Yardwork Presents x Driftlounge Residency January Artists: Jonny Arturo (ft. Kiki LaPomme)

Every Thursday night at Driftlounge ( 545 w 700 s) 8:30-10pm Free 21+

Jonny Arturo is the alias of composer and keyboardist Jonny Stallings Cárdenas. Blending spacey DX7 synth leads with bopping bass grooves and drum machines, his music slips between jazz fusion, synth-pop, post-rock, and cumbia psicodélica. A performer-improviser, Jonny has appeared at Sons d’Hiver (Paris), The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (Los Angeles), Zebulon, Future is Color Studios (San Diego), and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, sharing stages with artists including King Britt, Tyshawn Sorey, China Moses, Eddie Chacon, and John Carroll Kirby. His work as producer-keyboardist is featured on the album “Old Quarters” by Pigimichi, an experimental synth-pop project he shares with singer-songwriter Kiki LaPomme. Jonny is currently completing a PhD in music composition at UC San Diego, researching creative music networks and experimental techniques in Black contemporary opera.

Kiki LaPomme is a multimedia artist & performer whose work centers between layered texture, playful word, and visual daydreams. Art collectives to gallery to jazz forward vocals, she is currently excited to be developing a visual arts curriculum and releasing a new body of songs - "Oasis Hopping."