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.

A music video for a song produced to promote the roadside station “Yotte Michi no Eki Nishi-Tosa” in Shimanto City, Kochi Prefecture. The director and illustrator were different people, and I was solely responsible for the animation and editing. Released on YouTube. The production period was about one month.

Black Boboi - gd612 Music : Black Boboi Mix : Joe Talia Mastering : Moe Kazama (studio ATLIO) Hieroglyph Design : Julia Shortreed & ermhoi Hieroglyph Tracing : semimarrow Lyrics : Utena Kobayashi

Opening video for "The Us Who Can’t Move Encyclopedia," a program by Nijisanji talents Fuyuki Hakase, Ryushen, and Sara Hoshikawa