Naomi Yang (musician)
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- Musician
- graphic designer
- photographer
- filmmaker
- Vocals
- bass guitar
- keyboards
- harmonium
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 Yang performing with Damon & Naomi in London, 2007 | |
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| Born | September 15, 1964 |
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| Member of | Damon & Naomi |
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| Website | www |
Naomi Yang (born September 15, 1964) is an American musician, graphic designer, photographer and filmmaker. She was a member of the dream pop band Galaxie 500, psychedelic rock band Magic Hour and is half of the psychedelic folk duo Damon & Naomi. She has also made videos for a wide number of artists including Future Bible Heroes, Waxahatchee and Julia Holter.
Yang was bassist and occasional vocalist with dream pop band Galaxie 500 on all their recordings from 1987 until their split in 1991. She then recorded three albums and toured with the psychedelic rock band Magic Hour. Since Galaxie 500's split she has worked as duo with her partner Damon Krukowski as Damon & Naomi who have collaborated with notable musicians such as the guitarist Michio Kurihara and members of the Japanese rock band Ghost.
Publishing
In 1989 Yang set up the independent book publisher Exact Change with her partner, who specializes in publishing 19th and 20th century avant-garde literature.
Graphic design
Photography and film
Yang's photographs have been reproduced in a variety of publications including Giant Robot
In 2011 Yang moved into film-making, directing and editing videos for a wide variety of musical artists.
Selected videos
- Meg Baird – "The Finder" (2011, Drag City) [3]
- Julia Holter – "Our Sorrows" (2012, RVNG Intl.) [4]
- Future Bible Heroes – "Living, Loving, Partygoing" (2013, Merge Records) [5]
- Tanya Donelly – "Mass Ave" (2013, American Laundromat)
- Marissa Nadler – "Drive" (2014, Sacred Bones)[6]
- Waxahatchee – "La Loose" (2015, Merge Records)[7]
- MV & EE - "Feel Alright" (2016, Woodsist)[8]
- Heather Trost – "Agistri" (2016, LM Duplication)
- Lee Ranaldo – "New Thing" (2017, Mute Records)[9]
- Steve Gunn – "Vagabond" (2019, Matador Records)[10]
Fortune
In 2013 she directed and edited the short film Fortune which has screened around the world usually accompanied by live accompaniment by Damon & Naomi.
Selected screenings
- Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University (2014)
- Pop Montreal (2014)
- Istanbul Film Festival[11]
- Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle (2017)
Exhibitions
In 2011 The Aviary Gallery in Jamaica Plain, MA presented a solo show of Yang's photography and video.[12] She has also exhibited as part of the gallery's Sound on Sight group exhibition in 2016.[13]
