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DJ Whammy

DJ Whammy or simply The Wham(born December 1, 1987) is part of a Techno/trance duo, as well as a philosopher, artist, and human-rightsactivist

Early Life

DJ Whammy was born to Lori Larkin and Dana Mangan in the winter of 1987, and enjoyed what most would call a quiet childhood. He had few friends, and enjoyed playing indoors with building blocks rather than play outside. At the age of 14, his older brother bought a bass guitar, and lent it to the Wham, which allowed him play his brothers band. Thus began DJ Whammy's prolific musical career.

Early Projects

Beginning with a flare for the dark, DJ Whammy first started in a death-metal/black-metal band known as ION. Instead of taking the usual route for death-metal and singing about pain, misery or coldness/death, they decided to take and even harsher point of view, instead focusing on how alone and unforgiving science can be, as well as the loneliness and solitude of all.

Track Listing from ION untitled ep:

1.) Polarize

2.) Fizzion

3.) End Of A Star

4.) White Dwarf

With an initial strong start, the project was eventually cut-short due to some noise-regulation complaints lodged by neighbors. With an appetite for music and no one to assist in its creation, the Wham took a 2 year hiatus from making music, instead focusing on listening to every piece of music available, often spending upwards of 8 hours a day listening to music.

Roots in Oneiromancy

During his musical détente, The Wham, underwent a religious revalation. After reading The Sandman by Neil Gaiman The Wham quickly developed an interest, and eventually an obsession with oneiromancy, a form of divination that involves the interpretation of dreams. With no real foundation in any school of science (and not wanting to be riddiculed), he kept these beliefs to himself, preffering the solitude and comfort of his own ideas.

Working with these as a foundation, DJ Whammy went on to found the First Oneiromantic Church, a "non-prophet(sic) organization dedicated to the future." With exactly twelve members at any one time, the church remains small to this day. Their practices are still, in large part, a mystery, and their beliefs are widely disregarded, but the Church has been successful in finding and maintaining a loyal and devoted membership.

They have not succefully predicted any events, and only use the déjà vu effect (claiming to have dreamt the event) to explain their continued practice.

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