Sergeant Garcia calls his genre of music Salsamuffin and is in town to perform with his smorgasbord of musical influences
Sergeant Garcia calls his genre of music Salsamuffin and is in town to perform with his smorgasbord of musical influencesu00a0u00a0u00a0
Here's for some Spanish flavour with French tit bits thrown in for good measure this weekend as Sergeant Garcia, better known as the Salsamuffin Sound System along with fellow musician Supa Bassie come to town with their brand of quirky music. With a concert lined up in town, Sergeant Garcia expects his audience to sing along, dance and participate even though the music is predominantly in Spanish with traces of French and English.
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"We want to take them (the audience) through a very special musical voyage", Garcia says. Initially, starting out with a band called Ludwig Von 88, Garcia felt he needed to come back to his Latin roots and that is how his first album as Salsamuffin/ Sergeant Garcia, 'Viva el Sargento' came into being. Juggling as a musician, DJ, producer and singer, Garcia confesses he had to adapt his original Latino style to fit the requirements of the technological era.
"It is not always possible to travel with a ten musician ensemble that is why I sometimes play in sound system style. Also it makes me feel and taste dancehall music style that I can introduce in my music," says Garcia.
Talking about the name Salsamuffin, Garcia reminisces about the time when a journalist first asked him to describe his music. "When a journalist asked me what my style of music was, I instantly answered that my own style was Salsamuffin as I have mixed genres for long," he says. Describing the unique style in greater detail he explains that it can easily be considered a bridge between Latin and reggae music.
"I grew up listening to my parents' music which was Latin. I was also a fan of punk. I have always had a foot in Jamaica because I think reggae is the first music with a global message of love. It is through reggae and Jamaican music I jumped to Cuba and into the Latin music again, I'm never very far from African percussions," Garcia tells us.u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0u00a0
Looking forward to their first visit to India, Garcia confesses to being curious and excited about the trip. "There was a time, some years ago when I used to listen to a lot of Indian film music, but most of the times I didn't know who was singing. I'm very interested in Indian percussion and I am sure during this travel I will discover new Indian's artists," Garcia says.
At: Opus, Palace Cross Road
On: October 13, 8 pm onwards
Call: 2344 2580
For: Rs 220 entry fee after 8pm
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