Bunji Garlin
Bunji Garlin and Fay-Ann Lyons 2014
Background information
Birth name	Ian Antonio Alvarez
Born	(1978-07-14)July 14, 1978 (age 46) Arima, Trinidad
Genres	Reggae,soca,dancehall
Occupation(s)	Musician,producer,songwriter
Instrument	Vocals
Years active	1999–present
Labels	VP,RCA
Spouse	Fay-Ann Lyons-Alvarez

Ian Antonio Alvarez (born July 14, 1978), better known by his stage nameBunji Garlin, is a Trinidadianraggasoca artist. He is also affectionately known as the Viking of Soca. His spouse isFay-Ann Lyons.^[1]

Bunji was born on July 14, 1978, inArima, Trinidad.^[2] He is of Saint Lucian and Venezuelan descent.^[3]

He married fellowsoca artistFay-Ann Lyons on December 23, 2006, daughter of successful soca singerSuperblue.^[4] He is also a second cousin of singerPatrice Roberts, who performs alongside the popularMachel Montano.^[5]

Bunji has won Trinidad's Soca Monarch/International Soca Monarch competition on several occasions: 2002 (tied with Iwer George) with "Down in the Ghetto",^[6] 2004 with "Warrior Cry",^[7] 2005 with "Blaze the Fire" Both songs were produced by then band member Shawn Noel (Da Ma$tamind)^[8] and 2008 with "Fiery"^[9] He placed second in theInternational Soca Monarch 2009 with "Clear De Road", while his pregnant wife Fay-Ann Lyons placed first with "Meet Super Blue".^[10] She also won the Groovy Soca Monarch title that same night with "Heavy T Bumpa".

Bunji Garlin's "Brrt" is featured on theGrand Theft Auto IVsoundtrack.^[11]

In 2013, Garlin won the Soul Train Award for Best International Performance for the song "Differentology", which features Nigel Rojas on guitar.^[12]An album of the same name was released byRCA Records andVP Records in August 2014.^[13][14]

In 2017 he releasedTurn Up, his highest chart placing to date, reaching no. 3 on theBillboard Reggae Albums chart.^[15] On Sunday, September 24, 2017 Garlin was bestowed with a national award of T&T, theHummingbird Medal (Silver).^[16] A song by Garlin entitled "All or Nothing" also appeared in the pilot of theNetflix TV seriesImpulse.^[17]

• The Chronicles (1999)
• Revelation (2002)
• Black Spaniard (2003)
• Graceful Vengeance (2004)
• Flame Storm (2005)
• Next Direction (2006)
• Global (2007)
• Fiery (2008)
• "iSpaniard" (2012)
• The Viking (2013)
• Differentology (2014),VP/RCA - US Reggae no. 6^[18]
• Turn Up (2017), VP - US Reggae no. 3

• "Differentology" (2013)^[19]
• "Truck On D Road" (2014)(featuringA$AP Ferg)
• "The Message" (2015)(featuringDamian Marley)
• "Television" (2016)

• "Carnival Tabanca" (featuring Tarrus Riley) 2014
• "Coofy Lie Lie"(featuringSinging Sandra) (2002)
• "Let's Get It On" and "That Woman"(featuringWalker Hornung) (1999, 2001)
• "Rags Don't Care"(featuring Chinese Laundry andShurwayne Winchester) (2003)
• "Soca Bhangra"(featuring Shami) (2003)
• "Don’t Waste Water"(featuringShurwayne Winchester) (2005)
• "The Islands"(featuringPatrice Roberts) (2005)
• "Lorraine"(featuring Explainer) (2005)
• "Move With Us" (TSTT jingle also featuringShurwayne Winchester andMachel Montano) (2006)
• "Get Up Stand Up"(featuringT.O.K.) (2007)
• "Hardcore Loving"(featuringRita Jones) (2007)
• "Swing it"(featuring Chris Black) (2007)
• "One Family"(featuringFreddie McGregor) (2007)
• "Bring It"(featuring Lalchan Babwa (Hunter)) (2008)
• "Country Rum(featuringNeeshan Prabhoo) (2008)
• "Bring It Superstar Mix"Lalchan Babwa(Hunter) ft.Alison Hinds, Andy Singh, Bunji Garlin & Ziggy Rankin (2008)
• "That's How We Party"(featuringBusy Signal) (2005)
• "Big Blood" (featuring 3suns, Sir Skarz) [2011]
• "Sex, Love and Reggae"(Gyptian ft. Bunji Garlin and Angela Hunt) (2013)
• "All or Nothing"(Elliphant ft. Diplo and Bunji Garlin)
• "Jungle Bae"(Jack Ü ft. Bunji Garlin) (2015)
• "Baddest Things"(Party Favor & Nymz ft. Bunji Garlin) (2015)
• "Buss Head"(Machel Montano) (2017)
• "Ride it" (Sebastian Ingrosso & Salvatore Ganacci ft. Bunji Garlin) (2017)
• “Famalay” (Bunji Garlin, Machel Montano, Skinny Fabulous) (2019)
• "Bomboclat (Light It Up)" (Dillon Francis, Bunji Garlin) from the EP Magic Is Real (2019)
• “Break a branch” (Bunji Garlin, Motto) (2020)

• Official website

• 1978 births
• Living people
• Soca musicians
• Trinidad and Tobago people of Saint Lucian descent
• Trinidad and Tobago people of Venezuelan descent
• People from Arima
• 20th-century Trinidad and Tobago musicians
• 21st-century Trinidad and Tobago musicians
• VP Records artists
• RCA Records artists

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