Jonnine Nokes (she/they) is a disabled transperson, artist and musician based in Narrm (Melbourne), so-called Australia. She has been composing electronic sound since 2008. She has performed and released experimental electronic music in numerous one-off collaborations and under their dead name and many solo monikers, including Hamburger Lady, Blossoming Anus, J. Caressé and their current project, Horse Pills. She plays synthesiser in synth-punk band screensaver, guitar/electronics in 'dreamdrone' duo dothe, and drums in post-punk band Beat Panic. She was a member of the synthwave/industrial duo, Activities of Daily Living.

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In December of 2024, Jonnine released their second Horse Pills album, And Hell is Paved with Horseflesh, on Tender Collection.

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She is a co-founder of the fledgling record label Tender Collection, devoted to queer/feminist electronic, punk and outsider music. She previously ran Totem Tapes, releasing the early works of Superstar, Milk Teddy, Footy, Sissysocks and others.

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Jonnine is passionate about all forms of electronic sound and about ensuring everyone, particularly marginalised people, has the knowledge to create their own electronic music. Since 2018, she has been a Studio Supervisor and Educator at the Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS), where she facilitates workshops on the history of MESS, eurorack modular synthesis, an introduction to synthesis for women, trans, and nonbinary people, and MIDI-to-CV control. She also teaches two courses—Foundation in Electronic Sound Production and SYNTHSTART—and delivers workshops for young people outside the studio. Jonnine has also facilitated workshops on synthesisers, production and live sound engineering for Melbourne Sound School and other independent arts organisations.

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Jonnine lectures in sound composition and production at RMIT University and Melbourne Polytechnic.

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In 2012, they graduated from RMIT University with a Fine Arts degree, majoring in sound art. Much of their artwork has been in the form of multichannel video and sound installations. They have exhibited sound and video work nationally and internationally. After significant long-term health issues beginning in 2012, Jonnine chose to largely step away from a career in art in 2016.

Many previous works were politically charged, exploring forms of radical resistance to far-right politics. Their current creative focus is far more corporeal in nature as they navigate mental and physical challenges, violence, and their health, history and gender identity.​

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In 2026, they began a Master of Arts by Research at La Trobe University, researching the histories of FLINTA (femme, lesbian, intersex, non-binary, transgender, and agender) people in Victorian/Australian experimental electronic sound practice, from 1965–2000.

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They are currently in the planning stages of two independent projects. The first is an extensive oral history of contemporary transgender and gender-expansive experimental electronic musicians in Naarm.

The other is an oral history of the Naarm-based internet radio station Radio Valerie, where she co-presented the experimental sound show Beneath The Forest Floor with sound artist Byron Dean.