んoon (hoon) formed in 2014, starting as an instrumental lineup of harp, bass, and keyboards. Since 2016, vocals and percussion were added, and the band reached its current formation. The band name comes from “fūn,” a Japanese onomatopoeia expressing surprise or indifference. (Its pronunciation accent, however, is the same as that of “fūun,” meaning misfortune.) For the spelling, the initial letter of “hoon” is rendered with the hiragana character “ん.” Their sound and wording are assembled through sessions, with each member bringing in ideas as they come to mind. They do not especially focus on any particular context in relation to genre, but they try to avoid the cultural rootedness inherent in the timbre of each instrument as much as possible. In their instrumental period, they aimed for intricate, gear-like ensemble interplay starting from prog and jazz, but with the addition of vocalist JC, their musical flexibility exploded. JC’s hyper-mellow whispers gently bind together the serious instrumentalists’ odd time signatures and key changes.