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Damion Romero is a sound artist/sculptor and visual artist from Los Angeles. Romero’s main focus is with “resonant electro-acoustic feedback systems” using audio power amplifiers and a variety of transducers and “feedback regenerators” of his own design. The goal is to saturate the atmosphere with natural acoustic standing waves and pulses, large sounds, that are affected (or held in place) by very small movements in order to magnify an (as of yet) indescribable phenomenon. Public performances have taken place in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, New York, Tokyo, Osaka, And Matsuyama. His work under the name Speculum Fight has been released on numerous record labels worldwide.

In addition to performance and recordings of Damion’s sound work, he has also been actively using similar feedback techniques to produce visual artwork. These are visible patterns on paper (and other flat media) created directly by sound waves. Some of these works have appeared in a handful of solo and group shows in Los Angeles and Seattle, and also reside in the Collection of Eileen and Peter Norton, Santa Monica.

Responsible for P-Tapes.

ALBUMS


Damion Romero
Nobody Missing
2021, 7", Helicopter
Damion Romero
It Gets Worse
2013, CD, Helicopter, ,
Experimental/Drone/Noise
Damion Romero
Nobody Missing
2013, Cass, Ltd, Tape Room
Damion Romero
Reciprocal
2012, CDr, Album, Enh, P-tapes
Damion Romero
Lab Terminal Amnesia
2012, CDr, Album, Enh, P-tapes
Damion Romero
Live At Dem Passwords
2012
Damion Romero
Fade To Useless
2010, Cass, Banned Production
AMK / Damion Romero / GX Jupitter-Larsen / Shannon Walter
DPI
2010, 4xCDr, B/card, Banned Production, ,
Noise/Experimental
Hive Mind / Damion Romero
Return To Steam
2009, 2xCass, Ltd, C30, Chondritic Sound
Damion Romero
I Know! I Know!
2009, Cass, Mono, C94 + 2xCDr, B/card, AAC, Banned Production
Damion Romero & Jarrett Silberman
Untitled
2009, File, MP3, Presshus Moments
Damion Romero
Europe 2009
2009, 3xCDr, Album, Enh, P-Tapes
Zbigniew Karkowski & Damion Romero
9 Before 9
2008, CD, Album, Blossoming Noise, ,
Drone/Noise
Damion Romero / 16 Bitch Pile Up*
Cross Sections Bake 1
2008, Cass, Ltd, Num, Aural Secretions
Damion Romero
Missing Link
2007, Cass, C30, Hanson Records
Damion Romero
Twins
2007, 2xLP, Ltd, Tone Filth, P-Tapes
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur (Green)
2007
Damion Romero
Damion Romero
2006, Lathe, 7", Shape, S/Sided, Squ, AA Records
Damion Romero
Bad News! Tell Ya Later!
2006, CDr, Mini, emr
Damion Romero
Negative
2006, CD, EP, PACrec, P-Tapes, Troniks
Dead Machines / Damion Romero / John Wiese
Friday The 13th
2006, 2xLP, Anarchymoon Recordings, ,
Noise/Experimental/Drone
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur (Yellow)
2006
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur (Black)
2006
Romero* & The Incapacitants*
Wreck (In 2 Parts)
2005, 7", Ltd, Cle, P-Tapes, ,
Noise
Damion Romero
Patch
2005, CDr, Album, Troniks
Damion Romero & David Scott Stone
John Wiese's Legs
2005, CDr, Mini, Ltd, P-Tapes
Damion Romero
Birth Twin
2005, Cass, Ltd, Num, C34, Heavy Tapes
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur (Orange)
2005
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur (Blue)
2005
Damion Romero
…There Was Plenty Of Time, And Still, Nothing Happened.
