Damon Krukowski (born September 6, 1963) is an American musician, poet and writer. He was a member of the

dreampop Dream pop (also typeset as dreampop) is a subgenre of alternative rock and neo-psychedelia that emphasizes atmosphere and sonic texture as much as pop melody. Common characteristics include breathy vocals, dense productions, and effects such as ...

band

Galaxie 500 Galaxie 500 was an American alternative rock band that formed in 1987 and split up in 1991 after releasing three albums: ''Today'', '' On Fire'' and '' This Is Our Music''. The band was made up of guitarist/vocalist Dean Wareham, drummer Damon ...

and the psychedelic rock band Magic Hour, and is half of the

psychedelic folk Psychedelic folk (sometimes acid folk or freak folk) is a loosely defined form of psychedelic music, psychedelia that originated in the 1960s. It retains the largely acoustic instrumentation of contemporary folk music, folk, but adds musical el ...

duo Damon and Naomi. He is also a published poet and writer.

Music

Krukowski was the drummer with the

band

on all their recordings from 1987 until their split in 1991. He has also recorded three albums and toured with the psychedelic rock band Magic Hour. Since Galaxie 500's split he has worked as duo with his partner

Naomi Yang Naomi Yang (born September 15, 1964) is an American musician, graphic designer, photographer and filmmaker. She was a member of the dreampop band Galaxie 500, psychedelic rock band Magic Hour and is half of the psychedelic folk duo Damon and N ...

as Damon and Naomi.

Publishing

In 1989 Krukowski and his partner set up the independent book publisher

Exact Change Exact Change is an American independent book publishing company founded in 1989 by Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang who, outside of their publishing careers, were musicians associated with Galaxie 500 and Damon and Naomi. The company specialises in ...

who specialise in publishing 19th and 20th century

avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretical ...

literature.

Writing and journalism

Krukowski has written poetry and prose works as well as writing extensively on music, sound and the music industry for

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and has had books on the subject published. * 5000 Musical Terms (1995, Burning Deck Press ) * The Memory Theater Burned (2005,

Turtle Point Press Turtle Point Press, founded in 1990, publishes new fiction, literary nonfiction, poetry, memoirs, works in translation, and rediscovered classics. History Jonathan D. Rabinowitz established Turtle Point Press in 1990. During his tenure the press ...

) * Afterimage (2011,

Ugly Duckling Presse Ugly Duckling Presse is an American nonprofit art and publishing collective based in Brooklyn, New York City founded in 1993 by Matvei Yankelevich as a college zine. It publishes poetry, translations, lost works, and artist's books. A micro pr ...

) * The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World (US: 2017,

The New Press The New Press is an independent non-profit public-interest book publisher established in 1992 by André Schiffrin MIT Press The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts (United States). It was established in 1962. History The MIT Press traces its origins back to 1926 when MIT publish ...

) * The New Analog: Como escuchar y reconectarnos con el mundo digita (Spain: 2017, Ediciones Alpha Decay ) * Ways of Hearing (2019, MIT Press ) * Ascoltare il rumore. La riscoperta dell'analogico nell'era della musica digitale (Italy: 2019, BigSur ) In 2017 he wrote and presented the six part

Radiotopia Radiotopia is a podcast network founded by '' 99% Invisible'' host Roman Mars and run by the Public Radio Exchange. The network is organized as a collective of some two dozen shows whose producers have complete artistic control over their work. ...

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''Ways of Hearing''.

Personal life

Krukowski was educated at Harvard where he studied social theory as an undergraduate and earned an AM in English and American literature. He has taught writing, sound, and writing about sound in Harvard's Writing Program, and studio art department. Krukowski is married to fellow musician Naomi Yang and they live in

Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. As part of the Boston metropolitan area, the cities population of the 2020 U.S. census was 118,403, making it the fourth most populous city in the state, behind Boston ...

References

External links

Damon Krukowski official website

Damon & Naomi official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Krukowski, Damon 1963 births Living people American male pop singers American male drummers American pop guitarists American folk musicians American male poets Harvard University alumni