WIGGWAUM
"Wiggwaum shapes sound inside a nebulous cone of white noise from outer space. Their music might change your evening or your life. While its particles are made up of “real” sounds derived from real instruments, it is pushed to such a level of intensity that only a massive sound entity remains.
Randy Sutherland’s drums loosely thrash, crash, explode, and dryly implode within the sonic mush. From Doug Katelus’ Fender Rhodes come jangly runs of Ra-like “cosmic tones” or warbly layers of static-y stratospheric dis-chords that shatter and whir upon terrestrial re-entry.
At the center of the maelstrom are the distorted voice, feedback flute, and mutant trombone of Loren Means. You might recall Loren’s playing from Henry Kaiser’s Ice Death (Parachute 005). Loren’s new brass sound is like nothing you’ve heard, a muffled foghorn to guide approaching aliens. Combining crescendo-ing and decrescendo-ing globs of sound with Martian voice and Theremin-like feedback, Loren’s playing gives shapeless shape to Wiggwaum’s edgy next-age noise music." Henry Kuntz 2008
current lineup....
Loren Means (trombone/vocals)
Douglas Katelus (hammond organ)
Randylee Sutherland (percussion)
previous members/guests...
Matt Hartman
Jay Korber
Kevin Woodruff
Anthony Petrovic
Wiggwaum soundcloud page
"Wiggwaum shapes sound inside a nebulous cone of white noise from outer space. Their music might change your evening or your life. While its particles are made up of “real” sounds derived from real instruments, it is pushed to such a level of intensity that only a massive sound entity remains.
Randy Sutherland’s drums loosely thrash, crash, explode, and dryly implode within the sonic mush. From Doug Katelus’ Fender Rhodes come jangly runs of Ra-like “cosmic tones” or warbly layers of static-y stratospheric dis-chords that shatter and whir upon terrestrial re-entry.
At the center of the maelstrom are the distorted voice, feedback flute, and mutant trombone of Loren Means. You might recall Loren’s playing from Henry Kaiser’s Ice Death (Parachute 005). Loren’s new brass sound is like nothing you’ve heard, a muffled foghorn to guide approaching aliens. Combining crescendo-ing and decrescendo-ing globs of sound with Martian voice and Theremin-like feedback, Loren’s playing gives shapeless shape to Wiggwaum’s edgy next-age noise music." Henry Kuntz 2008
current lineup....
Loren Means (trombone/vocals)
Douglas Katelus (hammond organ)
Randylee Sutherland (percussion)
previous members/guests...
Matt Hartman
Jay Korber
Kevin Woodruff
Anthony Petrovic
Wiggwaum soundcloud page
photos by lars kundson
Wiggwaum performing at the Lab
Sutherland, Hartman, Katelus
Wiggwaum performing at the Lab
Sutherland, Hartman, Katelus
WIGGWAUM from Brian Pedersen on Vimeo.