After the November elections in the US, I was ready to leave Twitter. Hate, division, and rampant racism embodied by the president-elect Elon Musk, made the once semi-respectable platform almost unbearable. However, I have built a small community there and I didn’t want to abandon it without a fight. So I stayed but I made drastic changes to my feed – I surrounded myself with artists, underground musicians, poets, progressive activists, politicians that truly want to change the world. And yesterday I discovered a true gem – a duo called juunni. Their eclectic mix of alternative pop, deconstructed club, EDM and avant-garde hyper pop will absolutely blow your mind. It took me 10 seconds to fall in love with their sound and if you don’t do the same, there is surely something wrong with your hearing.
“u i” single cover picture by juunni
Official bio: juunni; pop music in real life created by the sensational and daring underdogs of American music and performance. Members, Ezekiella and Yvonne Mont Martin, have spent years building live audio_visual experiences that leave your soul fragmented, your heart raw, and your visual imagination riveting. Their debut single “u i” was released on 2nd January 2025.
American duo juunni may just have dropped their debut single out of the blue, but the pair aren’t novices. They have been working together for over a decade creating music in an old school bus that was converted into a recording studio. They have also been involved in an American underground performance scene creating elaborate audio visual experiences using literally everything they came across: old farm equipment, discarded tools, even garbage that was meticulously cleaned, prepped and used as part of their sets. You know the saying – one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. Working with a small or not budget at all didn’t stop Ezekiella and Yvonne. Their divine creativity is absolutely mesmerizing – and so is their very, very unique sound.
The debut single titled “u i” was released on the second of January as an independent release. For the last few months, we have been reviewing artists that refused to be associated with a single genre and went on to create music using multi genre melts. If anybody thought our previous guests on Indieterria were hard to classify, wait until you hear juunni. “u i” is actually so radical, so beautifully crazy that I can only think of it as a complete disassembly of music as we know it. If there is a place where music genres go to die, this is it.
juunni picture by ugly.online
“u i” stands at only 1 minute and 44 seconds but oh my god, you will be listening to it on repeat if you have an open mind. If you do not, you may escape after a few seconds and hide under your bed. The track starts with a guitar, then goes into pop, then into a delicious scratch loop that would make a noise fan cry some happy tears. You will find free jazz bits, pitch shifted voices, odd crackles, breakdowns, weird samples, dance beats and (if I’m not mistaken) auto-tuned vocals that repeat “u i are juunni” like a Buddist mantra.
When it comes to avant-garde styles or experimental music, I’m always trying to give the closest description to our readers so they (more or less) know what to expect. Juunni operate somewhere on the wild border of hypno pop, alternative EDM, experimental pop, experimental electronica, future garage and deconstructed club music. Juunni sounds like Burial meeting SOPHIE, through a lens of KODA9 and Sepalcure. The duo creates a very distinguished style with innovation and imagination of true artists. This is the band that deserves to be signed on a spot and promoted far and wide – juunni is something fresh, unrestricted, free and appealing.
“u i” is just the beginning. Later this month, juunni is releasing another song that I already had the pleasure of hearing and it’s stunningly good. The track is called “new york is underwater” and will be out on the 30th of January. Craving more? You can find a very dynamic remix of Miloe’s 2023 single “Make Your Way” here. Be ready for a good dose of ambient, trance and house.
“u i” is a phenomenal debut. The track was mixed and produced by Ezekiella and then mastered by the legendary Huntley Miller (Lady Gaga, Bon Iver, Burna Boy, Low among hundreds of others).
Please follow Juunni online:
https://www.juunni.com/ui-leak01presave
https://www.instagram.com/juunni_irl/
https://x.com/juunni_irl
https://www.youtube.com/@juunni
https://www.facebook.com/juunni.irl
https://bsky.app/profile/juunni-irl.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/album/1aG7pFMCASAdaPy0Ha8usy
https://juunni-irl.bandcamp.com/track/u-i
https://www.tiktok.com/@juunni_irl
“u i” is out now independently. You are able to access it on all streaming profiles.
Rita Dabrowicz
P.S. I showed “u i” to my fellow reviewer and experimental artist Christopher Nosnibor, and he said that the duo are “turning tables on AI” – that’s a brilliant thought. Who needs bland AI music when we have real artists like juunni?
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