2004, CDr, Mini, P-Tapes
Damion Romero
No Information Available
2004, CDr, Album, Denshi Zatsuon
Daniel Menche & Damion Romero
You Misunderstood Me First
2003, CDr, Mini, Banned Production
Damion Romero
Idle
2003, CDr, Mini, P-Tapes
Damion Romero
Feedback In A Lover's Telegraph
2002, CD, Harbinger Sound, Banned Production
Damion Romero
Live At 7Hz
2002, CDr, B/card, CD-ROM, P-Tapes
Damion Romero
Living Room
2002, CDr, Mini, Banned Production
Damion Romero
Plate 1 / Triad / Feedback In A Lovers Telegraph
1999
Damion Romero
Time Lapse 3
CDr, Album, Enh, P-Tapes
Astromero
Astromero
2005, 2xCD, Album, Ltd, P-Tapes, Troniks
Joseph Hammer
Dynasty Suites Volume 2
2003, CDr, Mini, Banned Production
Pressurehed
Infadrone
2023
Astromero
Astromero 2
2008, 3xCD, Album, Ltd, Troniks, ,
Noise/Experimental
Molten Salt Breeder Reactor* & Speculum Fight
Collaboration
1995
Jackknife
Come On
1992, 7", S/Sided, Ltd, Star Fuck Records
Slug
Swingers
2016
Waves (CA)
Waves
2011, 2xLathe, 7", Num, Tape Room, ,
Experimental/Minimal
Astromero
Live In San Francisco
2009, LP, Ltd, No Fun Productions
Waves (CA)
California
2007, Cass, Ltd, C90, P-Tapes
Seven Depressions
Pillar To Post / Mauled By A Deer
2006, 7", Heavy Tapes
Courtis-Romero
Psychomemory Of...
2005, CDr, Mini, P-Tapes
Speculum Kaidan
Speculum Kaidan
1998, CD, P-Tapes, Transparency, ,
Noise
Slug
The 3 Man Themes
1996
Slug
The Out Sound
1994

APPEARANCES +


Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur 6
2012, File, MP3, Not On Label (Damion Romero Self-Released)
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur 7
2012, File, MP3, Not On Label (Damion Romero Self-Released)
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur 8
2012, File, MP3, Not On Label (Damion Romero Self-Released)
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur 9
2012, File, MP3, Not On Label (Damion Romero Self-Released)
Damion Romero
You Can Tell By The Blur 10
2012, File, MP3, Not On Label (Damion Romero Self-Released)
Damion Romero
23five Live Archive
2001, File, MP3, 128, 23five
John Wiese
Magical Crystal Blah Volume 2
2005, CD, Album, Ltd, Helicopter, Kitty Play Records, ,
Noise
AMK
Residue / Scrape
2025
Space Machine
Space Tuning Box
2022
Sissy Spacek
Radio Format
2021, 3xCD, Album, Helicopter, Helicopter, Helicopter, ,
Experimental/Noise/Grindcore/Noisecore/Electroacoustic/Musique Concrète/Free Improvisation
AMK
250 Years of AMK
2020, Cassette, DVDr, Lathe Cut, Flexi-disc, Flexi-disc Collage, ,
Sound Art/Experimental/Noise
AMK
How Are You? I'm OK
2016, Cass, Ltd, C30, DOKURO, ,
Noise/Experimental/Abstract
Slug
Early Volume
2016, 17xFile, FLAC, Comp, RM, Not On Label
AMK / Remainderless
AMK / Remainderless
2015, Cass, C20, Oxen, ,
Noise/Experimental
AMK
Watertower
2014, Cass, Ltd, Num, C25, Quagga Curious Sounds, ,
Noise/Experimental
Rodger Stella
In E
2013, 7", S/Sided + CDr + Ltd, Rude Fans
Seers
From The Beginning... Until The End
2013
Various
Vol. L
2012, CD, Comp, Zelphabet, ,
Noise/Experimental
Leather Bath
Quartermaster Uniforms
2012, Lathe, 6½", S/Sided + Cass + Box, Leather Bath, Inc., ,
Musique Concrète/Experimental
Sissy Spacek
Sepsis
2010, CD, Album, Second Layer Records, ,
Musique Concrète/Experimental
Justice Yeldham* / Dave Phillips
Two Thousand-Five
2010, 12", Ltd, Blossoming Noise
Various
Viva Negativa! A Tribute To The New Blockaders Vol. III : USA
2010, 2xCD, Comp, Important Records (2), ,
Abstract/Ambient/Industrial/Noise
Sissy Spacek
California Ax
2008, 4xCD, Album, Helicopter
Various
Live Frying: LA (2) 6/21/08
2008, Cass, Comp, C60, American Tapes, ,
Abstract/Drone/Noise/Experimental/Industrial
Various
Wierd Compilation Vol.II : Analogue Electronic Music 2008
2008, ,
Electro/Synth-pop/Minimal/Darkwave
Various
BTHO
2007, Cass, Comp, C30, Ecstatic Peace!
