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| Born | September 6, 1963 |
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| Instrument(s) | Vocals, drums, guitar |
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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 band Magic Hour, and is half of the psychedelic folk duo Damon & Naomi. He is also a published poet and writer.
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 as Damon & Naomi.
In 1989 Krukowski and his partner set up the independent book publisher Exact Change, which specialises in publishing 19th and 20th century avant-garde literature.
Krukowski has written poetry and prose works as well as writing extensively on music, sound and the music industry for Pitchfork [1] and has had books on the subject published.
In 2017 he wrote and presented the six part Radiotopia podcast Ways of Hearing. [2]
Krukowski was educated at Harvard where he studied social theory as an undergraduate and earned an M.A. in English and American literature. He has taught writing, sound, and writing about sound in Harvard's Writing Program, and studio art department. [3]
Krukowski is married to fellow musician Naomi Yang and they live in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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