On August 24th, June Yun will release her debut single “Light Cycle” which will be track 8 on her upcoming album “Enlightenment – Solid Waves”.

June Yun, a NYC based vocalist and composer from South Korea has been building and growing her own philosophy towards the abstract concept of Light and Dark for the past 3 years. Heavily influenced and inspired by jazz, classical music, R&B, and pop, Yun composed 8 pieces of originals and has finally recorded this music with some of the most inspiring musicians in the jazz scene today. She invited Shai Maestro (piano), Kanoa Mendenhall (bass), Jongkuk Kim (drums), Vid Jamnik (vibraphone), Brad Kang (guitar) and Nicola Caminiti (alto sax) to be on board.

Her composition debut album “Enlightenment - Solid Waves", a collection of 8 pieces of her original music written towards a specific concept she created : 

The meaning of "Light and Dark" can be very personal and is very difficult to accurately understand or directly translate, just like feelings and emotions. Light and Dark coexist. They do not stay in one place, they flow, circulate and transform as time passes. The compositions in this project picture these various abstract forms of light and dark within the scope that I built. A lot of the "light" aspects that I talk about relate to people and community and how their bright energy has helped me recover from any darkness I had faced in the past. I have asked some of the most inspiring musicians to help me bring my music to life, just the way I imagined. I had very specific reasons and stories for each and one of these people to be part of this project, just like I had very detailed, specific meanings for every song in this album.

Prior to releasing the full length album in September, she will release “Light Cycle” (track 8) on August 24th to introduce her music to listeners and announce her debut.

I wrote “Light Cycle” realizing how much energy I’ve earned from so many bright people around me. Light and dark co-exists, but oftentimes one is larger than the other. When one’s dark (sad) takes over and their light is weak, others who have more light will share their light with them so that they can shine bright again. In that way, light circulates. I believe that light is a cycle that we can share and give to others. I wrote this piece to remind myself of the people around me who helped me to recover from the dark I had faced before and to remind myself to practice to be someone who can give and share bright energy and light.

More about June Yun, her music, upcoming dates for her tour can be found on her website (juneyunmusic.com) or on her social media (@the.juney.effect).