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Akio Jeimus (Japan) and Julian Urrego (Kansas) + Mount Emblem + Ground Hum

  • Trumpet Blossom Cafe 310 East Prentiss Street Iowa City, IA, 52240 (map)

8:30pm doors

$10 all ages

Drummer/Improviser Akio Jeimus, originally from Chicago, currently residing in Japan. In 2024, he joined the Osaka-based band goat (jp), and has been playing festival stages in Europe including Rewire and Moers. As an improviser, Akio has collaborated with a wide array of world-class artists including Toshimaru Nakamura, Eiko Ishibashi, Otomo Yoshihide, and Geordie Greep. In 2021, Jeimus self-released Multipresence, a collection of self-recorded drum set solo improvisations, and has independently toured Japan five times since. As a teenager, he placed as a semi-finalist in the Guitar Center Drum Off national competition in USA.

Julian Urrego is a Colombian American guitarist / multi-instrumentalist currently based in Wichita, KS. He has come up in various scenes within Kansas and Texas, and is now studying jazz guitar at Wichita State University. With a wide palette of influences, he has explored many genres throughout the years, including improv, rock en español, thrash metal, grindcore, and folk. Current primary projects include the WSU Guitar Ensemble, the jazz combo Order’s Up, and a jazz guitar duo with Andrew Highbarger. He has studied with David Lord, WIlliam Flynn, and Tom Burchill.

https://mountemblem.bandcamp.com/track/dream-of-fading

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