16 Bitch Pile-Up
Bury Me Deep
2007, CD, Album, Ltd, Troniks
Speculum Fight
Live In Tokyo '95
2007, LP, Ltd, Num, What The...? Records, ,
Noise
AMK
Super Panoramic Stereo Sound 5000
2007, CD, Album, Ltd, PACrec, Troniks, ,
Experimental/Musique Concrète/Noise
The New Blockaders
Das Zerstoren, Zum Gebaren
2007, ,
Abstract/Noise
C. Spencer Yeh
Solo Violin & Voice Live 10.13.05
2006, CDr, Mini, Ltd, P-Tapes
Joseph Hammer
Knob Opera
2006, CDr, Mini, Ltd, P-Tapes
AMK
Memory Miasma
2006, File, MP3, Radical Matters, ,
Noise/Experimental
AMK
Satan, Oscillate My Metallic Sonatas!
2005, CDr, Mini, P-Tapes, ,
Noise/Experimental
Space Machine
Space-Time Echo
2005, CD, Mini, Ltd, P-Tapes
Space Machine
Zone Of Avoidance
2005, CD, Mini, Ltd, P-Tapes
Bob Bellerue / halfnormal
Piano*cat
2005
Space Machine
Dimension Degenerator
2004, CD, Mini, Ltd, P-Tapes, ,
Abstract/Ambient
Space Machine
Orbit Vector Generator
2004, CD, Mini, Ltd, P-Tapes, ,
Abstract/Ambient
Tom Grimley
Rudimentary!
2004, CDr, Mini, P-Tapes
Jeph Jerman
Sound In Rooms
2004, CDr, Album, AARC
AMK
Spiral Through Another Day
2003, 2xCDr, Mini, Banned Production, ,
Experimental
W.A.C.O.*
Finnegans W.A.C.O.
2003, CD, True Classical CDs,
Speculum Fight
Lost
2002, CDr, P-Tapes
Various
Nonexistence
2001, CD, Comp, Ltd, Independent Electronic Music, ,
Industrial/Experimental/Ambient
Marina Rosenfeld
theforestthegardenthesea
1999, CD, ,
Experimental
Speculum Fight
White Elephant
1998
Various
Embraced
1997, 2xCass, Comp, Ltd, Banned Production
Speculum Fight
Highball
1997, CD, Album, WIN Records
Speculum Fight
Medium
1997, CD, Album, Ltd, P-Tapes
R.H.Y. Yau
Monochrome Series III: White Issue: Amplified Capacitance
1997, Cass, C60, Auscultare Research
Various
The Accelerating World
1996, CD, Comp, Ltd, Pinch A Loaf Productions
AMK
Play
1995, CD, ,
Noise
AMK
Hi-Fi
1994, 7", Bla, Banned Production, ,
Noise/Experimental
Speculum Fight / Lab Rat
Mother(over)load / Experiential Transference Bisection
1994, Cass, Album, Ltd, C58, Anomalous Records
Speculum Fight
Glass Giant
1994, Cass, Num, C46, G.R.O.S.S.
