Dr. Didg

The U.K.-based organic electronica trio Dr. Didg existed chiefly as an outlet for physicist Dr. Graham Wiggins. In 1982 he developed a deep interest in the didgeridoo, the centuries-old wind instrument belonging to the Aborigines of northern Australia. Once he began playing it, Wiggins launched detailed research into the acoustics of its resonance, which earned him the nickname “Dr. Didg.” His pioneering articles on the instrument counted among the earliest published in the Western world and secured him a National Science Foundation fellowship for further study at Oxford. During his time in London he took to busking with the didgeridoo, and alongside fellow street performer Martin Cradick he formed the duo Outback. Their first album, Baka, arrived in 1990 and ranked among the earliest widely distributed recordings to feature the instrument’s signature drones. When Outback disbanded in 1993, Wiggins joined forces with drummer Ian Campbell and guitarist Mark Revell to launch Dr. Didg, whose goal was to merge traditional Aboriginal timbres with modern dance rhythms. The project’s debut LP, Out of the Woods, surfaced in 1995; three years afterward came Serotonality.