Bunji Garlin

The Caribbean’s most adroit lyricist of the day, Bunji Garlin, is poised to make an explosive impact on the global music arena. Add to his phenomenal lyrical abilities Bunji’s astonishing vocal flair and you have an unstoppable force that renders audiences mesmerized from his opening lines. 
Hailed as a voice calling out in the wilderness on behalf of the common man, Bunji is one of the few artistes that have successfully bridged the generation gap as well as broken through the social strata, creating songs that explore and address a myriad of issues including crime, discrimination, prejudice, poverty, sexual deviation and political pandering. Of course Bunji also explores the lighter side of living through his songs created just for dancing and romancing the ladies. Bunji lives in the hope that his songs will touch hearts and change lives around the universe, playing his role in bringing all of mankind to appreciate Soca and Ragga Soca.
His new album released through VP Records, 'Global,’ is another step towards achieving those goals as Garlin has stepped up to a higher level musically. The anticipated album features Bunji’s signature blend of dancehall, soca, and reggae. Highlights include stand-out track "Brrrt" on the Bobby Konder’s March Out riddim, collaborations with the legendary Freddie McGregor on "One Family" and hip hop artist Chris Black on "Swing It." 
Bunji appeared on the horizon in 1998 with his breakthrough hit single "Send Dem Rhythm Crazy," with which he secured control over the ragga-soca arena. By the following year Bunji was signed to the IP International Recording Label, which is to date the most successful soca music label worldwide. That year also saw the release of his debut album; The Chronicles. 
Five other collections namely Revelation (2001); Black Spaniard (2003); Graceful Vengeance (2004) Flamestorm (2005) and Next Generation (2006) followed, all of them being among the biggest selling soca albums for each respective year. On these collections Bunji explored the major sub-genres of soca through the eons namely; chantuelle, kaiso, calypso, soca and ragga-soca. 
His unique lyrical escapades into the realm of romance and sexuality earned him the moniker, Bunji Garlin the girls dem Darlin’ and at the same turn he was dubbed the Fireman because of his claim that he has come to burn all evil with his scorching lyrics. Garlin sparked off a new trend in which other young Caribbean artistes have begun to create songs that revolve around spirituality and the symbolic burning of all things evil.
In 2002 Bunji won his first International Soca Monarch title, that time sharing it with another legendary soca act, Iwer George. In 2004, however, Bunji won the title outright with his now classic "Warrior Cry" and he successfully defended the title in 2005 with a fiery performance of "Blaze It Up." 
Bunji’s cache of international awards includes the award for Best International Calypso/Soca Entertainer at the Festival of Life International Reggae and World Music Awards. After only eight years within the musical arena, Bunji has achieved iconic status, earning the respect and admiration of legendary artistes such as the Mighty Sparrow, Lord Explainer, Singing Sandra and David Rudder. His band, The Asylum Band is after just two years the top soca amalgamation of the day.
As far as Bunji Garlin is concerned, he has thus far only brushed the surface of what he has set out to achieve musically. His desire is to see the soca music of Trinidad and Tobago gain respect on a universal level, taking its place as the most powerful and infectious genre. VP Records will provide this platform of world -wide

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