Friday November 24 Niche Presents Gabriel Garzón-Montano (Stones Throw Records / US) + Noah Slee (Wondercore Island / Majestic Casual) & more Tickets on sale now via www.nicheproductions.com.au His debut album Jardín comes on the heels of three intense years of touring, writing and recording. Montano sings of the struggles and uncertainties of the many- layered game that is America today, from the specific doubt and double consciousness of the first- generation hustle, to the universal challenges of love, legacy, and exploring the maze of one's own mind. Montano's aesthetic is an extension of his French-Colombian heritage, a pastiche of Bach sonatas, cumbia records, and the machine gun funk that echoes to this day from behind half-rolled tints up and down Nostrand Ave. His mother, a member of the Philip Glass ensemble in the 1990’s, instilled within him a painstaking attention to detail that remains a hallmark of his process. “My mother is the reason I love music,” he says. Her rigorous classical instruction served as his creative engine as he honed his skills over the course of years in the lab, copping Stevie's changes, studying Prince's lyrics, and absorbing the beat theses of Timbaland, Dilla, and Pete Rock www.gabrielgarzonmontano.com www.stonesthrow.com/gabrielgarzonmontano open.spotify.com/artist/1R4GxRuSVTPSb6oy56SPST