Damon Krukowski (born September 6, 1963) is an American musician, poet and writer. He was a member of the dreampop band Galaxie 500 and the

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

band Magic Hour, and is half of the psychedelic folk duo Damon and Naomi. He is also a published poet and writer.

Music

Krukowski was the drummer with the dreampop band Galaxie 500 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 ...

as Damon and Naomi.

Publishing

In 1989 Krukowski and his partner set up the independent book publisher Exact Change who specialise in publishing 19th and 20th century avant-garde literature.

Writing and journalism

Krukowski has written poetry and prose works as well as writing extensively on music, sound and the music industry for Pitchfork and has had books on the subject published. * 5000 Musical Terms (1995,

Burning Deck Press Burning Deck was a small press specializing in the publication of experimental poetry and prose. Burning Deck was founded by the writers Keith Waldrop and Rosmarie Waldrop in 1961 and closed in 2017. Overview Although the Waldrops initially promot ...

) * The Memory Theater Burned (2005, Turtle Point Press ) * Afterimage (2011, Ugly Duckling Presse ) * The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World (US: 2017, The New Press ) * The New Analog: Listening and Reconnecting in a Digital World (UK: 2017, MIT Press ) * 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 podcast ''Ways of Hearing''.

Personal life

Krukowski was educated at

Harvard Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

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.

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