BIO

Free sound mavericks White Out first arose from the subterranean depths of New York's fading meat packing district in the fall of 1995. Their off the wall freak out style quickly established the band as a hurricane force to reckon with.

White Out's core nucleus of Lin Culbertson and Tom Surgal employ a unique array of instruments including: analog synthesizers, cast off effects units, electric autoharp, flute, expanded drum kit, singing bowls, springs, Cambodian shells, temple woodblocks, chains, metal scraps, air tubes, gongs, bells, whistles, etc. These exotic instruments, combined with Culbertson's unearthly treated wordless vocals, work together to forge a singular mysterious sound; an electro-acoustic music which can seem as ancient as it is modern.

Shape-shifting from gig to gig, record to record, White Out never plays the same thing twice. Over the years White Out has cultivated an extended family of accompanists to join them on their sonic odyssey. These guest artists include: Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, Nels Cline, William Winant, and Mike Watt among others.

They have recorded five albums to date. Their latest efforts are SENSO, a live double disk with Jim O'Rourke and Thurston Moore on Moore's Ecstatic Peace label, and Live At No Fun, a collaboration with Carlos Giffoni and C Spencer Yeh on the No Fun label.

"White Out speaks in an alien tongue that nonetheless conveys wonder and horror in equal measure... any discussion of truly adventurous music today must include White Out."
Mike Wolf - Time Out NY

white: the combination of all wavelengths in the visible spectrum
out: the opposite of in