JUUJJUU is a rotating ensemble of international collaborators, wrangled by Los Angeles musician, Phil Pirrone. In 2011, Pirrone borrowed an SG and a DL4, and began his exploration of recording looped based music. He later brought song ideas to life with the rhythmic accompaniment of friend and then collaborator, Andrew Clinco (aka Drab Majesty mastermind Deb Demure). JJUUJJUU’s debut release, 2013's FRST EP, and a subsequent stand alone single, "Bleck," began to build excitement about the project. Throughout this period the lineup and instrumentation of JJUUJJUU moved in step with the project’s ethos of ephemera and flux, as JJUUJJUU continued to tour in several different configurations, sharing stages with Tortoise, Allah-Las, Temples, Tinariwen, Night Beats, Les Claypool, Songhoy Blues, and others. Over the next several years, Pirrone recorded in various spaces around California to document the songs that would eventually make up JJUUJJUU's debut LP, Zionic Mud. The album's release on Dine Alone was accompanied by alternate versions of the tracks remixed or reimagined by many of the band's notable supporters, including J Mascis, jennylee of Warpaint, Liars, Metz, and Autolux. The band has supported Primus, Mastodon, Kikagaku Moyo, Earthless, and appeared at festivals Pickathon, Levitation, Hipnosis, Wide Awake, Desert Daze and more.