Gabriel Garzon-Montano - Bishoune: Alma del Huila [Deluxe Edition] (2015)

Second time around for native New Yorker Gabriel Garzon Montana's criminally overlooked debut album, Bishoune: Alma Del Huila. Montana is a rare talent: a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer with Colombian and French heritage whose poignant, evocative and thoughtful songs join the dots between modern soul, James Blake style fragility, jazz, deep house, experimental hip-hop and broken beat. It's a mix that makes for wonderful listening, with the accompanying remixes - not featured on the original release - enhancing the experience. The Archie Pelago rework of "Pour Mamman" - a soul-jazz classic in the making - and Patrick Russell's dub techno influenced rework of the same track are probably the picks of a strong bunch.