Gabriel Garzon Montano

Gabriel Lorenzo Garzón-Montano is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. After earning a spotlight by opening for Lenny Kravitz's European tour in 2014 and being sampled in the Drake song "Jungle" in 2015, part of a Grammy nominated and double platinum album, Garzón-Montano released his debut album, Jardín in 2017 through Stones Throw Records. Garzón-Montano has performed at major U.S. and international venues. His music style blends R&B, soul, funk, and as of 2020, urban-reggaeton.

On January 27, 2017, Garzón-Montano released his debut studio album, Jardín, with Stones Throw Records. The album was supported by three single releases, "Sour Mango", "The Game", and "Crawl". The title of the album is a reference to his own heritage and language as it is spelled interchangeably between French and Spanish. Jardín, like his previous release, was recorded onto 2-inch tape to achieve the organic sound throughout the album. Imagery of fruit and plant life are components of the lyrics from "Sour Mango" to the cactus in "Crawl", as well as in sequences in "Fruitflies". Since the album's release, videos for the songs "Crawl" and "My Balloon" have been uploaded through Stones Throw.

Garzón-Montano performed several showcases at SXSW in conjunction with entities such as Urban Outfitters and KCRW-Los Angeles. Jardín was a frequent feature of American Radio Station NPR. Garzón-Montano released an instrumental version of Jardín on September 22 on Stones Throw Records. Garzón-Montano announced a tour of Australia and Asia during the fall of 2017, as well as a performance at Tropico Festival in Acapulco, MX.

In 2020, Gabriel Garzón-Montano announced and released his sophomore album, "Agüita". He described the album as "anti-genre" with him flirting with many diverse sounds including reggaeton, art rock, trap, hip hop, urbano, electronica, post-punk, folk and ambient music alongside the usual offerings of soul, funk and alternative R&B. In May 2020, Garzón-Montano released the lead single, "Someone" as well as a music video.