Name: Agüita
Brand: Gabriel Garzón-Montano

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Bonus disc: No

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JAG368CD

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Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2020-10-02

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

656605236827

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

JAG368LP

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656605236810

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

JAG368LP-C1

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656605236834

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / yellow

Artist

Gabriel Garzón-Montano

Genre GB

R&B / Neo-Soul

Label GB

Jagjaguwar

Introducing singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and native New Yorker Gabriel Garzón-Montano. Born to a

Jagjaguwar is an American independent label based in Bloomington, IN. Founded in Charlottesville, VA in 1996 by Darius Van Arman, the label was invited to relocate to Bloomington by Jason Noble of Rodan. Darius followed this invitation in 1999 and has since built a reputation for releasing exceptional music.
With a focus on promoting talented artists across various genres, Jagjaguwar has become known for its diverse roster and commitment to supporting independent music. The label's catalog includes releases from acclaimed acts such as Bon Iver, Angel Olsen, Sharon Van Etten, and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.
As a trusted name in the industry, Jagjaguwar continues to champion innovative and boundary-pushing music. With their dedication to quality and artistic integrity, they have established themselves as a go-to destination for music lovers seeking unique sounds and fresh perspectives.

This will come as no surprise to those who’ve followed Gabriel since 2014’s Bishouné: Alma Del Huila, the critically-lauded, self-produced EP that put him on the map, and served as sample fodder for a handful of popular music’s most iconic artists. His follow-up LP, 2017’s Jardin, melded classical and folkloric instruments with rnb, hip-hop, and cumbia, proving once again that Gabriel is totally comfortable making transformative, funky, cathartic records all by himself. Agüita, his first release for Jagjaguwar, is a sequence of impossibly diverse offerings ranging from trap anthems to string-drenched art pop ballads – a prismatic self-portrait, personal and universal all at once. The artist is present, and he is in final form.

The magic of Agüita lives in Gabriel’s ability to consolidate a range of truths into a focused, crystallized idea. Bloom, Blue Dot, and Fields compare the growth and loss inherent in human life with the changing of the seasons and the life cycles of the universe; on Fields, Garzón- Montano evokes the despondent whimper of Thom Yorke. There are mirrors of the same themes in compositions like With a Smile, Tombs, Someone, and Moonless, a quartet of songs that explore the births and deaths of the relationships we have with the people we love; on Moonless, Gabriel explores for the first time his struggle with the grief of his mother’s passing: “Mama died / and I was moonless in a Stygian tide...trying to hide the ripening tumor / breathing fire, love but a rumour / There’s a woman in my sky / 17 when I learned to cry...” It is to his immense credit as a songwriter that we are left with an understanding of the depth of his loss, despite having never experienced it. Equally impactful are the trap and reggaeton cuts – the album’s energetic high points. On Agüita, Mira My Look, and Muñeca, Gabriel delves into club-banger territory, performing in Spanish for the first time on record.

Whether you’re here for the medium, or for the message, for the man himself, or one of his characters, Agüita stands as the strongest installment thus far in a series of alarmingly sincere, sensationally profound works, from an artist who has sought not only to challenge established preconceptions and categories, but to expose their ultimate unworthiness. From composition to execution, the product distills the essence of Gabriel Garzón-Montano’s genius, an uninterrupted creative process rare in this age of fattened album credits.