, produced by Roy Hernández;
Colombia even becomes the main inspiration for *Una y Otra Vez*, the next album released in 2011, produced by Sidestepper and recorded on site with the help of local musicians. It is the same for his French-speaking successor *Contre Vents et Marées* (2015), recorded between Spain, Cuba and Colombia, combining reggae, salsa, rock and raggamuffin.
