Album Notes

ERVIN ARZU WAS BORN ON JUNE 15TH IN BROOKLYN,NEW YORK PARENTS ARE FERMIN ARZU & ANTONIA PETILLO (R.I.P) FROM LIVINGSTON,IZABAL (LABUGA) GUATEMALA,CENTRAL AMERICA ERVIN IS PROUD TO SPEAK,WRITE,READ & SING ALL THREE LANGUAGES WHICH ARE GARIFUNA,SPANISH & ENGLISH ERVIN LEARNED GARIFUNA WITH HIS MOM @ AGE 0F 5,SPANISH ON HIS OWN & ENGLISH OF COURSE @ SCHOOL EVEN THOUGH GUATEMALA IS A SPANISH COUNTRY & ALSO BORN & RAISED IN NEW YORK ERVIN CONSIDER HIMSELF A GARIFUNA ERVIN STARTED HIS MUSIC CAREER AS A DISC JOCKEY (D.J) AT THE AGE OF 11 EVERYONE STARTED CALLING HIM "D.J" UP TO NOW HE IS KNOWN BY THAT NAME & ALSO" ERV SKI" WITHIN THE GARIFUNA COMMUNITY WHICH ARE GUATEMALAN,HONDURIAN,BELIZEAN AND OTHERS LIKE DOMINICANS,PUERTO RICAN,PANAMANIANS,ETC IT WAS SUCCESSFUL UNTIL HE DECIDED TO START SINGING SO IN 1992 HE MADE A ALBUM RELEASE CALLED "LIGABURI FULASU" WITH THE HIT SONG "FUDI GUBEIRUGU" AND IN 1993 HE RELEASED "GARIFUNA MERIGANA" WITH THE HIT SONG "BARURU FUNARU" AND IN 2002 HE RELEASED "CARIBBEAN PUNTA FEVER" WITH THE HIT SONGS "NUGUYA NAREMUJA", "WABAGARI" & "NIDINIMARI" AND IN 2006 HIS LATEST ALBUM "ONE MORE TIME" WITH THE HIT SONGS "LIDAN ABA" & "FEDURUGU" AND NOW HE IS WORKING ON ANOTHER ALBUM FOR NEXT YEAR RELEASE ERVIN HAS ALSO WORKED WITH OTHER MUSICIANS & ALSO OTHER BANDS WHICH WERE "ISANIGU","MANDO BALLESTEROS Y SU GRUPO","GARIFUNA POWER BAND","INARUNI BAND","GARIFUNA STARS BAND","GRUPO UNO" WITH THESE BANDS HE GAINED MORE EXPERIENCE IN SUCH AS SINGING & PLAYING INSTRUMENTS LIKE DRUMS,KEYBOARDS,BASS & SOUND ENGINEER NOW SINCE HE HAS A RECORDING STUDIO AND FROM HIS LATEST ALBUM "ONE MORE TIME" HE ARRANGED "WAYABINYA AFAGUA","VAMOS A BAILAR","AYO NAMULE" & "COME ON AND DANCE" HE ALSO RECORDED "FUDI REMIX" WITH EDDIE LEGACY FOR ALBUM "THE GREATEST IS UNITY" ERVIN WOULD LIKE TO THANK GOD FOR GIVING HIM THE GIFTED TALENT TO SING & THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE IT WITH THE WORLD & EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS HIM AND ALSO THOSE WHO DON'T SUPPORT. ONE LOVE & THANX A MILLION.