Various
Jabberjaw No. 1
1994, 7", Ltd, Mammoth Records, ,
Hard Rock/Noise/Post-Hardcore/Punk
Various
Star Fuck Presents Tour Singles
1994, 2x7", Comp, Star Fuck Records
Various
Jabberjaw No.5 - Good To The Last Drop
1994, CD, ,
Math Rock/Punk/Indie Rock
Masonna
Masonanie Viva Los Angeles
1993, 7", Ltd, Num, Gre, P-Tapes, ,
Noise
Rump
Hating Brenda
1993
Jackknife
San Francisco Beauty Queen
1992, 2x7", Sympathy For The Record Industry
Jackknife
Kill-O-Zap
1992, 7", Ltd, Munster Records
Jackknife
She's Groovy
1992, 12", MiniAlbum, IMP Records (4)
L7
Bricks Are Heavy
1992, ,
Punk/Alternative Rock
L7
Everglade
1992, ,
Alternative Rock/Punk/Heavy Metal
L7
Pretend We're Dead
1992
Jackknife
Flat Top Fucker
1991, 7", IMP Records (4)
Distorted Pony, Stereotaxic Device, Red Temple Spirits, Fourwaycross
Substitution Issue One: 4 Song Cassette
1990, Cass, Comp, Substitution Fanzine
Warworld
Interstate
1989, Cass, Album, Not On Label
AMK/GX
Two Dead Guys
CDr, Album, Banned Production, ,
Noise
Helmut Schäfer
23five Live Archive
File, MP3, 128, 23five
AMK
Banned In LA
2019, 7", Comp, Num, Han, Anarchymoon Recordings, ,
Noise/Experimental/Drone
Various
No Bullshit: A Sonic Tribute To Zbigniew Karkowski (1958-2013)
2014, DVD-D, Comp, SONM, ,
Noise/Experimental
Various
Common Sense
2012, Cass, Comp, Tape Room
Various
Viva Negativa! - A Tribute To The New Blockaders
2011, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, At War With False Noise, Auf Abwegen, Important Records (2), Alchemy Records (2), Uplink Records, ,
Industrial/Abstract/Drone/Glitch/Noise/Musique Concrète/Power Electronics/Field Recording/Experimental
AMK
Highland Park
2011, CDr, Album, Chocolate Monk, ,
Abstract/Noise/Experimental
Various
Drilling A Hole Through The Sky
2010, CD, Comp, Helicopter
Various
RRR-1000 Lock Grooves
2009, LP, Comp, RRRecords
Various
Vol. D
2008, CD, Comp, Zelphabet
Various
No State No Sound
2008, 12", S/Sided, Comp, Ltd, American Tapes, ,
Field Recording
Various
Live Frying: LA (1) 6/20/08
2008, Cass, Comp, C90, American Tapes
Various
Aug 28 2008
2008, 5xCass, American Tapes
Various
California
2006, 10xLP, Comp + Box, Ltd, Troniks, Ground Fault Recordings, RRRecords, ,
Noise/Free Improvisation/Experimental/Power Electronics
Various
AA Records Compilation LP Volume One
2006, LP, Comp, AA Records, ,
Abstract/Noise/Ambient
Various
L.A. Noisescape
2006, CD, Comp, Bastardised, ,
Noise
Various
Underground Series Volume 4
2006, Cass, Comp, C30, Hanson Records
Various
corralComp 05
2006, 2xCDr, Comp, Anarchymoon Recordings, ,
Experimental
Various
Untitled
2006, 13xLathe, 7", Shape, S/Sided, Squ + Box, Comp, AA Records,
Various
Viva Negativa! - A Tribute To The New Blockaders Volume II
2006, ,
Noise/Drone/Experimental/Industrial
Various
Nitro Dragsters - A Tribute To OVMN And The Incapacitants
2005, 2xCDr, Comp, Ltd, Militant Walls, ,
Noise
Various
String Of Artifacts
2005, 2xCD, Comp + Box, Fish Pies, Resipiscent, ,
Noise/Experimental
Various
Heat Directors Volume 1
2004, 7", Comp, Ltd, Helicopter
Various
True Classical CDs Sampler No. 3
2004, CD, Comp, True Classical CDs, ,
Indie Rock/Alternative Rock
Various
Alienation Presents: International Compilation CDr_4
2003, CDr, Comp, Alienation
Various
10 X 10
2001, 5xCass, Comp, Banned Production
Various
Effe 1999
1999, CD, Comp, Effe, ,
Experimental