I'm Not A Gun - Mirror

I’m Not A Gun is a collaboration between John Tejada and Takeshi Nishimoto. Tejada and Nishimoto met in Los Angeles in 1998 and have gained worldwide acclaim with their three albums for Berlin based City Centre Offices (CCO). 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 virtuoso guitar duties. The result is an organic combination of a captured acoustic performance and experimental electronic composition. ‘Mirror’ is I’m Not A Gun’s fourth full-length release, and the first on Tejada’s own Palette label. ‘Mirror’ expands on the ideas the two have been honing over the past few years, combining acoustic elements with electronic production. This album features more of Nishimoto’s acoustic 7-string guitar work than ever before. The accompanying atmospheres created mostly from processed granular guitar add a synthetic acoustic backing for the lead guitar work. The combination of the acoustic and synthetic guitar textures envelops the listener in a pulse backed by Tejada’s drum playing or at times synthetic drum programming.

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