Gabriel Garzón-Montano
Artist
Gabriel Lorenzo Garzón-Montano (born June 27, 1989 in Carroll Gardens) is a multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter based in New York City.
Born and raised in Brooklyn to a Colombian father and a French mother, Gabriel spent his early years mastering the violin, guitar, and drums, before turning to the piano and bass guitar to better complete his compositions.
His influence is a pastiche of Bach sonatas, Cumbia records, and the machine gun funk that echoes up and down Nostrand Ave. His mother, a member of the Philip Glass ensemble in the 1990s, instilled within him a painstaking attention to detail that remains a hallmark of his process. “She is the reason that I love music,” he says. Her rigorous classical instruction formed the foundation on which he honed his skills over the years in the lab, copping Stevie’s changes, studying Prince’s lyrics, and absorbing the beat theses of Timbaland, Dilla, and Pete Rock.
In 2017 he released his debut album Jardín via Stones Throw label.
