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I’m Not A Gun is a collaboration between John Tejada and Takeshi Nishimoto. Tejada and Nishimoto met in Los Angeles in 1998 and began playing together every week. Tejada on drums and Nishimoto on guitar. The two have gained worldwide acclaim with their three albums for Berlin based City Centre Offices (CCO). Tejada, already an internationally established electronic artist has received critical acclaim the world over for a string of electronic productions which he produced for labels such as Playhouse, 7th City, Pokerflat, his own Palette Recordings and many others. Nishimoto was a student in the University of Southern California guitar program. He gained a firm foundation in the classical tradition from some of the world's premiere guitar players such as James Smith, Scott Tennant, Bill Kanengizer, and Brian Head. In addition to European classical music, Nishimoto also explored jazz with Joe Diorio and David Oaks. Takeshi also had the jazz guitar legend Phil Upchurch as his mentor. I’m Not A Gun is a collaboration of the two artists and their backgrounds. Tejada, a drummer since age 8, showcases his percussive talents and electronic programming as Takeshi fills in guitar duties. The result is an organic combination of a captured acoustic performance and experimental electronic composition.
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