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JJUUJJUU live at The Chapel San Francisco as part of the Desert Daze Caravan Tour; photographed by Ben Pegram.
JJUUJJUU, oka Phil Pirrone, recently appeared on Carson Daly and performed the title track “Zionic Mud” off the upcoming debut album along with “Ancient’s Future” found off the first EP and today the Desert Daze curator/founder presents us with some further psych nuggets. Having won us over even long before the 2013 FRST EP for Beyond Beyond is Beyond; Pirrone has built a career pursuing only the most mystifying mixes of sounds that menaces like a cosmic fighter jet navigating through a dizzying labyrinth network of wind tunnel corridors.
The video for “Bleck” that was directed by Vinyl Williams operates in a montage editing mode of various images ripped from games and other surreal sources. Williams’ visuals take Phil’s mystery models of sound and finds abstract moving image collages to compliment the swirling electric hodgepodge of mind expanding audio narratives. Vinyl Williams’ interpretation of the JJUUJJUU universe feels like the experience of exploring an arcade while under the assistance of psychotropic items.

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JJUUJJUU’s Phil Pirrone live at The Chapel San Francisco as part of the Desert Daze Caravan Tour; photographed by Ben Pegram.
For further details about the upcoming album, Phil from JJUUJJUU presented with the following exclusive insights:

The album is called Zionic Mud and it was recorded in different places by different friends with many other friends playing on it. Was fun. Played on and recorded by buddies in Lumerians, Vinyl Williams, Fever the Ghost, Mr Elevator, Drab Majesty, Deap Vally, and more. It comes out later this year.

Those seeking further JJUUJJUU enlightenment are invited to experience the band playing live at Barracuda in Austin, TX on a sunny Sunday from May 1, 2016 for Levitation Festival.

Also witness JJUUJJUU live in Orlando for The Claypool Lennon Delirium show.