Zoon was first played on NTS on 28 October 2016. Songs played include Protone.

Daniel Monkman, the indigenous Canadian musician behind the moniker Zoon, refers to his music as "moccasin-gaze." The project's 2020 debut, Bleached Wavves, blends dense waves of elaborately sculpted guitar noise with rhythms inspired by First Nations traditions, and Monkman's lyrics reflect his life struggles, from facing adversity due to his heritage to overcoming addiction. Monkman was raised in the Brokenhead Ojibwe Nation, located near Winnipeg. He fell in love with shoegaze as a teenager, particularly My Bloody Valentine, but had a hard time finding others who appreciated the style. Later moving to…